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Arrian on coursing

Note 56 — ARRIAN ON COURSING.

William Dansey translation

Οὐέρτραγοι—Vertragi, Veltrachæ. See the etymology of this Celtic term explained in the Appendix, C. Venatici Class III. Our author is mistaken in deriving the term ἀπὸ τῆς ὠκύτητος. Its roots are velt campus, and racha canis.

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