Δοκίμειον

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Δοκίμειον, πόλις Φρυγίας, ὡς Εὐδαίμων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δοκιμεύς κατὰ τέχνην, κατὰ δὲ τὴν συνήθειαν Δοκιμηνός, ἀφ´ οὗ τὰ μάρμαρα οὕτω φασί.

Dokimeion: a city of Phrygia, as Eudaimon. The ethnic name is Dokimeus by rule, but in common usage Dokimenos—whence, they say, the marbles are so called.

Text Details

Entry#104
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 235.3 · Billerbeck Δ104
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count21
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Εὐδαίμων (Eudaimon)RE VI 1,885 Nr. 8
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΔοκίμειονDokimeion · place
ΦρυγίαPhrygia · place
ΔοκιμεύςDokimeus (ethnic/demonym) · people
ΔοκιμηνόςDokimenos (ethnic/demonym) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionThe ethnic name (demonym) Δοκιμεύς formed 'by τέχνη' (i.e. by technical/morphological formation).
Morphological CompositionBut according to common usage (custom) Δοκιμηνός (as an alternative demonym).
Place TransferFrom which (Dokimeion) the marbles are said to be thus (i.e. the marbles take their name from the place).

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Herodian overlaps

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC