Οἴτη - Stephanos Ethnika

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mountain

Entry #35
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 487.10 | Billerbeck: Ο35
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 40
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Σοφοκλῆς (Sophocles) Ph. 453 [Ph.]
Entities: Οἴτη (Oeta (Mount Oeta)) [place], Τραχῖναι (Trachinai (Trachis/Trachinae)) [place], Μηλιεῖς (Melians) [people], Οἰταῖος (Oetaeans (inhabitants of Oeta)) [people], Οἰταῖος (Oetaean (genitive)) [people], Οἰταῖη (Oitaie (female eponym)) [person], Οἰτηίς (Oiteis (female form)) [person], Οἰταιεύς (Oitaeus (male eponym/demonym)) [person], Κρηταῖος (Cretan) [people], Κρηταιεύς (Kretaieus/Cretaius (variant demonym)) [people], Οἰταῖον (Oitaion (neuter form, place-name)) [place]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: Those who dwell there are called Οἰταῖοι (Oitaioi — inhabitants of Oite).; Morphological Composition: And the feminine forms are Οἰταίη and Οἰτηίς.; Morphological Composition: Perhaps from the (form) Οἰταιεύς — i.e. that Οἰταιῆσαι / Οἰτηίς derive from it.; Morphological Composition: It is as with Κρηταῖος and Κρηταιεύς (an analogy in formation of ethnics/adjectives).; Morphological Composition: And the neuter form Οἰταῖον.
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Οἴτη, ὄρος περὶ Τραχῖνα. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Μηλιέων. οἱ οἰκοῦντες Οἰταῖοι. Σοφοκλῆς “ἐγὼ μέν, ὦ γένεθλον Οἰταίου πατρός”. καὶ θηλυκὸν Οἰταίη καὶ Οἰτηίς, ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ Οἰταιεύς Οἰταιίς καὶ Οἰτηίς. ἔστι δὲ ὡς παρὰ τὸ Κρηταῖος Κρηταιεύς. καὶ τὸ οὐδέτερον Οἰταῖον.

Oitē: a mountain in the region of Trachis. There is also a city of the Malians. The inhabitants are called Oitaioi. Sophocles (Philoctetes 453): “As for me—O offspring of an Oitaian father.” Also the feminine forms Oitaia and Oitēis—perhaps from *Oitaieus* (†to make “Oitēis” by forming it from “Oitaieus”†). It is (i.e. the formation is) as in the pair Krētaios / Krētaiēus (“Cretan” / “Cretan-man”). And the neuter is Oitaion.

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Herodian 1.344

char LCS 38 (18.7%) · word LCS 8 (19.5%)

Stephanos

Οἴτη, ὄρος περὶ Τραχῖνα. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Μηλιέων. οἱ οἰκοῦντες Οἰταῖοι. Σοφοκλῆς “ἐγὼ μέν, ὦ γένεθλον Οἰταίου πατρός”. καὶ θηλυκὸν Οἰταίη καὶ Οἰτηίς, ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ Οἰταιεύς Οἰταιίς καὶ Οἰτηίς. ἔστι δὲ ὡς παρὰ τὸ Κρηταῖος Κρηταιεύς. καὶ τὸ οὐδέτερον Οἰταῖον.

Herodian

Τὰ εἰς 'τη' δισύλλαβα διφθόγγῳ παραληγόμενα βαρύνεται, βλαύτη εἶδος ὑποδήματος, Προίτη ἡ πόλις, κοίτη, δροίτη ἡ πύελος, λοίτη, Οἴτη ὄρος περὶ Τραχῖνα. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Μηλιέων. βαίτη ἡ διφθέρα. δαίτη ἡ εὐωχία. τὸ δὲ τελευτή τρισύλλαβον. Τὰ εἰς 'τη' δισύλλαβα προσηγορικὰ ἔχοντα πρὸ τοῦ 'τ' σύμφωνον ὀξύνεται, εἰ μὴ παραλήγοι φωνήεντι 'ι' ἢ 'ε', βροντή, εἱρκτή, πηκτή ὄργανον μουσικόν. φυστή μᾶζα…

Herodian 1.129

char LCS 36 (17.7%) · word LCS 7 (17.1%)

Stephanos

Οἴτη, ὄρος περὶ Τραχῖνα. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Μηλιέων. οἱ οἰκοῦντες Οἰταῖοι. Σοφοκλῆς “ἐγὼ μέν, ὦ γένεθλον Οἰταίου πατρός”. καὶ θηλυκὸν Οἰταίη καὶ Οἰτηίς, ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ Οἰταιεύς Οἰταιίς καὶ Οἰτηίς. ἔστι δὲ ὡς παρὰ τὸ Κρηταῖος Κρηταιεύς. καὶ τὸ οὐδέτερον Οἰταῖον.

Herodian

…ήν—πρὸς ἀντιδιαστολὴν ὀξύνεται. * Καὶ καθόλου τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰς 'α' ἢ 'η' ἢ εἰς 'ος' παραγόμενα προπερισπᾶται, ὥρα ὡραῖος, θύρα θυραῖος, Πέλλα Πελλαῖος, Γάζα Γαζαῖος, ὕλη ὑλαῖος, πύλη πυλαῖος, Δίκτη Δικταῖος, Οἴτη Οἰταῖος. Σοφοκλῆς «ἐγὼ μὲν ὦ γένεθλον Οἰταίου πατρός» (Phil. 453), ἀγέλη ἀγελαῖος. τὸ δὲ Ἀγέλαιος κύριον προπαροξύνεται, δρόμος δρομαῖος, χέρσος χερσαῖος, ἤπειρος ἠπειραῖος, νησαῖος, Ἄμυμνος Ἀμυμναῖος, Ἄμυρος Ἀμυραῖος, Ἄπρος Ἀπραῖος. τὸ δὲ φύλαιος καὶ δείλαιος προπαροξύνο…

Herodian 1.281

char LCS 14 (6.9%) · word LCS 5 (12.2%)

Stephanos

Οἴτη, ὄρος περὶ Τραχῖνα. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Μηλιέων. οἱ οἰκοῦντες Οἰταῖοι. Σοφοκλῆς “ἐγὼ μέν, ὦ γένεθλον Οἰταίου πατρός”. καὶ θηλυκὸν Οἰταίη καὶ Οἰτηίς, ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ Οἰταιεύς Οἰταιίς καὶ Οἰτηίς. ἔστι δὲ ὡς παρὰ τὸ Κρηταῖος Κρηταιεύς. καὶ τὸ οὐδέτερον Οἰταῖον.

Herodian

…ίᾳ παρ´ Ἐγχελέαις, εἰς ἣν Βάτων ὁ Ἀμφιαράου ἡνίοχος μετὰ τὸν ἀφανισμὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπῴκησε. Πολύβιος. Εἰλείθυια καὶ Εἰλήθυια· ἔστι καὶ Εἰληθυίας πόλις Αἰγυπτιακή. Ὠρείθυια, αἴθυια, ἄγυια· Ἡρακλέων ὁ Γλαύκου παρὰ τὸ ἄγω φησίν· ἔστι δὲ ὡς παρὰ τὸ ἅρπω ἅρπυια, ὀρέγω ὄργυια, ἃ πληθυντικῶς ὀξύνεται. «μέσην ἐς ἄγυιαν» (Il. Υ 254), «ἐϋκτιμένας» δὲ «κατ´ ἀγυιάς» (Ζ 391). Ἴδυια. τὸ δὲ μητρυιά μακρὸν ἔχον τὸ 'α' ὀξύνεται. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'αια' μονογενῆ μακρὸν ἔχοντα τὸ 'α' π…