Geographical Fragments on Cities of Italy and Greece — Polybius, The Histories Book 13 (13.10.1–13.10.11), Greek & English

§13.10.1

a. res italiae Βάδιζα, πόλις τῆς Βρεττίας, Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ.

α. Affairs of Italy Badiza, a city of Brettia. Polybius in the thirteenth book.

§13.10.2

Λαμπέτεια, πόλις Βρεττίας, Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ.

Lampeteia, a city of Brettia. Polybius in the thirteenth book.

§13.10.3

ἔστι γὰρ καὶ Ταμέση πόλις τῆς Ἰταλίας καὶ ποταμός. Πολύβιος δʼ ἐν τῷ ιγ# Τεμέσειαν τὴν πόλιν καλεῖ.

For there is also Tamese, a city and river of Italy. And Polybius in the thirteenth book calls the city Temeseia.

§13.10.4

b. res graeciae et macedoniae Ἀλλαρία, πόλις τῆς Κρήτης, Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀλλαριάτης, ὡς αὐτός φησιν.

β. Affairs of Greece and Macedonia Allaria, a city of Crete. Polybius in the thirteenth book. The ethnic name is Allariates, as he himself says.

§13.10.d5

Ἰλαττία, πόλις Κρήτης, Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ.

Ilattia, a city of Crete. Polybius in the thirteenth book.

§13.10.6

Σίβυρτος, πόλις Κρήτης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Σιβύρτιος, ὡς Πολύβιος ἐν τρισκαιδεκάτῳ.

Sibyrtos, a city of Crete. The ethnic name is Sibyrtios, as Polybius in the thirteenth book.

§13.10.7

Ἀδράνη, πόλις Θρᾴκης Πολύβιος δὲ διὰ τοῦ 〈η〉 τὴν μέσην¹ λέγει ἐν τρισκαιδεκάτῃ,² Ἀδρήνη.

Adrane, a city of Thrace. But Polybius in the thirteenth book says the middle vowel with eta, Adrene.

§13.10.8

Ἄρειον πεδίον ἔστι καὶ Θρᾴκης ἔρημον πεδίον χαμαιπετῆ δένδρα³ ἔχον, ὡς Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῃ.

Areion Plain. There is also a desert plain of Thrace which has low-growing trees, as Polybius in the thirteenth book.

§13.10.9

Δίγηροι, ἔθνος Θρᾴκιον, Πολύβιος ιγ#.

Digeroi, a Thracian tribe. Polybius, book 13.

§13.10.10

Καβύλη, πόλις Θρᾴκης οὐ πόρρω τῆς τῶν Ἀστῶν χώρας. Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῃ.

Kabyle, a city of Thrace not far from the land of the Astoi. Polybius in the thirteenth book.

§13.10.11

c. fragmentum incertae sedis Μελίτουσσα, πόλις Ἰλλυρίας. Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ.

ξ. Fragment of uncertain location Melitoussa, a city of Illyria. Polybius in the thirteenth book.

Syntax notes3 items

13.10.7τὴν μέσην
Feminine accusative singular. It modifies an implied noun like συλλαβήν ('syllable') or φωνήεν (referring conceptually to the middle vowel, though neuter, via ellipsis of a feminine concept or simple substantivization). It refers to the middle vowel of the place name, comparing Ἀδράνη and Ἀδρήνη.
13.10.7τρισκαιδεκάτῃ
Feminine dative singular of the ordinal number 'thirteenth,' with the feminine noun βίβλῳ ('book') understood. It alternates with the masculine form τρισκαιδεκάτῳ (with λόγῳ understood) found in preceding sections like §13.10.6.
13.10.8χαμαιπετῆ δένδρα
The adjective χαμαιπετής ('low-growing,' 'creeping on the ground') is a third-declension adjective, here in the neuter plural accusative form, acting as the direct object of the participle ἔχον.

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