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Headword:
*)agxi/quros
Adler number: alpha,399
Translated headword: next-door, near the door
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] closest.[1]
A neighbor.[2]
"Their forces were situated next-door and as neighbors to each other."[3]
Greek Original:*)agxi/quros: plhsiai/tatos. gei/twn. a)gxi/quroi/ te kai\ gei/tones a)llh/lwn ai( duna/meis e)gi/nonto.
Notes:
[1] Comparable gloss, according to Adler, in the
Ambrosian Lexicon.
[2] Same glossing in other lexica; references at
Photius alpha290 Theodoridis.
[3] Theophylact Simocatta,
Histories 2.8.12, on the Romans inadvertently making camp in close proximity to defending Persian forces during the aborted siege of Chlomaron in the summer of 586; cf. de Boor (85) and Whitby (54). Chlomaron was a heavily fortified main town in Persian Armenia; cf. Barrington Atlas map 89 grid D2 and Whitby (262, map).
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
Keywords: definition; ethics; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 27 March 1999@18:19:07.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 18 July 2001@10:16:06.
David Whitehead (added keyword) on 27 February 2003@09:08:54.
David Whitehead (more notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 9 January 2012@05:47:09.
David Whitehead on 19 August 2013@04:55:09.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 10 July 2015@23:36:53.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.3, added bibliography and keyword) on 4 December 2024@13:05:41.
Ronald Allen (tweaked translation after discussion with Catharine Roth) on 5 December 2024@13:08:39.
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