Ξήρα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ξήρα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #6
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 481.1 | Billerbeck: Ξ6
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count: 14
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Θεόπομπος (Theopompus) FGrHist 115 F 199
Entities: Ξήρα (Xera (place name)) [place], Ξηραῖος (Xeraean (ethnic name)) [people], Θήρα (Thera (Santorini)) [place], Θηραῖος (Theraean (ethnic name)) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: The ethnic/demonym is 'Ξηραῖος', as 'Θήρα' has the demonym 'Θηραῖος'.
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Ξήρα, πόλις περὶ τὰς Ἡρακλείους στήλας. Θεόπομπος τεσσαρακοστῷ τρίτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ξηραῖος, ὡς Θήρα Θηραῖος.

Xēra: a city in the region of the Pillars of Heracles. Theopompos, book 43. The ethnic (gentilic) is Xēraios, as Thēra → Thēraios.

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