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Headword: *konsou/lous
Adler number: kappa,2051
Translated headword: consuls
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Those who managed the Roman state named them rulers, as being a kind of advisors and public speakers. The Greeks later have called them u(/patoi ["highest"] because of their extreme authority. See further under u(/patoi.
Greek Original:
*konsou/lous: au)tokra/toras au)tou\s oi( th\n tw=n *(rwmai/wn politei/an dioikou=ntes w)no/masan oi(=a dh\ probou/lous kai\ prohgo/rous tina/s: ou(\s *(/ellhnes meta\ tau=ta dia\ th\n u(peroxh\n th=s e)cousi/as u(pa/tous proshgoreu/kasi. zh/tei e)n tw=| u(/patoi platu/teron.
Note:
Accusative plural, extracted from upsilon 169, q.v. There it is the consuls themselves who "manage the Roman state."
Keywords: chronology; constitution; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; politics
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 22 July 2006@18:02:20.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (expanded note) on 23 July 2006@06:53:56.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 11 March 2013@08:09:56.
Catharine Roth (cosmeticule) on 30 December 2019@20:04:52.
Catharine Roth (expanded note) on 30 December 2019@20:07:40.
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