Θειάζουσα

acting as a prophetess

Translated by Ryan Stone21 Feb 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 39 words

Translation

[Meaning she who is] divinely-inspired, in a frenzy.1 "Ma[i]syos the king of the Semnones and Ganna (she was a virgin acting as a prophetess in Gaul after Veleda) went to Domitian and, having been honored by him, returned [home]."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θειάζουσα· ἐνθουσιῶσα, μαινομένη. Μαίσυος ὁ Σεμνόνων βασιλεὺς καὶ Γάννα [παρθένος ἦν μετὰ τὴν Βελήδα ἐν τῇ Κελτικῇ θειάζουσα] ἦλθον πρὸς τὸν Δομετιανὸν καὶ τιμῆς παρ' αὐτοῦ τυχόντες ἀνεκομίσθησαν.

Betacode
*qeia/zousa: e)nqousiw=sa, mainome/nh. *mai/suos o( *semno/nwn basileu\s kai\ *ga/nna [parqe/nos h)=n meta\ th\n *belh/da e)n th=| *keltikh=| qeia/zousa] h)=lqon pro\s to\n *dometiano\n kai\ timh=s par' au)tou= tuxo/ntes a)nekomi/sqhsan. 

Notes (2)

  1. The headword participle is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
  2. 1cf. theta 306. ↩
  3. 2Cassius Dio 67.5.3. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 25 Nov 2018
  1. typo — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. note typo — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes and keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
  5. another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Ryan Stone

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