Μοῦρσα

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Μοῦρσα, πόλις Παιονίας, κτίσμα Ἀδριανοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μουρσαῖος, ὡς Παρθένιος Φωκαεύς. λέγεται καὶ Μούρσιον.

Moursa: a city of Paionia, a foundation of Hadrian. The ethnonym is 'Moursaios'. It is also called Mourrion.

Text Details

Entry#221
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 458.6 · Billerbeck Μ221
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count14
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Παρθένιος Φωκαεύς (Parthenios Phocaeus (Parthenios of Phocaea))cf. RE XVIII 4,1900 Nr. 17
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜοῦρσαMoursa (Mursa) · place
ΜούρσιονMoursion (variant of Moursa) · place
ΠαίονίαPaeonia · place
ἈδριανόςHadrian · person
ΜουρσαῖοςMoursaios (ethnic name, the ethnicon) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Persona foundation/settlement of Hadrian (i.e. founded by Hadrian)
Unclear Metalinguisticit is also called 'Mursion' (an alternative form of the place-name)
Unclear Metalinguisticthe ethnicon (demonym) is 'Moursaios', according to Parthenios of Phocaea (a metalinguistic note about the name)

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Place linksCastra Mursa | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.267
char LCS 33 (37.9%) · word LCS 5 (35.7%)
Stephanos
Μοῦρσα, πόλις Παιονίας, κτίσμα Ἀδριανοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μουρσαῖος, ὡς Παρθένιος Φωκαεύς. λέγεται καὶ Μούρσιον.
Herodian
…Κόσσα πόλις Οἰνωτρῶν ἐν τῷ μεσογείῳ. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Πάσσα πόλις Θρᾴκης. Ἄσσα πόλις πρὸς τῷ Ἄθῳ. Ἡρόδοτος ἑβδόμῃ (c. 122). ἔστι καὶ κώμη Σκυθίας. Προῦσα πόλις μικρὰ Βιθυνίας κτίσμα Προυσίου τοῦ πρὸς Κῦρον πολεμήσαντος. Μοῦρσα πόλις Παιονίας κτίσμα Ἀδριανοῦ. λέγεται καὶ Μούρσιον. Πέρσα πόλις παρὰ τῷ Εὐφράτῃ καὶ Σαμοσάτοις. Τάρσα κώμη ἐπὶ τῷ Εὐφράτῃ. Ἄρσα πόλις Ἱσπανίας, ὡς Χάραξ ἐν δεκάτῃ χρονικῶν. Τίρσαι πόλις Μυγδονίας τῆς ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ ἀπὸ Τίρσης μιᾶς τῶν θυγατέρων Γραστ…

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