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Headword:
*ce/nas
Adler number: xi,23
Translated headword: alien, strange
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] remarkable.[1] The Pisidian [says]: "providing matériel, both so abundant and extraordinary."[2]
Greek Original:*ce/nas: qaumasta/s. *pisi/dhs: u(/las xorhgw=n kai\ tosau/tas kai\ ce/nas.
Notes:
[1] Feminine accusative plurals, the headword one presumably extracted from the quotation given. For the glossing cf.
xi 17.
[2] George of
Pisidia,
Persian Expedition 3.61 Tartaglia, on Heraclius's repeated attempts to engage the Persians in battle (vicinity of Mount Ophlimos, Pontus region of Asia Minor, in 622; cf.
pi 282 note); also at
upsilon 94. On Heraclius (Roman emperor 610-641), see
eta 465 generally.
Translated by: James L. P. Butrica â on 16 February 2000@13:35:13.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 22 May 2002@01:10:33.
David Whitehead (added notes and keywords) on 22 May 2002@03:34:01.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status) on 27 August 2007@11:35:43.
David Whitehead (adjustments) on 18 June 2013@08:31:08.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 10 November 2022@00:54:44.
Ronald Allen (tweaked translation after discussion with Catharine Roth) on 18 January 2026@12:25:20.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2, added cross-references and keywords) on 19 January 2026@11:39:13.
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