Φιά - Stephanos Ethnika

Φιά OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Φιά, πόλις τῶν περιμάχων Μεσσηνίοις καὶ Λάκωσιν. Ὅμηρος “Φιᾶς πὰρ τείχεσσιν Ἰαρδάνου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα”. τὸ [δὲ] ἐθνικὸν [ταύτης] Φιεύς καὶ Φιάτης καὶ Φιαῖος.

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Text Details

Entry	#60
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 664.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-15
Word count	22

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON) formula:e1b19e84652cc7be	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form '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	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 · 3 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.285

char LCS 33 (27.5%) · word LCS 5 (21.7%)

Stephanos

Φιά, πόλις τῶν περιμάχων Μεσσηνίοις καὶ Λάκωσιν. Ὅμηρος “Φιᾶς πὰρ τείχεσσιν Ἰαρδάνου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα”. τὸ [δὲ] ἐθνικὸν [ταύτης] Φιεύς καὶ Φιάτης καὶ Φιαῖος.

Herodian

…οταμῷ—ὀξύνεται ὡς πληθυντικά. τὸ δὲ γενεά, δωρεά, ὀχεά περιεκτικά ἐστιν. Τὰ εἰς 'α' μακρὸν μονογενῆ τῇ 'ει' ἢ τῷ 'ι' μακρῷ παραληγόμενα ἐπὶ οὐσίας τιθέμενα ὀξύνεται, χειά, ζειά εἶδος κριθῆς, Φειά πόλις Ἠλείας. Ὅμηρος «Φειᾶς πὰρ τείχεσσιν Ἰαρδάνου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα» (Η 135). λέγεται καὶ Φεά. φλιά, θριά· θριαί δὲ αἱ μαντικαὶ ψῆφοι, ἃς εὗρεν Ἀθηνᾶ. ἀχθόμενος δὲ τοὺς τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος.... ἄπιστον ὁ Ζεὺς ἐποίησε τὴν διὰ τῶν θριῶν μαντικὴν εὐδοκιμοῦσαν. διὸ καὶ Ἀπόλλων ἔφη «πολλοὶ θριοβόλο…