Ξήρα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ξήρα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ξήρα, πόλις περὶ τὰς Ἡρακλείους στήλας. Θεόπομπος τεσσαρακοστῷ τρίτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ξηραῖος, ὡς Θήρα Θηραῖος.

Xera: a city near the Pillars of Herakles. Theopompos, book 43. The ethnonym is 'Xeraios', just as 'Theraios' is from Thera.

Text Details

Entry	#6
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 481.1
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count	14
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Θεόπομπος (Theopompus)	FGrHist 115 F 199

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ξήρα	Xera (place name) · place
Ξηραῖος	Xeraean (ethnic name) · people
Θήρα	Thera (Santorini) · place
Θηραῖος	Theraean (ethnic name) · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The ethnic/demonym is 'Ξηραῖος', as 'Θήρα' has the demonym 'Θηραῖος'.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS 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
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.