Δειρή

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Δειρή, ἄκρα καὶ πόλις ὁμώνυμος πρὸς τῇ Αἰθιοπίᾳ. Στράβων ιϛʹ. ἔστι καὶ πόλις ... Ἀθηναίων συμμαχική. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δειραῖος.

Deirē: a promontory and a city of the same name, near Ethiopia. Strabo. There is also a city <***>, allied with the Athenians. The ethnic is Deiraios.

Text Details

Entry#42
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 223.20 · Billerbeck Δ42
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count18
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)(16,4,4 [C 769,1])
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΔείρηDeira (Deire) · place
ΑἰθιοπίαAethiopia (Ethiopia) · place
ἈθηναῖοιAthenians · people
Δειραῖος(demonym) Deiraean / inhabitant of Deira · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguistichomonymous with (a place) in Ethiopia
Unclear Metalinguisticthe ethnic name (demonym) is Deiraîos

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC