Δικαιάρχεια

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Δικαιάρχεια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #81
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 230.19 | Billerbeck: Δ81
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count: 40
Sources: Ἡρωδιανός (Herodian) (1,277,39–278,1)
Entities: Δικαιάρχεια (Dikaiarcheia) [place], Ἰταλία (Italy) [place], Ποτιόλοι (Potioi) [place], Ῥωμαῖοι (Romans) [people], Δικαιαρχεὺς (Dikaiarcheus) [people], Δικαιαρχειτής (Dikaiarcheites) [people], Ζελεῖτης (Zeleites) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: They say this (the city) was called 'Ποτιόλους' (Potioi).; Borrowing Non Greek: The Romans call the wells 'πότια' (potia).; Borrowing Non Greek: ‘olere’ (Latin) means 'to smell'; for the wells were foul.; Morphological Composition: The ethnicon (demonym) should be 'Δικαιαρχεὺς'.; Morphological Composition: There is also 'Δικαιαρχείτης' (as a variant), like 'Ζελεῖτης'.
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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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