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Headword:
Μολοττός
Adler number: mu,1199
Translated headword: Molossian, Molottian
Vetting Status: low
Translation: [Note] that the Molottians in their oath-taking used to make the compacts by cutting up the oxen into small pieces. And see under "Molottian ox."[1]
Greek Original:Μολοττός: ὅτι οἱ Μολοττοὶ ἐν τοῖς ὁρκωμοσίοις κατακόπτοντες εἰς μικρὰ τὰς βοῦς τὰς συνθήκας ἐποιοῦντο. καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ βοῦς ὁ Μολοττῶν.
Notes:
[1]
Beta 463.
The 'tt' is an Attic dialect version of 'ss'.
NF: the Molossoi were one of the three major peoples, together with the Chaones and Thesprotioi, of Epeiros (NW Greece). (Pyrrhos [
pi 3232,
pi 3233] was from the Molossian royal family.) Located mostly inland at Passaron and north-west.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 9 August 2001@09:43:55.
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