Οἰνωτρία

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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.

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Text Details

Entry#31
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 486.15 · Billerbeck Ο31
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count50

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Παυσανίας (Pausanias)(8,3,5)
Πεΐσανδρος (Peisander)fr. 11 Heitsch
Λυκόφρων (Lycophron)Lyc. 912
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΟἰνωτρίαOenotria · place · corrected · Q922562
ἸταλίαItaly · place
ΟἰνώτροςOenotrus · person · corrected · Q2715690
ἈρκάδιοςArcadian · people
ΟἰνωτρόςOenotrian (ethnic) · people · corrected · Q2715690
ΘετταλόςThessalian · people
ἼωνIon / Ionian · people
ΚίλιξCilix · people
ΟἰνώτριοςOenotrios / Oenotrian · people
Οἰνωτρίαplace · explicit · wikidata: Q922562 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Personis said to have been named from Oinotrus, an Arcadian
Morphological Compositionhe says it was named from the practice/use of wine
Unclear Metalinguisticthe ethnic (demonym) Oinotros, like Thetallos and Ion and Kilix
Morphological Compositionit is also called Oinotrios, from which (comes) 'the land of Oinotria'
Unclear Metalinguisticthe form Oinotros is 'made acute'/shortened (phonological/orthographic change)

Links

Place linksOenotrians | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
Glossχώρα ἡ
gloss:54f628c16aa263ce
region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις)
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

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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