Ἐορδαῖαι

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Entry #87
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 271.15 | Billerbeck: Ε87
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count: 39
Sources: Ἡρωδιανός (Herodianus (Herodian)) (1,143,18)
Entities: Ἐορδαῖαι (Eordae/Eordaea (region)) [place], Μυγδονία (Mygdonia) [place], Μακεδονία (Macedonia) [place], Ἰλλυρία (Illyria) [place], Θρᾴκη (Thrace) [place], Ἐορδός (Eordos) [place], Ἐορδαῖος (Eordaean (inhabitant)) [people], Ἐορδισταί (Eordistai (inhabitants of Eordae)) [people], Λυδός (Lydus (a Lydian)) [people], Λυδισταί (Lydistai (Lydians)) [people]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: From a certain Eordos (i.e., the name derives from some place called Eordos).; Morphological Composition: Eordos is said to be derived from ὀξύς ('sharp'), according to Herodianus.; Morphological Composition: They were also called Eordistai from the verb ἐορδίζω, just as the Lydians are called Lydistai from λυδίζω.
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Ἐορδαῖαι, δύο χῶραι, Μυγδονίας [καὶ Μακεδονίας]. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι δύο, ἡ μὲν Ἰβηρίας ἡ δὲ Θρᾴκης, ἀπὸ Ἐορδοῦ τινος. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Ἐορδαῖος. ὀξύνεται δὲ τὸ Ἐορδός, ὡς Ἡρωδιανὸς ἕκτῃ. ἐκλήθησαν καὶ Ἐορδισταί ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐορδίζω, ὡς Λυδός λυδίζω.
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Herodian 1.282
char LCS 42 (23.0%) · word LCS 11 (28.9%)
Stephanos
Ἐορδαῖαι, δύο χῶραι, Μυγδονίας [καὶ Μακεδονίας]. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι δύο, ἡ μὲν Ἰβηρίας ἡ δὲ Θρᾴκης, ἀπὸ Ἐορδοῦ τινος. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Ἐορδαῖος. ὀξύνεται δὲ τὸ Ἐορδός, ὡς Ἡρωδιανὸς ἕκτῃ. ἐκλήθησαν καὶ Ἐορδισταί ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐορδίζω, ὡς Λυδός λυδίζω.
Herodian
…καὶ Σιδῶνος, ὡς Φίλων. καὶ Ἐλαία Βιθυνίας ἐπίνειον πλησίον Μυσίας. ἔστι καὶ λιμὴν Αἰθιοπίας καὶ νῆσοι τρεῖς. Ἐλυμαία χώρα Ἀσσυρίων πρὸς τῇ Περσικῇ τῆς Σουσίδος ἐγγύς. Ἐορδαία δύο χῶραι, Μυγδονίας καὶ Μακεδονίας· εἰσὶ δὲ ἄλλαι δύο, ἡ μὲν Ἰβηρίας, ἡ δὲ Θρᾴκης ἀπὸ Ἐορδοῦ τινος. Ἡλιαία δικαστήριον
Herodian 1.78
char LCS 26 (14.2%) · word LCS 6 (15.8%)
Stephanos
Ἐορδαῖαι, δύο χῶραι, Μυγδονίας [καὶ Μακεδονίας]. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι δύο, ἡ μὲν Ἰβηρίας ἡ δὲ Θρᾴκης, ἀπὸ Ἐορδοῦ τινος. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Ἐορδαῖος. ὀξύνεται δὲ τὸ Ἐορδός, ὡς Ἡρωδιανὸς ἕκτῃ. ἐκλήθησαν καὶ Ἐορδισταί ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐορδίζω, ὡς Λυδός λυδίζω.
Herodian
…ής, ἀμυντής ἐπὶ τοῦ βοηθοῦ, φαιδρυντής, ποικιλτής, καλλυντής, πραϋντής. * Τὰ εἰς 'στης' ῥηματικὰ πολυσύλλαβα ὀξύνεται, λυριστής, λεπιστής, ὑβριστής, ἐρανιστής, Αἰτωλιστής ὁ αἰτωλίζων καὶ τὰ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν φρονῶν, Ἐορδιστής ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐορδίζω ὡς Λυδός λυδίζω Λυδιστής, δικαστής, ἡλιαστής, δανειστής, παλαιστής, χηρωστής παρὰ τὸ »χήρωσας δὲ γυναῖκα« (Il. Ρ 36). τὸ δὲ παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ ἐν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ »στείχων δ´ ἀγρώστην ὄχλον« παρώνυμον ὡς καὶ τὸ μονώτης μονώστης. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'εστης'…