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Вот эта девушка снова. - ***!
Капейский мыс

Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

Сколоты

English translation:

scolots

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2015-10-16 21:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Oct 13, 2015 08:03
8 yrs ago
Russian term

Сколоты

Russian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature name of a people in Ancient times
not much of context - crops up quite a lot in the text
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 scolots
Change log

Oct 13, 2015 08:03: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Oct 13, 2015 08:21: Yana Dovgopol changed "Vetting" from "Needs Vetting" to "Vet OK"

Discussion

Stanislav Lemesev Oct 16, 2015:
Don't mention it ;) The answer was quite obvious, and I could not expect such a VERY generous feedback from you. But I appreciate it :)
Nata_Nata (asker) Oct 16, 2015:
Thank you so much for this, Stanislav. I researched it extensively too and agree with this answer, as came to the same conclusion myself, but your entry is VERY clear and actually shed light on other things that I encountered in the text. Once again, thank you.
Nata_Nata (asker) Oct 13, 2015:
Thank you very much for the answer. This is what I concluded too. I thought that an ancient people would be enough to exclude teeth, or any other physiology :). I will endeavor to provide as much context as possible in the future, however I am going through geographical names in antiquity, etc. They are bound by the context of antiquity. I think.

Proposed translations

+2
44 mins
Selected

scolots

"Our best and chief informants, Herodotus and Hippocrates, clearly distinguish the Scolots or true Scythians from all their neighbours, and on them alone this article is based." (http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/S/SCY/scythia-scythians.html...

'Scythians' was the name given by ancient Greek writers to a group of Indo-European nomadic tribes who occupied Central Europe and Asia in the 8th century BC. The name was used for the Scythians proper, or Scolots, who inhabited the area, called Scythia, north of the Black Sea, between the Carpathian Mountains and the Don River, in what is now Moldova, Ukraine, and eastern Russia, and for all the nomadic tribes who inhabited the steppes between what is now Hungary to the mountains of Turkestan. (https://www.forumancientcoins.com/historia/coins/in/n241.htm...

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Note added at 46 mins (2015-10-13 08:49:13 GMT)
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Поправочка: пишется с заглавной буквы (Scolots)
Peer comment(s):
agree Alex Koudlai
1 hr
agree Jack Doughty
1 hr
neutral The Misha : Just how do you know with absolutely no context given? The lady didn't even deign us with what kind of a text it is. Mozhet byt eto zuby u askera skoloty. I wouldn't even bother guessing under such circumstances.
5 hrs
If you bother yourself reading the asker's question carefully, you'll probably notice his clarification: "name of a people in Ancient times". This little hint allows me to conclude that the term has nothing to do with the asker's teeth.
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