Δεκέλεια - Stephanos Ethnika

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Δεκέλεια, δῆμος τῆς Ἱπποθοωντίδος φυλῆς, ἀπὸ Δεκέλου τοῦ ἡγησαμένου τοῖς Διοσκούροις εἰς Ἀφίδνας, ὡς Ἡρόδοτος ἐνάτῳ. ὁ δημότης Δεκελειεύς. τὸ τοπικὸν Δεκελειᾶθεν· τὰ γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀξυτόνων εἰς « α » ἢ εἰς « η » γινόμενα διὰ τοῦ « ηθεν » ἢ « αθεν » προπερισπᾶται. παρὰ δὲ Καλλιμάχῳ Δεκελειόθεν. Δεκελειᾶζε, Δεκελειᾶσι.

Dekeleia: a deme of the Hippothoontid tribe, named after Dekelos, who led the Dioskouroi to Aphidnai, as per Herodotos, book 9. A member of the deme is a 'Dekeleieus'. The local adverb is 'Δεκελειᾶθεν': forms made from oxytones ending in α or η with the suffix ηθεν or αθεν have a circumflex on the penultimate syllable. In Kallimachos, however, the form is 'Δεκελειόθεν'. The forms 'Δεκελειᾶζε' and 'Δεκελειᾶσι' also occur.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#43
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 224.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count	44
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus)	(9,73,1)
Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus)	Hec. · Hec. fr. 52 Hollis = fr. 272 Pfeiffer

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δεκέλεια	Decelea (Deceleia) · place · corrected · Q13415446
Ἱπποθοώντις	Hippothontis (tribe) · people
Δέκελος	Decelus · person
Διόσκουροι	Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) · deity
Ἀφίδναι	Aphidnae (Aphidna) · place · corrected · Q618453
Δεκελειεύς	Dekeleieus (inhabitant of Decelea) · person
Δεκέλεια	from Decelea (adverbial form) · place · corrected · Q13415446
Δεκέλεια	from Decelea (variant) · place · corrected · Q13415446
Δεκέλεια	(local/dialectal form of Decelea) · place · corrected · Q13415446
Δεκέλεια	(local/dialectal form of Decelea; dative pl.) · place · corrected · Q13415446
Dekeleia in Attica	place · demos · Attica (tribe of Hippothontis) · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From Dekelos, who led the Dioskouroi to Aphidnae, according to Herodotus.
Morphological Composition	The local (from-) form Δεκελειᾶθεν; for names derived from oxytone words that become -α or -η are altered (expressed) by the suffixes -ηθεν or -αθεν.
Morphological Composition	But according to Callimachus (Hecale fragment) Δεκελειόθεν (an alternative 'from' form).
Morphological Composition	The demotic (inhabitant) is Δεκελειεύς. (Verbal/other local forms) Δεκελειᾶζε, Δεκελειᾶσι.

Links

Place links	Decelea \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_053.jpg
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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 (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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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	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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:f22af8012162d222	*Translate as 'as per X, in book Y of his Z'* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	δῆμος ὁ gloss:e4ad995bede3b3b3	deme Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	δημότης ὁ gloss:47f8a94e343c05a7	deme-member Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	προπερισπάω gloss:5bc4931832242610	accent with circumflex on the ultima Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	φυλή ἡ gloss:d443eaa1b875776d	tribe Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL 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 1.531

char LCS 11 (4.5%) · word LCS 5 (11.4%)

Stephanos

Δεκέλεια, δῆμος τῆς Ἱπποθοωντίδος φυλῆς, ἀπὸ Δεκέλου τοῦ ἡγησαμένου τοῖς Διοσκούροις εἰς Ἀφίδνας, ὡς Ἡρόδοτος ἐνάτῳ. ὁ δημότης Δεκελειεύς. τὸ τοπικὸν Δεκελειᾶθεν· τὰ γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀξυτόνων εἰς « α » ἢ εἰς « η » γινόμενα διὰ τοῦ « ηθεν » ἢ « αθεν » προπερισπᾶται. παρὰ δὲ Καλλιμάχῳ Δεκελειόθεν. Δεκελειᾶζε, Δεκελειᾶσι.

Herodian

…λέγεται καὶ μία, καὶ «δῖα γυναικῶν» (Β 714) καὶ τὸ πέπειρα. * Πᾶν εἰς 'α' λῆγον θηλυκὸν προπαροξυνόμενον ἢ προπερισπώμενον συνεσταλμένον ἔχει τὸ 'α' Ἀντιόχεια, ταχεῖα, ὀξεῖα. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'αια' παρώνυμα παραγόμενα ἐκ θηλυκῶν εἰς 'α' ἢ εἰς 'η' ἐκτεταμένον ἔχει τὸ 'α', σελήνη σεληναία, ἅμαξα ἁμαξαία, οὐρά οὐραία, ἀρχαία, ἀναγκαία. ὅθεν ἐχρῆν καὶ τὸ γαῖα ἐκτείνεσθαι, χωρὶς εἰ μὴ ἡ ποσότης τῶν συλλαβῶν ποιεῖ συνεσταλμένον τὸ 'α'. τοιαῦτα γὰρ τὰ δισύλλαβα, γραῖα…