Δέλτα - Stephanos Ethnika

Δέλτα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #47
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 224.16 | Billerbeck: Δ47
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count: 33
Sources: Ἔφορος (Ephorus) FGrHist 70 F 169
Entities: Δέλτα (Delta) [place], Συρία (Syria) [place], Αἴγυπτος (Egypt) [place], Αἰγύπτιοι (Egyptians) [people], Πτίμυρις (Ptimyris) [place], Δελτίτης (Deltites (ethnicon)) [people], Δελτηνός (Deltēnos (local form of the city's name)) [place]
Etymologies: Borrowing Non Greek: Called 'Ptimyris' by the Egyptians.; Morphological Composition: From the similarity of its shape (i.e. named for the shape of the delta).; Morphological Composition: The ethnic (demonym) of the island is 'Deltites', and of the city 'Deltenos' in the local form.
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Δέλτα, πόλις πρὸς τῇ Συρίᾳ, καὶ νῆσος Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Ἔφορος, κατ´ Αἰγυπτίους καλουμένη Πτίμυρις ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ σχήματος ὁμοιότητος. ἐθνικὸν τῆς νήσου Δελτίτης, τῆς δὲ πόλεως Δελτηνός τῷ ἐγχωρίῳ τύπῳ· οὐ γὰρ ἐνετύχομεν.

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Herodian 1.351

char LCS 68 (39.5%) · word LCS 13 (39.4%)

Stephanos

Δέλτα, πόλις πρὸς τῇ Συρίᾳ, καὶ νῆσος Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Ἔφορος, κατ´ Αἰγυπτίους καλουμένη Πτίμυρις ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ σχήματος ὁμοιότητος. ἐθνικὸν τῆς νήσου Δελτίτης, τῆς δὲ πόλεως Δελτηνός τῷ ἐγχωρίῳ τύπῳ· οὐ γὰρ ἐνετύχομεν.

Herodian

…τοῦ 'α' οὐκ ἔχει τὸ 'μ' διὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι μονογενές, ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ μέγας. τὸ γὰρ Πάσχα βάρβαρον, διὸ ὃ καὶ ἄκλιτον. τὸ φάβα καὶ αὐτὸ βάρβαρον, εἰ καὶ κλίνοιτο. καὶ τὰ τῶν στοιχείων ὀνόματα, ἄλφα, βῆτα, γάμμα, δέλτα—ἔστι καὶ Δέλτα πόλις πρὸς τῇ Συρίᾳ καὶ νῆσος Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Ἔφορος, κατ´ Αἰγυπτίους καλουμένη Πυραμίς ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ σχήματος ὁμοιότητος—βάρβαρα καὶ ἄκλιτά εἰσιν. τὸ δὲ ἄλειφα ἐγένετο ἐκ τοῦ ἄλειφαρ ἢ ἄλειφας ὑποστολῇ τοῦ 'ρ' ἢ τοῦ 'ς', τὸ δὲ λίπα ἐκ τοῦ