Βοῦρα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Βοῦρα, πόλις Ἀχαΐας, θηλυκῶς, ἀπὸ Βούρας θυγατρὸς Ἴωνος τοῦ Ξούθου καὶ Ἑλίκης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βουραῖος. Λυκόφρων “Δύμη τε Βουραίοισιν ἡγεμὼν στόλου”. ἐκ ταύτης ἦν Πυθέας ζωγράφος, οὗ ἐστιν ἔργον ὁ ἐν Περγάμῳ ἐλέφας, ἀπὸ τοιχογραφίας ὤν, ὡς Φίλων. τὸ θηλυκὸν Βουραία, καὶ πόλις οὕτως, καὶ Βουραϊκός κτητικόν. λέγεται καὶ Βούρειος διὰ διφθόγγου. τὸ δὲ διὰ τοῦ « ι » ὡς Νύσσα Νύσσιος Βοίβη Βοίβιος.

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Text Details

Entry	#150
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 182.20
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-09
Word count	64

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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	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

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.259

char LCS 41 (13.3%) · word LCS 8 (12.9%)

Stephanos

Βοῦρα, πόλις Ἀχαΐας, θηλυκῶς, ἀπὸ Βούρας θυγατρὸς Ἴωνος τοῦ Ξούθου καὶ Ἑλίκης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βουραῖος. Λυκόφρων “Δύμη τε Βουραίοισιν ἡγεμὼν στόλου”. ἐκ ταύτης ἦν Πυθέας ζωγράφος, οὗ ἐστιν ἔργον ὁ ἐν Περγάμῳ ἐλέφας, ἀπὸ τοιχογραφίας ὤν, ὡς Φίλων. τὸ θηλυκὸν Βουραία, καὶ πόλις οὕτως, καὶ Βουραϊκός κτη…

Herodian

… »Φηράς τε ζαθέας ἠδ´ Ἄνθειαν βαθύλειμον« (Il. Ι 151) τὰ δὲ ἀπὸ φωνήεντος ἀρχόμενα παροξύνεται, Ἥρα, ὥρα, ὀπώρα. Τὰ εἰς 'ρα' δισύλλαβα συνεσταλμένον ἔχοντα τὸ 'α' βαρύνεται, σφαῖρα, μοῖρα, πεῖρα, σφῦρα. Βοῦρα πόλις Ἀχαΐας ἀπὸ Βούρας θυγατρὸς Ἴωνος τοῦ Ξούθου καὶ Ἑλίκης. Νῶρα πόλις ἐν Σαρδοῖ τῇ νήσῳ. Σῶρα πόλις Ἰταλίας. Σοῦρα μαντεῖον Λυκίας. τὰ δὲ μὴ συνεσταλμένον τὸ 'α' ἔχοντα ὀξύνεται, ἰρά ἡ ἐκκλησία. τοῦτο δὲ διφορεῖται καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἐτυμολογίαν καὶ κατὰ τὴν γραφήν. εἰ μὲν γὰρ παρὰ …