Ἐπίδαυρος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἐπίδαυρος, πόλις πρὸς τῷ Ἄργει, θηλυκῶς λεγομένη. τὸ γὰρ “ἀμπελόεντ´ Ἐπίδαυρον” μετὰ ἀρσενικοῦ ἐπιθέτου θηλυκόν ἐστιν, ὡς τὸ “ψολόεντος ἐχίδνης” παρὰ Νικάνδρῳ. τινὲς δὲ Λειμήρην αὐτήν φασι, τὴν λειμῶνας ἔχουσαν. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Μειλισσία καὶ Αἱμηρά διὰ τὸ συνεχῶς αἱμάσσεσθαι τὸν βωμὸν τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ ὑπὸ τῶν θυσιῶν. εἶτα Ἐπίταυρος καὶ Ἐπίδαυρος τινὲς δὲ Λιμηρὰν Λακωνικὴν λέγουσι, μίαν τῶν ἑκατόν, διὰ τὸ πολλοὺς ἔχειν λιμένας. ὁ πολίτης Ἐπιδαύριος, τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἐπιδαυρία καὶ Ἐπιδαυρίς. καὶ Ἐπιδαυριώτης φασίν.

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Text Details

Entry	#92
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 273.7
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count	75

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Νικάνδρος (Nicander)	Ther. · Ther. 129

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐπίδαυρος	Epidaurus · place · corrected · Q233576
Ἄργος	Argos · place
Λειμήρη/Λειμήρα	Leimera (Leimíra) · place · corrected · Q12877135
Λειμήρη/Λειμήρα	Leimera (variant form) · place · corrected · Q12877135
Μειλισσία	Meilissia (Meilissia) · place
Αἱμηρά	Haimera (Aimerá) · place
Ἀσκληπιός	Asclepius · deity
Ἐπίταυρος	Epitaurus (Epitaurós) · place
Ἐπιδαύριος	Epidaurian (male inhabitant of Epidaurus) · people
Ἐπιδαυρία	Epidaurian (female inhabitant) · people
Ἐπιδαυρίς	Epidaurian (female inhabitant, variant) · people
Ἐπιδαυριώτης	Epidaurian (inhabitant) · people
Epidauros near Argos	place · city · Argolis near Argos · explicit · unresolved
Limeira in Laconia	place · city · Laconia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	For the phrase 'ἀμπελόεντ’ Ἐπίδαυρον' with a masculine adjective is feminine, like 'ψολόεντος ἐχίδνης' in Nicander.
Morphological Composition	Some call it Leimērē, because it has meadows.
Folk Etymology Narrative	It was also called Meilissia and Haimēra because the altar of Asclepius was continuously bleeding from the sacrifices.
Morphological Composition	Then Epitaurus and Epidauros (variant forms of the name).
Morphological Composition	Some call it Limera (the Laconian), one of the 'r's, because it has many harbors.

Links

Place links	Epidaurus \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
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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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:bcd70ae781e7b205	Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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.

Herodian 1.201

char LCS 110 (26.6%) · word LCS 20 (27.0%)

Stephanos

Ἐπίδαυρος, πόλις πρὸς τῷ Ἄργει, θηλυκῶς λεγομένη. τὸ γὰρ “ἀμπελόεντ´ Ἐπίδαυρον” μετὰ ἀρσενικοῦ ἐπιθέτου θηλυκόν ἐστιν, ὡς τὸ “ψολόεντος ἐχίδνης” παρὰ Νικάνδρῳ. τινὲς δὲ Λειμήρην αὐτήν φασι, τὴν λειμῶνας ἔχουσαν. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Μειλισσία καὶ Αἱμηρά διὰ τὸ συνεχῶς αἱμάσσεσθαι τὸν βωμὸν τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ ὑπὸ τῶν θυσιῶν. εἶτα Ἐπίταυρος καὶ Ἐπίδαυρος τινὲς δὲ Λιμηρὰν Λακωνικὴν λέγουσι, μίαν τῶν ἑκατόν, διὰ τὸ πολλοὺς ἔχειν λιμένας. ὁ πολίτης Ἐπιδαύριος, τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἐπιδαυρία καὶ Ἐπιδαυρίς. καὶ Ἐπιδαυριώτης φασίν.

Herodian

…λυκόν ἐστιν ὡς τὸ «ψολόεντος ἐχίδνης» (Ther. 129) παρὰ Νικάνδρῳ καὶ τὸ «ἠμαθόεντος Πύλου» (Β 77) καὶ ὅσα τοιαῦτα. τινὲς δὲ αὐτήν φασι Λειμήρη διὰ διφθόγγου ὡς λειμῶνας ἔχουσαν ἢ διὰ τοῦ 'ι' ὡς πολυλίμενον κατὰ Ἀρτεμίδωρον. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Μειλισσία καὶ Αἱμηρά διὰ τὸ συνεχῶς αἱμάσσεσθαι τὸν βωμὸν τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ ὑπὸ τῶν θυσιῶν. εἶτα Ἐπίταυρος καὶ Ἐπίδαυρος. Κένταυρος, Ἄναυρος, Ἄγλαυρος, Κάλαυρος ὁ Ποσειδῶνος, Μάταυρος πόλις Σικελίας Λοκρῶν κτίσμα. Βάναυρος υἱὸς Αἴαντος, ἀφ´ οὗ Βαναυρίδες Τυρρηνικαὶ νῆσοι. τὸ δὲ θησαυρός ὡς περιεκτικὸν ὀξύνεται ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ τριγενῆ, ἀμαυρό…

Herodian 1.260

char LCS 67 (16.2%) · word LCS 13 (17.6%)

Stephanos

…τὸ “ψολόεντος ἐχίδνης” παρὰ Νικάνδρῳ. τινὲς δὲ Λειμήρην αὐτήν φασι, τὴν λειμῶνας ἔχουσαν. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Μειλισσία καὶ Αἱμηρά διὰ τὸ συνεχῶς αἱμάσσεσθαι τὸν βωμὸν τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ ὑπὸ τῶν θυσιῶν. εἶτα Ἐπίταυρος καὶ Ἐπίδαυρος τινὲς δὲ Λιμηρὰν Λακωνικὴν λέγουσι, μίαν τῶν ἑκατόν, διὰ τὸ πολλοὺς ἔχειν λιμένας. ὁ πολίτης Ἐπιδαύριος, τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἐπιδαυρία καὶ Ἐπιδαυρίς. καὶ Ἐπιδαυριώτης φασίν.

Herodian

…ρα· ἔστι δὲ ὄνομα λίμνης, μενδήρα. τὸ δὲ Αἱμηρά καὶ Λιμηρά ἐπιθετικά ἐστιν· οὕτως γὰρ ἐκαλεῖτο Ἐπίδαυρος, Αἱμηρά μὲν διὰ τὸ συνεχῶς αἱμάσσεσθαι τὸν βωμὸν τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ ὑπὸ τῶν θυσιῶν, Λιμηρά δὲ οἱονεὶ λιμενηρά τις οὖσα. τινὲς δὲ Λιμηρὰν Λακωνικὴν λέγουσι μίαν τῶν ἑκατὸν διὰ τὸ πολλοὺς ἔχειν λιμένας. * Τὰ εἰς 'ρα' δισύλλαβα μονογενῆ τῷ 'ο' παραληγόμενα ὀξύνεται, σπορά, φθορά, δορά, φορά, Θορά δῆμος Ἀττικὸς τῆς Ἀκαμαντίδος φυλῆς, μεθ´ ὧν καὶ ἀγορά τρισύλλαβον. ἔστι δὲ καὶ πόλις ἐν Χερρονήσῳ. * Τὰ εἰς 'ρα' δισύλλαβα …