Φαραί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Φαραί, πόλις Μεσσήνης, ὅθεν ἦσαν οἱ Ἀφαρητιάδαι. ἔστι καὶ Ἀχαΐας. εἰσὶ καὶ διὰ τοῦ « η » Φηραί· ὁ πολίτης Φηραῖος. εἰσὶ καὶ Φαραί Βοιωτίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Φάρης Φάρητος. ἔστι δ´ ἄλλη Κρήτης, ἄποικος τῆς ἐν Μεσσήνῃ, ὡς Φίλων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν τῆς Μεσσηνίας Φαραΐτης, ὡς Θῆβαι Θηβαΐτης καὶ Συκαί Συκαΐτης. τῆς δ´ ἐν Ἀχαΐᾳ Φαραιεῖς λέγονται. καὶ δῆλον, ὡς παρὰ τὸ Φαραῖος Φαραιεύς Κρηταῖος Κρηταιεύς Κωπαῖος Κωπαιεύς. καὶ κτητικὸν Φαραϊκός ἀπὸ τοῦ Φαραῖος.

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Text Details

Entry	#27
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 658.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-15
Word count	71

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 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 · 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 · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.259

char LCS 59 (16.9%) · word LCS 12 (16.9%)

Stephanos

Φαραί, πόλις Μεσσήνης, ὅθεν ἦσαν οἱ Ἀφαρητιάδαι. ἔστι καὶ Ἀχαΐας. εἰσὶ καὶ διὰ τοῦ « η » Φηραί· ὁ πολίτης Φηραῖος. εἰσὶ καὶ Φαραί Βοιωτίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Φάρης Φάρητος. ἔστι δ´ ἄλλη Κρήτης, ἄποικος τῆς ἐν Μεσσήνῃ, ὡς Φίλων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν τῆς Μεσσηνίας Φαραΐτης, ὡς Θῆβαι Θηβαΐτης καὶ Συκαί Συκαΐτης. …

Herodian

…χοντα ὀξύνεται, ἰρά ἡ ἐκκλησία. τοῦτο δὲ διφορεῖται καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἐτυμολογίαν καὶ κατὰ τὴν γραφήν. εἰ μὲν γὰρ παρὰ τὸ εἴρω τὸ λέγω, διὰ διφθόγγου, εἰ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱερὰν εἶναι διὰ τοῦ 'ι'. σειρά, πυρά, οὐρά, φρουρά, πλευρά. Φαραί πόλις Μεσσήνης, ὅθεν ἦσαν οἱ Ἀφαρητιάδαι· ἔστι καὶ Ἀχαΐας. εἰσὶ καὶ Φαραί Βοιωτίας. ἔστι δὲ ἄλλη Κρήτης ἄποικος τῆς ἐν Μεσσήνῃ, ὡς Φίλων. ἀρά καὶ Ἀρά Ἀθάμαντος θυγάτηρ καὶ Ἀραί νῆσοι τρεῖς οὕτω λεγόμεναι διὰ τὰς ἀράς, ἃς Δωριεῖς ἐποιήσαντο πρὸς τοῦ Πενταπολίτας, ὡς Ἀριστείδης. Τὰ εἰς 'ρ…