[B-Greek] Josephus Ant. 18.6.7

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 21 08:40:53 EDT 2007


There are two numbering systems for Josephus -- Whiston and Loeb.  What you have given is Whiston while Perseus uses Loeb.  Those who do not have Josephus in Greek can find it at 

http://tinyurl.com/ynpqrg

 Ἀγρίππας δὲ τότε δεθεὶς εἱστήκει πρὸ τοῦ βασιλείου πρός τινι δένδρῳ κλιθεὶς ὑπὸ ἀθυμίας μετὰ πολλῶν οἳ ἐδέδεντο. καί τινος ὀρνέου καθίσαντος ἐπὶ τοῦ δένδρου, ᾧ Ἀγρίππας προσεκέκλιτο, βουβῶνα δὲ οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι τὸν ὄρνιν τοῦτον καλοῦσιν, τῶν δεσμωτῶν τις Γερμανὸς θεασάμενος ἤρετο τὸν στρατιώτην, ὅστις εἴη ὁ ἐν τῇ πορφυρίδι. 

AGRIPPAS DE TOTE DEQEIS hEISTHKEI PRO TOU BASILEIOU PROS TINI DENDRWi KLIQEIS hUP AQUMIAS META POLLWN hOI EDEDENTO.  KAI TINOS ORNEOU KAQISANTOS EPI TOU DENDROU, hWi AGRIPPAS PROSEKEKLITO, BOUBWNA DE hOI RWMAIOI TON ORNIN TOUTON KALOUSIN, TWN DEMWTWN TIS GERMANOS QEASAMENOS ERETO TON STRATIWTH, hOSTIS EIH hO EN THi PORFURIDI

For βουβῶνα (βουβών) [BOUBWNA (BOUBWN)] LSJ has  
βουβών, ῶνος, ὁ, groin, Il.4.492, etc.; κοινὸν μέρος .. μηροῦ καὶ ἤτρου β. Arist.HA493b9: in pl., μέχρι βουβώνων Pherecr.23, cf. Luc.Tim.56.
2. in pl., glands, Hp.Epid.2.2.24.
3. swollen gland, Id.Aph.4.55, Arist.Pr.883b21, Men.Georg.51, J.Ap.2.2.
II. = Lat. bubo, owl, Id.AJ18.6.7, 19.8.2.

Liddell, H. G., Scott, R., Jones, H. S., & McKenzie, R. (1996). A Greek-English lexicon. "With a revised supplement, 1996." (Rev. and augm. throughout) (323). Oxford; New York: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press.

Since Josephus clearly states 

βουβῶνα δὲ οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι τὸν ὄρνιν τοῦτον καλοῦσιν
BOUBWNA DE hOI RWMAIOI TON ORNIN TOUTON KALOUSIN

It should therefore be entry II in LSJ which is to be understood.  

george
gfsomsel
 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Thomas J. Kraus <t.j.kraus at web.de>
To: B-Greek <B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 3:21:23 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] Josephus Ant. 18.6.7


Dear Colleagues,

In his Antiquitates judaicae 18.6.7 Flavius Josephus writes:
BOUBWNA DE hOI RWMAIOI TON ORNIN TOUTON KALOUSIN.

My major interest is on BOUBWNA: recently I found in an essay that BOUBWN
should have been integrated into Greek from Latin bubo. Another form
mentioned that should correspond with Latin bubo should be BUAS (but I do
not see any morphological link with this).

Questions:
(1) Does anybody know anything about such a link (is it plausible)?
(2) Does anybody know other instances in which BOUBWN (or BUAS) are used?

Thanks in advance for reflecting about this
semantic/etymological/morphological issue.

Best,

Thomas J. Kraus

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