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William Smith'in Yunan ve Roma Coğrafyası Sözlüğünden İsimler (1854)

Bu kez bir Türk'ün penceresinden.

S ve T harfleri

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Names from the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1854)

This time from the window of a Turk. 

Letters S & T

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Tufts original	Meaning	Turkic word	Meaning	Further info
Saboci	people of European Sarmatia, who from the termination “boki,” “bank,” so often occurring in Russian and Polish local names, must be looked for in the basin of the river San	bük	1 wood, forest 2 hill 3 meadow 4 valley between mountains
Salmydessus	a coast-town or district of Thrace, on the Euxine, about 60 miles NW. from the entrance of the Bosporus		su: water
Samothrace	an island		otrak: island
Sapaei	a Thracian people, Strabo treats as a mere matter of conjecture. The Via Egnatia ran through their country, and especially through a narrow and difficult defile called by Appian (App. BC 4.87, 106) the pass of the Sapaei, and stated by him to be 18 miles from Philippi; so that it must have been nearly midway between Neapolis and Abdera.	sapa:	1 to leave the way, go astray, deviate 2 sideway
Satarchae	They were unacquainted with the use of gold and silver, and carried on their traffic by means of barter	Sat-: to sell (ti change against money)	Satar: seller	-ci: a suffix that makes a profession in Turkic
Savari	a people in the N. of European Sarmatia, between the rivers Turuntus and Chesinus.	Sabir	A Turkic people	SIBER (Siberia) ~ Sümer
Singidava	a town in the interior of Dacia, between the rivers Tysia and Aluta, now Dora on the Marosch.	süngü: lance, spear	oba: dwelling place
Sozopolis	a town noticed only by late writers as a place in Pisidia	BOLIK	city	interesting word and relation bw. Greek POLIS and Turkic BOLIQ
Subzupara	a place in Thracia, on the road from Philippopolis to Hadrianopolis	ara	place in between (between tow points)
Sucidava	a town in Moesia Inferior, between Durostorum and Axiopolis.	oba/ova	dwelling place, camp
Sybaris	a river	Su:water	baris: bars (leopard?)	Baris: ?<bar-: to reach?
Myrtis major	two broad and deep gulfs in the Libyan sea on the N. coast of Africa, and in the district called after them Regio Syrtica. The name is derived from the Arabic, Sert, a desert from the desolate and sandy shore by which the neighbourhood of the Syrtes is still characterised	Sirt:	a hill, tiger place	ANATOMICALLY THE BACK OF THE HUMAN BODY
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Tabur/Atabyrius	Diodorus Siculus, Library 1-7:§5.59.1  Mount Atabyrus he founded a temple of Zeus who is called Zeus Atabyrius ; and for this reason the temple is held in special honour	tap-	to worship
Talicus	river of Scythia intra Imaum	taşık	überlaufener (Fluss) ;overflowed (river)	ş in the end could change to L in some Turkic dialects
Tamaris	called by Ptolemy, Ταμάρα, 2.6.2), a small river of Gallaecia in Hispania Tarraconensis, which falls into the Atlantic ocean by the port of Ebora, between the Minius and the promontory Nerium	tamar: vein	PTurk. *dam 1 drop 2 to drop	PJpn. *támár- to accumulate (of water) ; PKor. *tằm- to soak, immerse
Tamarus	a river of Samnium, which falls into the Calor (Calore), about 5 miles above Beneventum. Its name is known only from the Itinerary of Antoninus, which places a station “super Tamarum fluvium” on the road from Bovianum to Equus Tuticus	tamar: vein	PTurk. *dam 1 drop 2 to drop	PJpn. *támár- to accumulate (of water) ; PKor. *tằm- to soak, immerse
Tamarus	a small river on the S. coast of Britannia Romana, now the Tamar.	tamar: vein	PTurk. *dam 1 drop 2 to drop	PJpn. *támár- to accumulate (of water) ; PKor. *tằm- to soak, immerse
Taunus Mons	a range of hills in western Germany	tau	mountain
Taurus mona	one of the great mountain ranges of Asia	tau	mountain
Taurania	a town of Campania, mentioned only by Pliny	tau	mountain
Tauri	he inhabitants of the Chersonesus Taurica, or modern Crimea.	tau	mountain
Taurici Montes	see Tauri	tau	mountain
Taurini	a Ligurian tribe, who occupied the country on the E. slope of the Alps, down to the left bank of the Padus, in the upper part of its course	tau	mountain
Taurisci	a federation of Celtic tribes who dwelt in today's Carinthia and northern Slovenia(Carniola) before the coming of the Romans (c. 200 BC).[1	tau	mountain
Taygetus	is a mountain range on the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece.	tau	mountain	Other names: Taugetus, Taygetos or Taÿgetus(Greek: Ταΰγετος, romanized: Taygetos)
Tectosages/Tectosaces	2 ethnies? 2 tribes?	tec: tek: only one	tosak: tašak: testicles	tectosak tribe: they, those horses are castrated
Telmessus	a tributary of the river Glaucus in Caria, but it flowed in all probability near the town of Telmessus, which derived its name from it.	Su	water
Termssus	a town of Pisidia, celebrated for its natural strength no less: than for its artificial fortifications, was situated on a height of Mount Taurus, at the entrance of the defiles which are traversed by the river Catarrhactes	su	water
Teucri	Ancient Trojans	toygar	a kind of bird of prey
Teumessus	a village in Boeotia, situated in the plain of Thebes	su	water
Thapsus	a maritime city of Byzacium, in Africa Propria.	su	water	tap: to worship
Thapsis	a deep river of the Chersonesus Taurica, on which lay a royal castle	su	water	tap: to worship
Thapsus	a river of Numidia, falling into the sea near the town of Rusicade, probably the present Oued Resas	su	water	tap: to worship
Theches	one of the highest points of Mount Paryadres in Pontus, south-east of Trapezus	teke	he-goat	mountain goat
Themeotae	a people of Asiatic Sarmatia.	tau	mountain
THYSSUS	a town of Chalcidice in Macedonia, situated on the W. or S. side of the peninsula of Acte or Mt. Athos. Its exact position is uncertain	su	water
Tonzus	the principal tributary of the Hebrus in Thrace	don: freeze	su: water
Triocala	city of Sicily, situated in the interior of the island, about 12 miles from Thermae Selinuntiae (Sciacca). As the name is cited by Stephanus of Byzantium (who writes the name Τρίκαλα) from Philistus, it is probable that it was a Siculian town or fortress as early at least as the time of the elder Dionysius	kala	fortress
Turaniana	a place in Hispania Baetica, not far from the coast, between Murgis and Urci. (Itin. Ant.p. 405.) Variously identified with Torque, Torbiscon,and Tabernas.	Turan	the legendary home of the Turks
Turcae	a Scythian people of Asiatic Sarmatia, dwelling on the Palus Maeotis, which appears to be identical with the Ἰῦρκαι of Herodotus (4.22, &c.). The various hypotheses that have been started respecting the Turcae only show that nothing certain is known respecting them. (Cf. Mannert, iv. p. 130; Heeren, Ideen, 1.2, pp. 189, 281, 307; Schaffarik, Slav. Alterth. i. p. 318, &c.) Humboldt (Central-Asien, i. p. 245, ed. Mahlmann) opposes the notion that these Turcae or Jyrcae were the ancestors of the present Turks.	Türk	Türk
Turcilingi	tribe in northern Germany which is not noticed before the fifth century of our era,	Türk	Türk
Turecionicum	in Gallia Narbonensis, is placed in the Table on a road between Vienna (Vienne) and Cularo (Grenoble).Turecionicum is between Vienna and Morginnum (Moirans). The site is unknown.	Türk?	Türk
Turicum	the inscription is STA, that is Statio, TVRICEN; and in the middle age documents Zurichis named Turicum and Turegum	Türk?	Türk
Turoqua	town of the Callaici in Hispania Tarraconensis on the road from Bracara to Lucus Augusti	Türk?	Türk	This and the next one are in Hispania Terraconensis
Turulis	a river in the territory of the Edetani in Hispania Tarraconensis	Turul	a holy bird (in Hungarian culture, too)
EQUUS TUTICUS	and Equus Tuticus is placed by the Itineraries on the road from Beneventum to Aecae (Troja), 21 M. P. from the former city	Equ: iki (2)	TUTIK/TUTUK could be title for a king
Tylissos	Ancient Cretan town: On its ancient coins are found on the reverse a young man holding in his right hand the head of an ibex or wild goat, and in his left a bow.	Tüli: hairy	su: water
Tymandus	a place in Phrygia, between Philomelium and Sozopolis	tuman	smoke, fog
Tyrangitae	literally, the Getae of the Tyras, an immigrant tribe of European Sarmatia dwelling E. of the river Tyras, near the Harpii and Tagri, and, according to Ptolemy, the northern neighbours of Lower Moesia. Pliny (5.12. s. 26) calls them, with more correct orthography, Tyragetae, and represents them as dwelling on a large island in the Tyras	durak < dur	to stop
Tyrsus	the most considerable river of Sardinia, which still retains its ancient name almost unaltered	Tur: stop	su: water

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