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Headword:
*pi/grhs
Adler number: pi,1552
Translated headword: Pigres
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [genitive] *pi/grhtos: name of a river. Also Pigreta, name of a place.
Greek Original:*pi/grhs, *pi/grhtos: o)/noma potamou=. kai\ *pi/grhta, o)/noma to/pou.
Notes:
In some manuscripts the two descriptors are reversed; and 'Pigreta' is merely the accusative case of the headword. In any event, a river Pigres in
Syria is mentioned by Arrian (FGrH 156 F40, 46, 47, 48) and
Stephanus of
Byzantium s.v.
Apameia.
Pigres is also a personal name in
Herodotus,
Xenophon and elsewhere: cf.
pi 1551.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 21 November 2003@09:02:43.
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