- Source
- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:9.45.1-9.45.3
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-07
A collection of fragments cited from Book 9 of Polybius' Histories, concerning geographical names such as Arsinoe, Xynia, and Phorunna, along with related rivers and ethnic adjectives.
Πολύβιος δʼ ἐν τῇ ἐνάτῃ τῶν Ἱστοριῶν καὶ ποταμόν τινα ἀναγράφει Κύαθον καλούμενον περὶ Ἀρσινόην πόλιν Αἰτωλίας. Ἀρσινόη, πόλις Λιβύης.
And Polybius in the ninth book of the Histories also records a certain river called Cyathus near Arsinoe, a city of Aetolia. Arsinoe, a city of Libya.
τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀρσινοΐτης, καὶ Ἀρσινοεὺς ἐπὶ τῆς Αἰτωλικῆς,1 ὡς Πολύβιος ἐνάτῳ.2 Ξυνία, Θετταλίας πόλις.
The ethnic is Arsinoïtes, and Arsinoëus for the Aetolian (city), as Polybius in the ninth (book). Xynia, a city of Thessaly.
Πολύβιος ἐνάτῳ. Φόρουννα, πόλις Θρᾴκης· Πολύβιος ἐνάτῳ.
Polybius in the ninth (book). Phorunna, a city of Thrace; Polybius in the ninth (book).
- 9.45.2ἐπὶ τῆς Αἰτωλικῆς
The feminine genitive singular adjective Αἰτωλικῆς implies the omission of the noun Ἀρσινόης (Arsinoe) or πόλεως (city), meaning 'with regard to the Aetolian (city/Arsinoe)'. The preposition ἐπί with the genitive indicates the subject of discussion or reference.
- 9.45.2ὡς Πολύβιος ἐνάτῳ
The term ἐνάτῳ (ninth) is in the masculine/neuter dative singular, implying the omission of a noun like λόγῳ (book/discourse) with the preposition ἐν understood ('in the ninth book'). While §9.45.1 uses the feminine form ἐν τῇ ἐνάτῃ (implying βίβλῳ), here the ellipsis aligns with a masculine or neuter noun.