Ὀρεστία - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὀρεστία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ὀρεστία, πόλις ἐν Ὀρέσταις, ἐν ὄρει ὑπερκειμένῳ τῆς Μακεδονικῆς γῆς, ἐξ ἧς Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Λάγου πρῶτος βασιλεύσας Αἰγύπτου. ὁ πολίτης Ὀρεστιαῖος. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ Ὀρεστία ἣν Εὐδαίμων καὶ Ὦρος διὰ τῆς « ει » διφθόγγου γράφουσι, τὴν Ὀρέστειον.* * *

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#89
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 495.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count	38

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Εὐδαίμων (Eudaimon)	RE VI 1,885 Nr. 8
Ὧρος (Horos)	F 11

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὀρεστία	Orestia · place · corrected · Q168261
Ὀρέσται	Orestae · people · corrected · Q183431
Μακεδονία	Macedonia · place
Πτολεμαῖος	Ptolemy · person
Λάγος	Lagus · person
Αἴγυπτος	Egypt · place · corrected · Q11768
Ἀρκαδία	Arcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
Orestia in Orestae / Macedonia	place · city · Orestae, Macedonia · explicit · unresolved
Orestia in Arcadia	place · city · Arcadia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The citizen (demonym) is 'Orestiaios' (formed from the place-name Ὀρεστία).
Unclear Metalinguistic	Eudaimon and Horos write it with the diphthong ει, calling it 'Oresteian' (orthographic/phonological variant: spelling with ει).

Links

Place links	Orestis \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i2021.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (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 · 4 occurrences
Formula	διὰ τοῦ + «X» (GREEK LETTER) + [FORM OF γράφειν] formula:93bec21ca1d8a38f	Translate as "writes/write/wrote/is written with X" Domain: SPELLING & PROSODY Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	τὸ 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
Gloss	γῆ ἡ gloss:728db30aa96e9869	land, dirt, Earth Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

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