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|Definition=τά, [[Balkh]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.113, Arist.''Mir.''833b14, Str.11.8.9: the people were [[Βάκτριοι]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.102; or [[Βακτριανοί]], Str.l.c.; cf. [[Βακτριανή]] ἡ, Id.11.9.2:—the Bactrian camels were famous, Arist. ''HA''498b8. | |Definition=τά, [[Balkh]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.113, Arist.''Mir.''833b14, Str.11.8.9: the people were [[Βάκτριοι]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.102; or [[Βακτριανοί]], Str.l.c.; cf. [[Βακτριανή]] ἡ, Id.11.9.2:—the Bactrian camels were famous, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''498b8. | ||
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Revision as of 21:43, 24 November 2023
English (LSJ)
τά, Balkh, Hdt.9.113, Arist.Mir.833b14, Str.11.8.9: the people were Βάκτριοι, Hdt.3.102; or Βακτριανοί, Str.l.c.; cf. Βακτριανή ἡ, Id.11.9.2:—the Bactrian camels were famous, Arist.HA498b8.
Spanish (DGE)
-ων, τά
• Alolema(s): Βάκτρα, -ας, ἡ Str.11.8.9
Bactra ciudad de Asia Central, capital de la Bactriana, actual Balkh (Afganistán), al norte del monte Parapaniso (actual Hindu Kush), Hdt.6.9, 9.113, Arist.Mir.833b19, Thphr.HP 4.4.7, 8.4.5, 6.6, D.S.11.69, Str.l.c., Charito 5.1.7, Arr.An.3.29.1, 7.9.8, Ptol.Geog.6.11.9, Ael.NA 4.55, 15.8, Ath.219a, St.Byz.s.u. Ζαρίασπα.
French (Bailly abrégé)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Βάκτρα: τά, πρωτεύουσα τῆς ἐν Ἀσίᾳ Βακτριανῆς, παρὰ νεωτέροις Balkh, Ἀριστ. π. θαυμασ. 46, Στράβ. 514, κ. ἀλλ.· - οἱ κάτοικοι Βάκτριοι αὐτόθι 513· ἢ Βακτριανοὶ αὐτόθι 514· - περίφημοι ἦσαν αἱ Βακτριαναὶ κάμηλοι, Ἀριστ. Ἱ. Ζ. 2. 1, 24.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Βάκτρα: τά
1 Бактры (столица Бактрианы) Her., Arst.;
2 Plut. = Βακτριανή.
Wikipedia EN
Balkh (/bælx/; Dari: بلخ, Balkh; Bactrian: Βάχλο, Bákhlo; Ancient Greek: Βάκτρα, Báktra) is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan, about 20 km (12 mi) northwest of the provincial capital, Mazar-e Sharif, and some 74 km (46 mi) south of the Amu Darya river and the Uzbekistan border. Its population was recently estimated to be 138,594.
