Talk:Cacultris

RFV discussion: April–November 2022
This form appears in an English context when Smith (1854) enumerates the tributary rivers of the Ganges listed by Arrian (who wrote in Greek). Smith's list seems to go in the same order as the Greek original; therefore, in Smith's "Commenases (Carmanaça), Cacultris, Andomatis (Andhalámati or Tamasá)..." presumably Cacultris corresponds to Greek Κάκουθις in Arrian's "Κομμινάσης τε μέγας ποταμὸς καὶ Κάκουθις καὶ Ἀνδώματις". This is pretty strange: "ultr" is not at all a regular Latinization of Greek "ουθ". I think it's possible that Smith suffered somehow from a typo that turned "Cacouthis" into "Cacultris" (it could not just be a scanno as there is a Google Books scan that confirms the spelling "Cacultris" appeared in print versions of Smith). In any case, I can't find any genuine uses of this form in Latin, unlike the more normally Latinized form .--Urszag (talk) 20:04, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Good catch. Even in theoretically correct spelling, it appears that the bulk of the names in the same passages should have not been added as Latin, isn’t it? Like and what not,, who should review this, just assumed them to be Latin because of being presented in Latin script by this and other Western authors. There is no relevant Latin translation of the  transmitted, no? Fay Freak (talk) 14:56, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, if it is an author's error, then the entry should be deleted; I'm sorry that I didn't thoroughly check if the list of rivers mentioned by Smith was the exact transliteration of Arrian's list. Samubert96 (talk) 18:28, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't know of any transmitted ancient translation, but in more recent centuries, there have been Latin translations as well as commentaries in Latin that reproduce the list of rivers in Arrian (you can see the two Latin-language citations I found for "Cacuthis" on that page). So most of those river names should be attested in sources written in Latin. I just haven't found any yet that use the spelling "Cacultris".--Urszag (talk) 00:34, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
 * RFV-failed. Fay Freak (talk) 01:13, 2 November 2022 (UTC)