Φάρσαλος

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Φάρσαλος, πόλις Θεσσαλίας, ἀπὸ Φαρσάλου τοῦ Ἀκρισίου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Φαρσάλιος καὶ Φαρσαλίς καὶ Φαρσαλία. ἔστι καὶ Παμφυλίας πόλις. λέγεται καὶ Φαρράλιος διὰ δύο « ρρ », ὡς Μυρρίνη καὶ κόρρη καί “ἐπὶ κόρρης”.

Pharsalos: a city in Thessaly, named after Pharsalos son of Akrisios. The ethnonym is 'Pharsalios', 'Pharsalis', and 'Pharsalia'. There is also a city in Pamphylia. The form 'Pharralios' is also used, with two ρs, as in 'Myrrhine', 'korre', and 'epi korres'.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry#37
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 659.18
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-15
Word count31
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΦάρσαλοςPharsalus · place
ΘεσσαλίαThessaly · place
ΦάρσαλοςPharsalus · person
ἈκρίσιοςAcrisius · person
ΦαρσάλιοςPharsalian · people
ΦαρσαλίςPharsalian · people
ΦαρσαλίαPharsalian · people
ΠαμφυλίαPamphylia · place
ΦαρράλιοςPharralian (variant form of Pharsalian) · people
μύρρινηmyrrhine (myrtle plant) · other
κόρρηcheek · other
κόρρηcheek · other
Φάρσαλοςplace · explicit · wikidata: Q38281085 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonThe Thessalian city Pharsalus is named after Pharsalus, son of Acrisius.
Place TransferThere is also a city of this name in Pamphylia; the passage indicates a corresponding place-name, but does not explicitly explain whether it was transferred from the Thessalian city.
Unclear MetalinguisticIt is also pronounced/spelled Pharralios with two rhos, as in myrrhinē, korrē, and the expression ‘upon the head’; this is a discussion of the form and spelling of the name rather than an explanation of its origin.

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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 · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN)
formula:276bf314e3ad9973
Translate as "X, X"
Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON)
formula:8856d9e4780f3c74
Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON)
formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d
Translate as "X... after Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 3 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 · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.123
char LCS 49 (30.4%) · word LCS 12 (38.7%)
Stephanos
Φάρσαλος, πόλις Θεσσαλίας, ἀπὸ Φαρσάλου τοῦ Ἀκρισίου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Φαρσάλιος καὶ Φαρσαλίς καὶ Φαρσαλία. ἔστι καὶ Παμφυλίας πόλις. λέγεται καὶ Φαρράλιος διὰ δύο « ρρ », ὡς Μυρρίνη καὶ κόρρη καί “ἐπὶ κόρρης”.
Herodian
…όν, ὡς καὶ Πλούταρχος ἱστορεῖ. Τὰ εἰς 'λιος' ὑπερτρισύλλαβα προπαροξύνεται, εἰ μὴ ὀρνέου κατηγοροίη, ἐνάλιος, Παράλιος, Δενθάλιος καὶ Δενθάλιοι πόλις μία τῶν περιμαχήτων Μεσσηνίοις καὶ Λακεδαιμονίοις, Κυάλιος, Φαρσάλιος καὶ Φαρράλιος διὰ δύο 'ρρ' ὡς Μυρρίνη καὶ κόρρη καὶ «ἐπὶ κόρρης». Μαινάλιος, Οἰχάλιος, Πατάλιος, Δασάλιος ὁ Διόνυσος, θεμέλιος, ἠέλιος, νυκτέλιος, ἀεικέλιος, κειμήλιος, γαμήλιος, Ταργήλιος, ἀπατήλιος. Τήλιος ὄνομα ἔθνους· Ἀνδροτίων ἕκτῳ Ἀτθίδος. Ὀλβήλιος, Ῥακήλιος, Αἰγίλιος, Πραξίλι…
Herodian 1.160
char LCS 44 (27.3%) · word LCS 7 (22.6%)
Stephanos
Φάρσαλος, πόλις Θεσσαλίας, ἀπὸ Φαρσάλου τοῦ Ἀκρισίου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Φαρσάλιος καὶ Φαρσαλίς καὶ Φαρσαλία. ἔστι καὶ Παμφυλίας πόλις. λέγεται καὶ Φαρράλιος διὰ δύο « ρρ », ὡς Μυρρίνη καὶ κόρρη καί “ἐπὶ κόρρης”.
Herodian
…τροχαλός, ἀταλός, ὁμαλός, ἀκαλός, γυαλός τὸ ἐπίθετον. σεσημείωται τὸ μεγάλος παροξύτονον. ἐξέλειψε δὲ ἡ μεγάλος εὐθεῖα διὰ τὸ ἀχαρακτήριστον τοῦ τόνου. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'αλος' ὑπερδισύλλαβα μετὰ τοῦ 'α' ἐκτεταμένου βαρύνεται, Φάρσαλος πόλις Θεσσαλίας ἀπὸ Φαρσάλου τοῦ Ἀκρισίου. ἔστι καὶ Παμφυλίας πόλις. Τάβαλος, Στύμφαλος πόλις Ἀρκαδίας καὶ πεδίον ὁμώνυμον καὶ πηγή. ἡ πόλις ἀρσενικῶς καὶ θηλυκῶς. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ελος' μονογενῆ προπαροξύνεται, εἰ μὴ πάθος τι γένοιτο, ἄμπελος. ἔστι καὶ πόλις τῆς Λι…

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