Ὠρισία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ὠρισία, πόλις Ἰβηρίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὠριτανός. Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν δευτέρῳ γεωγραφουμένων “ἀμφότεροι γὰρ” φησί “κατοικοῦσι τὴν παραλίαν καί τινα τῆς μεσογείου, πρῶτον μὲν Ὠριτανοί, πόλεις δ´ ἐν αὐτοῖς εἰσι μεγάλαι Ὀρσία καὶ Καστάλων”.

Orisia: a city in Iberia. The ethnonym is 'Oritanos'. Artemidoros, in book 2 of his Geography, says: 'For both inhabit the coastline and some of the interior: first the Oritanoi, and among them are the large cities Orsia and Kastalon.'

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#16
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 710.4
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-14
Word count	32
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀρτεμίδωρος (Artemidorus)	Γεωγραφούμενα · fr. 18 Stiehle
Γεωγραφούμενα (Geographoumena (Geographical Works))	Γεωγραφούμενα · fr. 18 Stiehle

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὠρισία	Orisia · place
Ἰβηρία	Iberia · place
Ὠριτανός	Oritanian · people
Ὠριτανοί	Oritanians · people
Ὠρισία	Orisia · place
Καστάλων	Kastalon · place

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Orisia, a city of Iberia; its ethnic name is Oritan(os). This identifies the place and its demonym, but does not explain the name’s origin.
Unclear Metalinguistic	First, the Oritani; among them are large cities, Orisia and Kastalon. This locates Orisia among the Oritani but offers no etymology for the place name.

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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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	παραλία ή gloss:7d56647e460e3843	coastline Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS 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.

Herodian 1.97

char LCS 36 (19.6%) · word LCS 4 (12.5%)

Stephanos

Ὠρισία, πόλις Ἰβηρίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὠριτανός. Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν δευτέρῳ γεωγραφουμένων “ἀμφότεροι γὰρ” φησί “κατοικοῦσι τὴν παραλίαν καί τινα τῆς μεσογείου, πρῶτον μὲν Ὠριτανοί, πόλεις δ´ ἐν αὐτοῖς εἰσι μεγάλαι Ὀρσία καὶ Καστάλων”.

Herodian

… ἁμαξίς, πύξος πυξίς· ἔστι καὶ πόλις ἐν μεσογαίᾳ τῶν Οἰνωτρῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ὄξος ὀξίς. Τὰ εἰς 'πις' διβράχεα ἀπὸ συμφώνου ἢ συμφώνων ἀρχόμενα ὀξύνεται, πραπίς, κοπίς, λεπίς. σεσημείωται τὸ τρόπις. ἔστι καὶ Τρόπις νῆσος... Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν δευτέρῳ γεωγραφουμένων. καὶ Νάπις κώμη Σκυθίας. τὸ δὲ ὄπις ἀπὸ φωνήεντος ἄρχεται. * Ἔτι τὰ εἰς 'πις' φύσει μακρᾷ παραληγόμενα ὀξύνεται, οἷον ῥιπίς, ὅπερ ἡ μὲν κοινὴ συνήθεια ἐκτείνει, ἡ δὲ τῶν Ἀθηναίων διάλεκτος συστέλλει, Ἀπίς ἡ Ἀπία ὡς Ἐρατ…