Οἰνωτρία

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Entry #31
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 486.15 | Billerbeck: Ο31
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 50
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Παυσανίας (Pausanias) (8,3,5), Πεΐσανδρος (Peisander) fr. 11 Heitsch, Λυκόφρων (Lycophron) Lyc. 912
Entities: Οἰνωτρία (Oenotria) [place], Ἰταλία (Italy) [place], Οἰνώτρος (Oenotrus) [person], Ἀρκάδιος (Arcadian) [people], Οἰνωτρός (Oenotrian (ethnic)) [people], Θετταλός (Thessalian) [people], Ἴων (Ion / Ionian) [people], Κίλιξ (Cilix) [people], Οἰνώτριος (Oenotrios / Oenotrian) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: is said to have been named from Oinotrus, an Arcadian; Morphological Composition: he says it was named from the practice/use of wine; Unclear Metalinguistic: the ethnic (demonym) Oinotros, like Thetallos and Ion and Kilix; Morphological Composition: it is also called Oinotrios, from which (comes) 'the land of Oinotria'; Unclear Metalinguistic: the form Oinotros is 'made acute'/shortened (phonological/orthographic change)
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Οἰνωτρία, χώρα τῆς Ἰταλίας. τινὲς δὲ καὶ αὐτὴν Ἰταλίαν οὕτω φασὶ κεκλῆσθαι ἀπὸ Οἰνώτρου Ἀρκάδος, ὡς Παυσανίας ὀγδόῳ. Πείσανδρος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ οἴνου χρήσεως κεκλῆσθαι αὐτήν φησι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Οἰνωτρός, ὡς Θετταλός καὶ Ἴων καὶ Κίλιξ. λέγεται καὶ Οἰνώτριος, ἀφ´ οὗ τὸ Οἰνωτριὰς γῆ. ὀξύνεται δὲ τὸ Οἰνωτρός.
Oinōtria: a region of Italy. Some, however, say that Italy itself was so called from Oinōtros the Arkadian, as (reported by) Pausanias in book 8. Peisandros in book 13 says that it was so named from the use of wine. The ethnic (gentilic) is Oinōtros, as Thessalos and Iōn and Kílix. One also says Oinōtrios, from which comes the phrase “the land of Oinōtria” (Lycophron 912). The accent of Oinōtros is acute.

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Herodian 1.299
char LCS 125 (49.2%) · word LCS 20 (40.8%)
Stephanos
Οἰνωτρία, χώρα τῆς Ἰταλίας. τινὲς δὲ καὶ αὐτὴν Ἰταλίαν οὕτω φασὶ κεκλῆσθαι ἀπὸ Οἰνώτρου Ἀρκάδος, ὡς Παυσανίας ὀγδόῳ. Πείσανδρος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ οἴνου χρήσεως κεκλῆσθαι αὐτήν φησι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Οἰνωτρός, ὡς Θετταλός καὶ Ἴων καὶ Κίλιξ. λέγεται καὶ Οἰνώτριος, ἀφ´ οὗ τὸ Οἰνωτριὰς γῆ. ὀξύνεται δὲ τὸ Οἰνωτρός.
Herodian
…ρὸς τῷ τέλει τῆς χερρονήσου, ὡς Ἡρόδοτος ἑβδόμῃ (c. 108). Μολυκρία πόλις Αἰτωλίας. Στράβων δεκάτῃ. Θουκυδίδης δευτέρα (c. 84) Μολύκρειον αὐτὴν καλεῖ, Εὐφορίων δὲ Μολυκρίαν αὐτήν φησι. Οἰνωτρία χώρα τῆς Ἰταλίας. τινὲς δὲ αὐτὴν Ἰταλίαν οὕτω φασὶ κεκλῆσθαι ἀπὸ Οἰνωτροῦ Ἀρκάδος, ὡς Παυσανίας ὀγδόῳ (c. 3, 5). Πείσανδρος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ οἴνου χρήσεως κεκλῆσθαι αὐτήν φησιν. Ζεφυρία. οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο Μῆλος νῆσος. Ἀνακτορία. οὕτως ὠνομάσθη Μίλητος πόλις ἀπὸ Ἄνακτος τοῦ Γῆς καὶ Οὐρανοῦ. Νιτρίαι τόπος Αἰγύπτου. Στράβων ἑπτακαιδεκάτῃ. Πανδατερία νῆσος. Πιερία πόλις ἐν ὁμωνύμῳ χωρίῳ. Πτερία πόλι…

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