Re: [tied] Help with Hesychius

On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 09:10:48 +0200, "S & L" <mbusines@...> wrote:

>In Hesychii Alexandrini Lexicon [V Century AC], the following is to be
>found:
>
>"bannas, basilens para Italiotais. oi de megistos arhcon"
>Translation:
>bannas, basileus of/by Italiotais. oi and big/great, very great [as
>maximus/latin] archon
>
>I have problems understanding the meaning of “Italiotais” [is this Italians?
>Did the Greeks referee to today Italy with this term?] and “OI”.

Assuming that reads "bannas, basileus para italiotais. hoi de megistos
arkhôn", I would translate:

<Bannas>: king among the Italiotai. So they [call their] supreme
ruler.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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