ππππππππ
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Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Thracian *Spartakos
Proper noun
[edit]ππππππππ β’ (spartaks) m (nominative)
- a male given name from Thracian, equivalent to English Spartacus
- a. 70 BCE, ImIt Pompei 45 = ST Po 53 = Ve 35, a fresco in Pompeii on the House of the Sacerdos Amandus (I 7.7), specifically the west wall of the vestibule:
- ππππππππΒ· πππππ[...]πππΒ·
- spartaks phΓlΓ[...]ans
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a. 70 BCE, ImIt Pompei 45 = ST Po 53 = Ve 35, a fresco in Pompeii on the House of the Sacerdos Amandus (I 7.7), specifically the west wall of the vestibule:
Usage notes
[edit]- It is uncertain whether the gladiator depicted in the Pompeian inscription is indeed the famous leader of the slave uprising or simply a namesake.
References
[edit]- Jacobelli, Luciana (2003) Gladiators at Pompeii, Getty Publications, translation of Gladiatori a Pompeii, βISBN, page 75f.
- Crawford, M. H., et al. (2011) Imagines Italicae, volume 2, London, page 699f.
- Rix, H. (2002) Sabellische Texte: die Texte des Oskischen, Umbrischen und SΓΌdpikenischen, Heidelberg, page 108
- Vetter, E. (1953) Handbuch der italischen Dialekte, volume 1, Heidelberg, page 60