Οἰσύμη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #34
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 487.7 | Billerbeck: Ο34
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 16
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Θουκυδίδης (Thucydides) (4,107,3), Ὅμηρος (Homer) (Θ 304)
Entities: Οἰσύμη (Oisymē (Oisymē)) [place], Μακεδονία (Macedonia) [place], Ἠμαθία (Emathia) [place], Οἰσυμαῖος (Oisumaian (demonym)) [people], Οἰσύμη (Oisymē (acc.)) [place]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: Homer called this (place) 'Aisymē'.; Unclear Metalinguistic: (It is) now Emathia.; Unclear Metalinguistic: The ethnic (demonym) is 'Oisumaios'.
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Οἰσύμη, πόλις Μακεδονίας. Θουκυδίδης τετάρτῃ. ἡ νῦν Ἠμαθία· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Οἰσυμαῖος. ταύτην Αἰσύμην Ὅμηρος ἔφη.

Oisymē: a city of Macedonia. Thucydides (Book 4, 107.3). It is what is now Emathia. The ethnic (gentilic) is Oisymaios. Homer (Iliad Θ 304) called it Aisymē.

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Herodian 1.326

char LCS 38 (43.2%) · word LCS 5 (33.3%)

Stephanos

Οἰσύμη, πόλις Μακεδονίας. Θουκυδίδης τετάρτῃ. ἡ νῦν Ἠμαθία· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Οἰσυμαῖος. ταύτην Αἰσύμην Ὅμηρος ἔφη.

Herodian

… ἀπέχουσα σταδίους ρκʹ ἐσχάτη, κεῖται πρὸς δύσιν Δῦμαι». Δρύμη πόλις Λιβύης. Στράβων ιζʹ. σεσημείωται τὸ τιμή προσηγορικὸν ὀξυνόμενον. Τίμη δὲ τὸ κύριον βαρύνεται. * Τὰ εἰς 'μη' ὑπερδισύλλαβα 'υ' παραληγόμενα βαρύνεται, Οἰσύμη πόλις Μακεδονίας. Θουκυδίδης τετάρτῃ (c. 107). ταύτην Αἰσύμην Ὅμηρος (Il. Θ 304) ἔφη «τόν ῥ´ ἐξ Αἰσύμηθεν ὀπυιομένη τέκε μήτηρ». Ἠδύμη πόλις Καρίας. Ἰδύμη πόλις Καρίας ἡ καὶ Ἴδυμα. Διδύμη μία τῶν Αἰόλου νήσων ἀπὸ τοῦ σχήματος ὀνομασθεῖσα. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λί…