- Ἰλλυρικόν
- Ἰλλυρικόν, οῦ, τό (the adj. Ἰλλυρικός, ή, όν in Apollon. Rhod. 4, 516; Strabo) Illyricum, a district across the Adriatic Sea fr. Italy, in official usage Dalmatia (Illyris Superior) and Pannonia (I. Inferior). Ro 15:19 ἀπὸ Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ κύκλῳ μέχρι τοῦ Ἰ. is the only reference extant to missionary activity of Paul in this part of the world. Yet in view of the close connection of Illyricum with Macedonia (Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 63 §258; 4, 75 §317 τῆς Ἰλλυρίδος ἐπὶ τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ; 5, 145 §602) there is no difficulty in assuming that Paul visited Ill. from Mac.—WWeber, Untersuchungen z. Gesch. des Kaisers Hadrianus 1907, 55.—Is Paul perh. using the expression also to indicate the vast area he traversed (as one might say: ‘from Dallas, Texas, all the way to Anchorage, Alaska’)?—S. Δαλματία. Kl. Pauly II 1367–69. M-M.
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