Δίκαια

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Δίκαια, πόλις Θρᾴκης, ἀπὸ Δικαίου τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος υἱοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δικαιοπολίτης. εἰ δὲ τῷ τύπῳ θέλοις, Δικαῖος καὶ Δικαία καὶ Δικαιεύς. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν τῷ Τυρρηνικῷ κόλπῳ Ἰώνων ἄποικος. ἡ αὐτὴ δ´ ἐκλήθη Δικαιάρχεια καὶ Ποτίολοι.

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Text Details

Entry#80
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 230.14
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count35

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΔίκαιαDikaia · place · corrected · Q5276504
ΘρᾴκηThrace · place · corrected · Q41741
ΔίκαιοςDikaios · person
ΠοσειδώνPoseidon · deity · corrected · Q41127
ΔικαιοπολίτηςDikaiopolites (demonym) · people
ΔίκαιοςDikaios · people
ΔικαιεύςDikaieus (demonym) · people
Τυρρηνικὸς κόλποςTyrrhenian Gulf · place
ἼωνεςIonians · people
ΔικαιάρχειαDikaiarcheia · place · corrected · Q72425
ΠοτίολοιPotioi / Potíoloi · place
Dikaia in Thraceplace · city · Thrace · explicit · wikidata: Q31281 · candidate
Dikaia in the Tyrrhenian Gulfplace · city · Tyrrhenian Gulf · implicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonDikaia, a city of Thrace, (named) from Dikaios, son of Poseidon.
Morphological CompositionThe ethnicon (demonym) is 'Dikaiopolitēs'; but if you prefer the simpler form: 'Dikaios' and 'Dikaieus'.
Place TransferThere is also another (city) in the Tyrrhenian Gulf, a colony of Ionians.
Unclear MetalinguisticThe same (city) was called 'Dikaiarcheia' and 'Potioi'.

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
Formulaτὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM)
formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3
Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossκαλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...)
gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed
is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο)
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.272
char LCS 43 (23.2%) · word LCS 9 (24.3%)
Stephanos
Δίκαια, πόλις Θρᾴκης, ἀπὸ Δικαίου τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος υἱοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δικαιοπολίτης. εἰ δὲ τῷ τύπῳ θέλοις, Δικαῖος καὶ Δικαία καὶ Δικαιεύς. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν τῷ Τυρρηνικῷ κόλπῳ Ἰώνων ἄποικος. ἡ αὐτὴ δ´ ἐκλήθη Δικαιάρχεια καὶ Ποτίολοι.
Herodian
… Ἰνδοῖς. πέμπτη ἐν Κύρνῳ τῇ νήσῳ. ἕκτη ἐν Λεύκτροις τῆς Βοιωτίας. ἑβδόμη Κελτικῆς, Μασσαλιωτῶν ἄποικος. ὀγδόη Θρᾴκης. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλαι. Δίπαια πόλις Ἀρκαδίας ἡ καὶ Διπαιεύς. Δίκαια πόλις Θρᾴκης ἀπὸ Δικαίου τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος· ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν τῷ Τυρρηνικῷ κόλπῳ Ἰώνων ἄποικος. Λίλαια πόλις Φωκίδος. Λυκόφρων (v. 1073) «πάτραν Λίλαιαν κἀνεμωρείας πέδον». Κάρθαια μία τῆς ἐν Κέῳ τετραπόλεως ἀπὸ Καρθαίου τελευτήσαντος ἐκεῖ. Ἱστίαια πόλις Εὐβοίας. Ὅμηρος «πολυστάφυλον θ´ Ἱστίαιαν» (Β 537). ἡ δὲ δι…

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