Ξεναγός
xenagos, mercenary-leader
Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝16 Feb 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[The term for] the commander of the foreigners.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ξεναγός· ὁ τῶν ξένων ἡγεμών.
Betacode
*cenago/s: o( tw=n ce/nwn h(gemw/n.
Notes
Linked from3 entries
- ξ18ΞεναγίαxenagiaTwo five-hundred-man regiments, [i.e.] 1024 men. Most people call this number a chiliarchy and the leader a chiliarch.
- ξ20Ξεναγῶνforeigner-leading, mercenary-leading[Meaning one who is] foreigner-receiving. In Thucydides the commanders of the mercenaries [sc. are xenagoi]; for they used to call mercenaries "foreigners" [xenoi]. "And the xenagoi of each city superintended and forced…
- ξ44Ξενολόγιονmercenary-forceAlso [sc. attested is] ceno/logos, [meaning he who is] collecting foreign soldiers.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Jun 2013
- adjustments — David Whitehead
- augmented and modified note — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝