πŒ”πŒπŒ€πŒ“πŒ•πŒ€πŒŠπŒ”

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Oscan

A gladiator named πŒ”πŒπŒ€πŒ“πŒ•πŒ€πŒŠπŒ” (spartaks), i.e. Spartacus, fighting with his opponent πŒπŒ‡πŒπŒ‹πŒπŒ€πŒπŒ” (phΓ­lΓ­[...]ans), possibly Philippus Pompeianus.

Etymology

Ultimately from Thracian *Spartakos

Proper noun

πŒ”πŒπŒ€πŒ“πŒ•πŒ€πŒŠπŒ” β€’ (spartaks) m (nominative)

  1. 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:
      πŒ”πŒπŒ€πŒ“πŒ•πŒ€πŒŠπŒ”Β· πŒπŒ‡πŒπŒ‹πŒ[...]πŒ€πŒπŒ”Β·
      spartaks phΓ­lΓ­[...]ans
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

  • 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

  • Jacobelli, Luciana (2003) Gladiators at Pompeii, Getty Publications, translation of Gladiatori a Pompeii, β†’ISBN, 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
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