Τρινάκρια

Trinakria, Trinacria

Translated by David Whitehead12 Nov 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 9 words
Name of a place.
The present island of Sicily.1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τρινάκρια· ὄνομα τόπου. ἡ νῦν νῆσος Σικελίας.

Betacode
*trina/kria: o)/noma to/pou. h( nu=n nh=sos *sikeli/as.

Notes (1)

  1. Thucydides 6.2.2, etc. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. makes the etymology explicit: having three headlands. See further theta 479 and the note there.
  2. 1Addendum lacking, Adler reports, in mss AF. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 15 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another note — David Whitehead
  4. augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
  5. augmented note — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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