Δῖα - Stephanos Ethnika

Δῖα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #68
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 229.1 | Billerbeck: Δ68
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count: 74
Entities: Δῖα (Dia) [place], Θεσσαλία (Thessaly) [place], Αἰακός (Aiakos (Aegialeus/Aiakos)) [person], Θρᾴκη (Thrace) [place], Ἄθως (Mount Athos) [place], Εὔβοια (Euboea) [place], Πελοπόννησος (Peloponnese) [place], Σκύλλαιον (Scyllaeum (Skullaeum)) [place], Λυσιτανία (Lusitania) [place], Ἰταλία (Italy) [place], Ἄλπεις (the Alps) [place], Σκυθία (Scythia) [place], Φάσις (Phasis (river)) [place], Καρία (Caria) [place], Βιθυνία (Bithynia) [place], Πόντος (Pontus (the Black Sea)) [place], Δῖα (Dia (islands)) [place], Νάξος (Naxos) [place], Μήλος (Milos) [place], Ἀμοργός (Amorgos) [place], Κνωσός (Knossos) [place], Κρήτη (Crete) [place], Ζεύς (Zeus) [deity], Δία (Dia (feminine form of theonym)) [deity], Διάδες (Diades (inhabitants/ethnonym related to Dia)) [people], Ἀθῆναι (Athens) [place]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: (lit.) 'a foundation/settlement of Aiakos' — i.e. the city was founded by or named for Aiakos (Aiacus).; Morphological Composition: 'the ethnicon (demonym) Διεύς (masculine), and the feminine Διάς, whence also Διάδες for Athenians' — a statement about the morphological formation of ethnics from the place-name.
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Δῖα, πόλις Θεσσαλίας, Αἰακοῦ κτίσμα. βʹ Θρᾴκης κατὰ τὸν Ἄθω. γʹ Εὐβοίας. δʹ νῆσος καὶ πόλις Πελοποννήσου περὶ τὸ Σκύλλαιον. εʹ Λυσιτανίας περὶ τὸν ὠκεανόν. ϛʹ Ἰταλίας πρὸς ταῖς Ἄλπεσιν. ζʹ Σκυθίας παρὰ τῷ Φάσιδι. ηʹ Καρίας. θʹ Βιθυνίας πρὸς τῷ Πόντῳ. εἰσὶ καὶ δʹ νῆσοι Δῖαι λεγόμεναι. αʹ ἡ Νάξος. βʹ ἡ πρὸς Μήλῳ. γʹ ἡ πρὸς Ἀμοργῷ. δʹ κατὰ Κνωσσὸν Κρήτης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Διεύς, καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Διάς, ὅθεν καὶ Διάδες Ἀθῆναι.

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Stephanos

Δῖα, πόλις Θεσσαλίας, Αἰακοῦ κτίσμα. βʹ Θρᾴκης κατὰ τὸν Ἄθω. γʹ Εὐβοίας. δʹ νῆσος καὶ πόλις Πελοποννήσου περὶ τὸ Σκύλλαιον. εʹ Λυσιτανίας περὶ τὸν ὠκεανόν. ϛʹ Ἰταλίας πρὸς ταῖς Ἄλπεσιν. ζʹ Σκυθίας παρὰ τῷ Φάσιδι. ηʹ Καρίας. θʹ Βιθυνίας πρὸς τῷ Πόντῳ. εἰσὶ καὶ δʹ νῆσοι Δῖαι λεγόμεναι. αʹ ἡ Νάξος. βʹ ἡ πρὸς Μήλῳ. γʹ ἡ πρὸς Ἀμοργῷ. δʹ κατὰ Κνωσσὸν Κρήτης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Διεύς, καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Διάς, ὅθεν καὶ Διάδες Ἀθῆναι.

Herodian

Θεσσαλίας, Αἰακοῦ κτίσμα· βʹ Θρᾴκης κατὰ τὸν Ἄθω. γʹ Εὐβοίας. δʹ νῆσος καὶ πόλις Πελοποννήσου περὶ τὸ Σκύλλαιον. εʹ Λυσιτανίας περὶ τὸν Ὠκεανόν. ϛʹ Ἰταλίας πρὸς ταῖς Ἄλπεσιν. ζʹ Σκυθίας παρὰ τῷ Φάσιδι. ηʹ Καρίας. θʹ Βιθυνίας πρὸς τῷ Πόντῳ· εἰσὶ καὶ δʹ νῆσοι Δῖαι λεγόμεναι. αʹ ἡ Νάξος. βʹ ἡ πρὸς Μήλῳ. γʹ ἡ πρὸς Ἀμοργῷ. δʹ κατὰ Κνωσσὸν Κρήτης. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ια' ἐπὶ χωρῶν καὶ πόλεων κείμενα παροξύνεται, Λυκία, Ἀσία, Κιλικία, Παφλαγονία, Ἰτουρία, Ἰταλία ἡ χώρα ἀπὸ Ἰταλοῦ, Σικελία ἡ νῆσος Σικανία πρότερον ὠνομάζετο, εἶτα Σικελία ἐκλήθη, ὥς φησιν Ἑλλάνικος Ἱερειῶν τῆ…