Δικαιάρχεια

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Δικαιάρχεια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Δικαιάρχεια, πόλις Ἰταλίας. ταύτην δέ φασι κεκλῆσθαι Ποτιόλους ἐν ᾗ τὸ συμπόσιον ὁ Ἡρωδιανὸς ἔγραψε. πότια δὲ τὰ φρέατα καλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι, ὀλῆρε δὲ τὸ ὄζειν· δυσώδη γὰρ τὰ φρέατα εἶχε. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δικαιαρχεύς ἔδει. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Δικαιαρχείτης ὡς Ζελείτης.

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Text Details

Entry#81
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 230.19 · Billerbeck Δ81
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count40

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἡρωδιανός (Herodian)(1,277,39–278,1)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΔικαιάρχειαDikaiarcheia · place · corrected · Q72425
ἸταλίαItaly · place
ΠοτιόλοιPotioi · place
ῬωμαῖοιRomans · people
ΔικαιαρχεὺςDikaiarcheus · people
ΔικαιαρχειτήςDikaiarcheites · people
ΖελεῖτηςZeleites · people
Δικαιάρχειαplace · explicit · wikidata: Q72425 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear MetalinguisticThey say this (the city) was called 'Ποτιόλους' (Potioi).
Borrowing Non GreekThe Romans call the wells 'πότια' (potia).
Borrowing Non Greek‘olere’ (Latin) means 'to smell'; for the wells were foul.
Morphological CompositionThe ethnicon (demonym) should be 'Δικαιαρχεὺς'.
Morphological CompositionThere is also 'Δικαιαρχείτης' (as a variant), like 'Ζελεῖτης'.

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Last updated: 2026-05-28 10:50:28 UTC