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Polybius · The Histories §8.14b.1

Fragments on the Dassaretae and the City of Uscana

Passage 574 of 1311 · Greek

Summary

This chunk consists of brief geographical fragments from Polybius's Book 8, concerning the Illyrian tribe of the Dassaretae and the city of Uscana.

§8.14b.1Δασσαρῆται ἔθνος Ἰλλυρίας· Πολύβιος ὀγδόῳ. [στεπη. βψζ. π. 220, 21 μειν.
Dassaretae, a tribe of Illyria; Polybius in the eighth book. [Steph.
] Ὕσκανα πόλις Ἰλλυρίδος οὐδετέρως· Πολύβιος η#. [ιβιδ. π. 653, 14 μειν. ]
Byz. p. 220, 21 Mein.] 𐀀 Uscana, a city of Illyris, in the neuter; Polybius in the eighth book. [ibid. p. 653, 14 Mein.]

Notes

  1. 8.14b.1ὀγδόῳ — Dative singular of the ordinal ὄγδοος, with the noun βιβλίῳ ('book') omitted, functioning as 'in the eighth book'.
  2. 8.14b.1οὐδετέρως — A grammatical adverb meaning 'in the neuter gender', indicating that the city name Ὕσκανα is treated as a neuter noun.
  3. 8.14b.1Ἰλλυρίδος — Genitive singular of the feminine noun Ἰλλυρίς ('Illyris', another name for Illyria), used in parallel with Ἰλλυρίας in the first entry.

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