Ὀλυμπία - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὀλυμπία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ὀλυμπία, ἡ πρότερον Πῖσα λεγομένη, ἔνθα Ὀλύμπιος Ζεὺς τιμᾶται, ἀφ´ οὗ τὰ Ὀλύμπια ὁ ἀγών. μετὰ συλλαβῆς τὰ τοπικά, Ὀλυμπίαθεν Ὀλυμπίαζε. λέγεται καὶ Ἅρπινα ὡς Νικάνωρ, ἀπὸ τῆς Οἰνομάου μητρός.

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#58
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 491.5
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count	30

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Νικάνωρ (Nikanor)	FHG III 633 F 8

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὀλυμπία	Olympia · place · corrected · Q38888
Πῖσα	Pisa · place · corrected · Q922329
Ζεύς	Zeus · deity · corrected · Q34201
Ὀλύμπια	the Olympic Games · other · corrected · Q38888
Ὀλυμπία	(local form) from Olympia · place · corrected · Q38888
Ὀλυμπία	(local form) from Olympia · place · corrected · Q38888
Ἄρπινα	Arpina · place · corrected · Q5663572
Οἰνόμαος	Oinomaus · person
Olympia / formerly Pisa	place · sanctuary/town · Elis, Peloponnese · explicit · wikidata: Q3252409 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	Where Olympian Zeus is honored, from whom the Games (the Olympics) take their name.
Morphological Composition	By syllabic/local (phonological) change: 'Olympiathen' → 'Olympiaze' (showing local morphological forms).
Eponym Person	It is also said to be Arpina, according to Nicanor, from the mother of Oenomaus (i.e., named after her).
Unclear Metalinguistic	Formerly called Pisa.

Links

Place links	Olympia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1968.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	[NO ANTECEDENT] + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:85dbc02f91e20d41	Translate as "as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (MASCULINE ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:04e9b95236efcdc4	Translate as "X... from/after whom is 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (NEUTER ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:36c80425f64385f6	Translate as "X... from which is Y" or "X... as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	Y (EPITHET) + X (DEITY) formula:e59d8efd6da15c82	Translate as "X Y" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	τοπικά τά gloss:dc551500540a4364	locative term Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.