Ἐπειοί - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐπειοί OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

people

Ἐπειοί, οἱ Ἠλεῖοι, ἀπὸ Ἐπειοῦ βασιλέως. τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἐπειάς καὶ Ἐπειίς. λέγονται καὶ πατρωνυμικῶς Ἐνδυμιωνιάδαι.

Epeioi: the Eleans, from King Epeios. The feminine Epeias and Epeiis. They are also called patronymically Endymioniadai.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry	#90
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 272.11
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count	15

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐπειοί	Epeioi (Epeians) · people · corrected · Q12872855
Ἠλεῖοι	Eleans · people
Ἐπειός	Epeius · person
Ἐπειάς	Epeias (feminine form) · person
Ἐπειίς	Epeis (feminine form) · person
Ἐνδυμιωνιάδαι	Endymionidae (descendants of Endymion) · people
Ἐπειοί	place · explicit · wikidata: Q12872855 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	The Eleians (Ἠλεῖοι), from King Epeius.
Morphological Composition	The feminine form: Ἐπειάς and Ἐπειΐς.
Eponym Person	They are also called patronymically 'Endymioniadae' (from Endymion).

Links

Place links	Aipy \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_181.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.