[1] The headword is neuter singular of this adjective. It must be quoted from somewhere, probably Oppian, Halieutica 1.372; cf. the scholia there.
[2] Likewise in the Synagoge and Photius.
[3] Menander Protector fr. 10.3 Blockley (118-119), using the genitive plural of the headword. Further Sogdians present themselves before Zemarchus and begin a ritual to dispel bad omens. Zemarchus was a Byzantine general in the Roman east from 569 and Justin's envoy to the Turks 569-571; cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. Zemarchus(3). Sogdia (Sogdiana) occupied the region north of the Oxus River and south of the Jaxartes River, centered around the city of Samarkand (in present-day Uzbekistan); cf. Barrington Atlas map 6 grid B2. On the emperor Justin II see iota 449 end. See further excerpts from this fragment at alpha 3615, epsilon 963, epsilon 2425, epsilon 3658, eta 416, theta 226, kappa 2021, lambda 57, pi 772, pi 1026, pi 1273, upsilon 178, upsilon 408, phi 617, and chi 340.