Βούσιρις - Stephanos Ethnika

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Βούσιρις, πόλις Αἰγύπτου. “ἐν ταύτῃ Ἴσιος μέγιστον ἱερόν. ἵδρυται δ´ ἐν μέσῳ τῆς Αἰγύπτου ἐν τῷ Δέλτα. Ἶσις δ´ ἐστὶ κατὰ τὴν τῶν Ἑλλήνων γλῶσσαν ἡ Δημήτηρ”. ὡς δ´ ἄλλοι, ἐκεῖ λέγεται θάψαι τὸν Ὄσιριν Ἶσις ἐμβαλοῦσα εἰς ξυλίνην βοῦν, ὥστε Βουσόσιριν εἶναι τὴν πόλιν. οἱ δ´ ὅτι τοπάρχης ἦν ὁ Βούσιρις ὑπὸ Ὀσίριδος κατασταθείς. ὁ πολίτης Βουσιρίτης.

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Text Details

Entry	#154
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 183.10
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-09
Word count	58

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	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	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" 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

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Herodian 1.101

char LCS 224 (82.1%) · word LCS 50 (86.2%)

Stephanos

Βούσιρις, πόλις Αἰγύπτου. “ἐν ταύτῃ Ἴσιος μέγιστον ἱερόν. ἵδρυται δ´ ἐν μέσῳ τῆς Αἰγύπτου ἐν τῷ Δέλτα. Ἶσις δ´ ἐστὶ κατὰ τὴν τῶν Ἑλλήνων γλῶσσαν ἡ Δημήτηρ”. ὡς δ´ ἄλλοι, ἐκεῖ λέγεται θάψαι τὸν Ὄσιριν Ἶσις ἐμβαλοῦσα εἰς ξυλίνην βοῦν, ὥστε Βουσόσιριν εἶναι τὴν πόλιν. οἱ δ´ ὅτι τοπάρχης ἦν ὁ Βούσιρις ὑπὸ Ὀσίριδος κατασταθείς. ὁ πολίτης Βουσιρίτης.

Herodian

… Ἀρκαδίας. Ῥιανὸς ἐν Ἠλιακῶν πρώτῳ—βαρύνεται. * Ἔτι τὰ εἰς 'ρις' ἔχοντα πρὸ τοῦ 'ρ' ἕν τι τῶν μέσων ὀξύνεται, Ἀλεξανδρίς, Ταναγρίς, Καλαβρίς. τὸ δὲ Λίηβρις πόλις Φοινίκων βαρύνεται. Τὰ εἰς 'ρις' Αἰγύπτια προπαροξύνεται, Βούσιρις πόλις Αἰγύπτου. «ἐν ταύτῃ Ἴσιος μέγιστον ἱερόν. ἵδρυται δ´ ἐν μέσῳ τῆς Αἰγύπτου ἐν τῷ Δέλτα. Ἶσις δ´ ἐστὶ κατὰ τὴν τῶν Ἑλλήνων γλῶσσαν ἡ Δημήτηρ» (Herodot. II 59). ὡς δ´ ἄλλοι, ἐκεῖ λέγεται θάψαι τὸν Ὄσιριν Ἶσις ἐμβαλοῦσα εἰς ξυλίνην βοῦν, ὥστε Βουσόσιριν εἶναι τὴν πόλιν. οἱ δ´ ὅτι τοπάρχης ἦν Βούσιρις ὑπὸ Ὀσίριδος κατασταθείς. Ὄσιρις Αἰγυπτιστὶ ὁ Διόνυσος. Ταφόσιρις πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ἐν ᾗ λέγεται Ὄσιρις τεθάφθαι. καλάσιρις λινοῦς χιτὼν ἱερατικὸς καὶ μοῖρα τῶν μαχίμων ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ οἱ καὶ Ἑρμοτυμβιεῖς. Ἡρόδοτος δε…