Χοιράδες - Stephanos Ethnika

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Χοιράδες, πόλις Μοσσυνοίκων. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ “Τιβαρηνοῖσι δὲ πρὸς ἥλιον ἀνίσχοντα Μοσσύνοικοι ὁμουρέουσι· ἐν δὲ αὐτοῖσι Χοιράδες πόλις”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Χοιραδεύς, ὡς τῆς Ἀρκάδος Ἀρκαδεύς καὶ τῆς Χαλκίδος Χαλκιδεύς καὶ τῆς Τρῳάδος Τρῳαδεύς.

Choirades: a city of the Mossynoikoi. Hekataios in his Europe: ‘To the east of the Tibarenoi, the Mossynoikoi are their neighbours; among them is the city of Choirades.’ The ethnonym is ‘Choiradeus’, just as ‘Arkadeus’ is from Arkas, ‘Chalkideus’ from Chalkis, and ‘Troadeus’ from Troas.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#48
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 694.17
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-13
Word count	32
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Εὐρώπη (Europe) · FGrHist 1 F 204

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Χοιράδες	Choirades · place
Μοσσύνοικοι	Mossynoeci · people
Εὐρώπη	Europe · place
Τιβαρηνοί	Tibarenians · people
Μοσσύνοικοι	Mossynoeci · people
Χοιράδες	Choirades · place
Χοιραδεύς	Choiradean · people
Ἀρκάς	Arcadian · people
Ἀρκαδεύς	Arcadian · people
Χαλκίς	Chalcis · place
Χαλκιδεύς	Chalcidian · people
Τρωάς	Troad · place
Τρωαδεύς	Troadian · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The ethnic name is Choiradeus, formed in the same way as Arkadeus from Arkados, Chalkideus from Chalkis, and Troadeus from Troad.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 6 occurrences
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 · 3 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 occurrences
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	Χ (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
Formula	ὡς + 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 · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + 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 · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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.

Herodian 1.58

char LCS 114 (58.2%) · word LCS 17 (53.1%)

Stephanos

Χοιράδες, πόλις Μοσσυνοίκων. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ “Τιβαρηνοῖσι δὲ πρὸς ἥλιον ἀνίσχοντα Μοσσύνοικοι ὁμουρέουσι· ἐν δὲ αὐτοῖσι Χοιράδες πόλις”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Χοιραδεύς, ὡς τῆς Ἀρκάδος Ἀρκαδεύς καὶ τῆς Χαλκίδος Χαλκιδεύς καὶ τῆς Τρῳάδος Τρῳαδεύς.

Herodian

…ις Ἑλλάς κοίλης Συρίας. Παλλάς. ἐθάς. ἰκμάς παρὰ τὸ ἱκνεῖσθαι ἄνωθεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ Διὸς ὕοντος. μονάς. Ἐχινάς νῆσοι περὶ τὴν Αἰτωλίαν, αἳ καὶ Ἐχῖναι. λαμπάς. Δειράς δῆμος τῆς Λεοντίδος φυλῆς, πολυδειράς, ἀναδενδράς. Χοιράδες πόλις Μοσσυνοίκων. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ «Τιβαρηνοῖσι δὲ πρὸς ἥλιον ἀνίσχοντα Μοσσύνοικοι ὁμουρέουσι. ἐν δὲ αὐτοῖσι Χοιράδες πόλις». Λυμφάς πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Παυσανίας ὀγδόῳ (c. 34, 6). Στροφάς νῆσοι πρὸς τῇ Ζακύνθῳ δύο. ἰσχάς. Στοιχάς νῆσοι τρεῖς πρὸς τῇ Μασσαλίᾳ. Πανεάς πολίχνιον Φοινίκης. δυάς. τριάς. ῥυάς. πλειάς. πελειάς «αἱ δὲ βάτην τρήρωσι πελ…