Χειμέρα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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[Χειμέρα, πόλις Σικελίας. Ξενοφῶν Ἑλληνικῶν πρώτῳ “στρατεύοντες δ´ ἐπὶ Σικελίαν δέκα μυριάσι στρατιᾶς αἱροῦσιν ἐν τρισὶ μησὶ δύο πόλεις Ἑλληνίδας, Σελινοῦντά τε καὶ Χειμέραν”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Χειμεραῖος ὡς Ἱμεραῖος.]

[Cheimera, a city in Sicily. Xenophon, book 1 in his Hellenika: ‘While campaigning against Sicily with an army of one hundred thousand, in three months they capture two Greek cities, Selinous and Cheimera.’ The ethnonym is ‘Cheimeraian’, as in ‘Himeraian’.]

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Text Details

Entry#35
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 690.5
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-12
Word count29
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ξενοφῶν (Xenophon)Hellenica · Ἑλληνικῶν 1.1.37 (I 529)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΧειμέραHimera · place
ΣικελίαSicily · place
ΣικελίαSicily · place
ΣελινοῦςSelinus · place
ΧειμέραHimera · place
ΧειμεραῖοςHimeran (of Himera) · other
ἹμεραῖοςHimeran (of Himera) · other
Cheimera in Sicilyplace · city · Sicily · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear MetalinguisticThe demonym is Cheimeraios, as (in the same way as) Himeraios; this indicates an analogical/morphological formation of the ethnic adjective, but the passage does not explain the place-name’s origin.

Links

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:5e7f1861601f28d1
Translate as "X, book Y in his *Z*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME)
formula:c795eaabedf9a542
Translate as "Χ, in his *Y*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (nominative AUTHOR NAME)... + ὡς αὐτός
formula:4caae33810f40dfa
Translate as "X... as per X."
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH)
formula:1bb0974b95264dde
Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE)
formula:0a6d211492d74a05
Translate as "a X of the Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaτὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM)
formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3
Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaΧ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e
Translate as "X, in book Y of his *Z*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME)
formula:d915b1886270056c
Translate as "as per X"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:bcd70ae781e7b205
Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:7163e35f4bd326d9
Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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Herodian overlaps

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Last updated: 2026-10-10 09:35:27 UTC