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Headword: *nai\ ma\ to/n
Adler number: nu,96
Translated headword: yes by the ...
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

"And yes by the ..., if one of the Persian [army] had appeared, the whole Roman [army] would have perished..."[1].

Greek Original:

*nai\ ma\ to/n: kai\ nai\ ma\ to/n, ei)/ge tou= *persikou= tis e)fa/nh, to\ *(rwmai+ko\n a(/pan dio/lwlen.

Notes:

cf. nu 97, nu 98, and for similar elliptical expressions nu 348, nu 350.
[1] An abridged extract from Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.9.8, on the panicked Roman retreat after the failed siege of Chlomaron (summer of 586); cf. de Boor (86-87) and Whitby (55). On Chlomaron, see alpha 399 and chi 348.

References:

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: dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 3 December 2003@00:49:00.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (another keyword) on 3 December 2003@03:22:14.
David Whitehead on 5 June 2013@05:13:34.
David Whitehead on 5 June 2013@05:15:40.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note, added a keyword) on 8 September 2014@22:50:15.
Catharine Roth on 8 September 2014@22:51:11.
David Whitehead on 9 September 2014@02:54:37.
Catharine Roth on 9 September 2014@09:33:29.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2, added bibliography and cross-references) on 13 May 2025@12:42:58.
Ronald Allen (after discussion, tweaked translation as suggested by Catharine Roth) on 19 May 2025@11:13:41.

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