Μοῦρσα - Stephanos Ethnika

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

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Text Details

Entry	#221
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 458.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count	14

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Παρθένιος Φωκαεύς (Parthenios Phocaeus (Parthenios of Phocaea))	cf. RE XVIII 4,1900 Nr. 17

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μοῦρσα	Moursa (Mursa) · place · corrected · Q1230316
Μούρσιον	Moursion (variant of Moursa) · place
Παίονία	Paeonia · place · corrected · Q249561
Ἀδριανός	Hadrian · person · corrected · Q1427
Μουρσαῖος	Moursaios (ethnic name, the ethnicon) · people
Μοῦρσα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q1309674 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

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

Links

Place links	Castra Mursa \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1515.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

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…