Δέρα - Stephanos Ethnika

Δέρα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

place

Δέρα, τόπος Λακωνικῆς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δεραῖος ἢ Δερεάτης, ἀφ´ οὗ Δερεάτιδος Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερόν. καὶ τὸν δῆμον δὲ Δειράδας, φασὶ καὶ τοὺς δημότας Δειραδιώτας, ἀπό τινος ἥρωος.

Dera: a place in Lakonike. The ethnonym is 'Deraios' or 'Dereates', as per the sanctuary of Artemis Dereatis. They also call the deme 'Deirades' and its members 'Deiradiotai', after a certain hero.

AI translation — gpt-6.1-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#53
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 225.16
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count	26
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6.1-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δέρα	Dera · place
Λακωνική (Λακωνία)	Laconia · place · corrected · Q11931074
Δεραῖος	Deraean (ethnic/demonym of Dera) · people
Δερεάτης	Dereates (alternate demonym of Dera) · people
Ἄρτεμις	Artemis · deity · corrected · Q39503
Δειράδα	Deirada (deme/place) · place · corrected · Q13464963
Δειραδιώτης	Deiradiotes (inhabitants of Deirada) · people
Δέρα	place · place · explicit · wikidata: Q60792061 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	The ethnic name Deraîos or Dereátis — derived from (i.e. from) the temple/epithet of Artemis Dereatis.
Eponym Person	And they say the deme is Deiradas and the demesmen Deiradiōtas — from some (unnamed) hero.

Links

Place links	Dereion
Page scans	vol2_059.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	[NO ANTECEDENT] + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:85dbc02f91e20d41	Translate as "as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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 (MASCULINE ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:04e9b95236efcdc4	Translate as "X... from/after whom is 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (NEUTER ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:36c80425f64385f6	Translate as "X... from which is Y" or "X... as per 'Y'" 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 (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.