English translation of "dee poliadi" - "patron godesses of the cities of Rome and Constantinople"

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173 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Italian > English
Subject:	Sciences / Non-fiction books
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	dee poliadi
Context:	Raffigurazione delle dee poliadi di roma e Costantinopoli. dittico in avorio che si...
Keywords:	...presume provenga da Costantinopoli, 500 ca. Kunsthhistorisches Museum, Vienna.

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173 months ago

wrote:

Palladio (or Palladian) Goddesses

173 months ago

Bernard wrote:

patron godesses of the cities of Rome and Constantinople

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173 months ago

LucaS wrote:

Divinities devoted/dedicated to Rome and...

My comment:

That's quite hard. "Poliadi" means "of the polis (city)/protecting the polis". I really don't know if there is an english equivalent. I tried suggesting you a term which has a close meaning of the Italian word.

173 months ago

Medilingua Hungarica wrote:

Goddesses of the cities of Rome and Constrantinople

My comment:

dee= Ital. plural of feminine "dea" from masculine deo (Lat. deus)
poliadi = Ital. pl. of poliade from supposed Greek/Lat. polias, -dos/dis = adjective concerning a "polis" = town, city

My references:

My own intelligence (60 years old) with 40 years of translator's experience and a special poreference for Euroipean culture...

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