Δεξαμεναί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #51
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 225.10 | Billerbeck: Δ51
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count: 26
Sources: Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotle) fr. 477 Rose = fr. 481,1 Gigon [Ἀμβρακιωτῶν πολιτείᾳ], Rose (Rose (editor)), Gigon (Gigon (editor))
Entities: Δεξαμεναί (Dexamenai) [place], Δεξαμενός (Dexamenos) [person], Μεσόλος (Mesolos) [person], Ἀμβρακία (Ambracia) [place], Φόρβαντος (Forbantos) [person], Ἥλιος (Helios) [deity], Δεξαμεναῖος (Dexamenaios (ethnic)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: From Dexamenos, the son of Mesolos, and from Ambracia, the daughter of Forbantos son of Helios.
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Δεξαμεναί, μέρος τῆς Ἀμβρακίας, ἀπὸ Δεξαμενοῦ τοῦ Μεσόλου παιδὸς καὶ Ἀμβρακίας τῆς θυγατρὸς Φόρβαντος τοῦ Ἡλίου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δεξαμεναῖος, ὡς Ἀριστοτέλης φησὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀμβρακιωτῶν πολιτείᾳ.

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Herodian 1.330

char LCS 94 (60.6%) · word LCS 16 (61.5%)

Stephanos

Δεξαμεναί, μέρος τῆς Ἀμβρακίας, ἀπὸ Δεξαμενοῦ τοῦ Μεσόλου παιδὸς καὶ Ἀμβρακίας τῆς θυγατρὸς Φόρβαντος τοῦ Ἡλίου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δεξαμεναῖος, ὡς Ἀριστοτέλης φησὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀμβρακιωτῶν πολιτείᾳ.

Herodian

…ένιον, καὶ πόλις ἐν Ἰθάκῃ τῇ νήσῳ καὶ Ἰλλυρίας καὶ Ἰδομεναί πόλις Μακεδονίας καὶ Εὐρυμεναί πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ καὶ Μισγομεναί πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Ἑλλάνικος πρώτῳ Δευκαλιωνείας. καὶ Ὀργομεναί πόλις Ἰλλυρίας καὶ Δεξαμεναί μέρος τῆς Ἀμβρακίας ἀπὸ Δεξαμενοῦ τοῦ Μεσόλου παιδὸς καὶ Ἀμβρακίας τῆς θυγατρὸς Φόρβαντος τοῦ Ἡλίου καὶ τὸ Εἰδομενή πόλις Μακεδονίας. Θουκυδίδης βʹ (c. 100). καὶ τὸ δεξαμενή, εἰαμενή ὁ κάθυγρος τόπος τοπικὴν ἔννοιαν ἔχοντα. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ηνη' μονογενῆ δισύλλαβα βαρύνεται, εἰ μὴ περιεκτικὰ εἴη, Ῥήνη νῆσος μικρὰ πλησίον Δ…