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Type 31702

	Τὸν παιονισμὸν βουλγαρισμὸν δ’ εἰ γράφεις,
	γράφειν μικρὸν γίνωσκε, μηδαμῶς μέγα.

Text source	M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 122
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Correction Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	But if you write paionismos in the sense of “Bulgarism,” then know that you should write it with an omicron, never an omega. Language English Source(s) A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 77 Ma se scrivi il "παιονισμὸν" ("usanza dei Peoni") nel senso di “βουλγαρισμόν” ("usanza dei Bulgari"), sappi che si scrive con omicron, assolutamente mai con omega. Language Italian Source(s) M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 122
Comment	Text of Luzzatto (1999: 122) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary C. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 389 Secondary A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 77
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[31705] τ(ὸν) παιονισμ(ὸν) βουλγαρισμ(ὸν) \| δ’ εἰ γρ(άφ)(εις) [1146-1155] HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 252 [851-950] (f. 269r) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 780: "Ioann. Tzetzes, Scholium in Thucydidem (7.44.6)"
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