Ἐρεμβοί - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐρεμβοί OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

people

Entry #106
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 275.13 | Billerbeck: Ε106
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count: 26
Sources: Ὅμηρος (Homer) (δ 84)
Entities: Ἐρεμβοί (Eremboi (ethnic name)) [people], Ἄραβες (Arabs) [people], Σιδόνιοι (Sidonians) [people], Ἐρεμβοί (Eremboi (accusative plural)) [people], Τρωγλοδύται (Troglodytes / Troglodytae) [people], Ἐρεμβαῖοι (Erembaioi (variant ethnonym)) [people], Ἐρεμβίς (Erembis (feminine form)) [people]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: But he says that these are the Troglodytes, from their going into the 'ēran' (i.e. from their going into the spring/season).
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Ἐρεμβοί, ἔθνος Ἀράβων. Ὅμηρος “καὶ Σιδονίους καὶ Ἐρεμβούς”. τούτους δέ φησι τοὺς Τρωγλοδύτας, ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰς τὴν ἔραν βαίνειν. λέγονται καὶ Ἐρεμβαῖοι καὶ θηλυκὸν Ἐρεμβίς.

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Herodian 1.139

char LCS 37 (27.4%) · word LCS 8 (32.0%)

Stephanos

Ἐρεμβοί, ἔθνος Ἀράβων. Ὅμηρος “καὶ Σιδονίους καὶ Ἐρεμβούς”. τούτους δέ φησι τοὺς Τρωγλοδύτας, ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰς τὴν ἔραν βαίνειν. λέγονται καὶ Ἐρεμβαῖοι καὶ θηλυκὸν Ἐρεμβίς.

Herodian

…ποθανόντος αὐτόθι». Τὰ εἰς 'βος' ἐπιθετικὰ ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβάς, εἰ μὴ τὸ 'η' παραλήγοι ἢ σύνθετα εἴη ἀπὸ τῶν εἰς 'βος' ληγόντων, ὀξύνεται, ἐρεμβός καὶ Ἐρεμβοί ἔθνος Ἀραβίας. Ὅμηρος «καὶ Σιδονίους καὶ Ἐρεμβούς» (Od. δ 84), τούτους δέ φησι τοὺς Τρωγλοδύτας ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰς ἔραν βαίνειν. λέγονται καὶ Ἐρεμβαῖοι. τούτῳ δὲ ὁμοίως καὶ Περραιβός ἐθνικόν, οὗ θηλυκὸν κατὰ κοινότητα ἡ Περραιβός καὶ Περραιβή. κολοβός, βουφορβός, ἱπποφορβός. τὸ δὲ ἔφηβος, ἄνηβος παραλήγουσι τῷ 'η'. τὸ δὲ φιλόκυβος σ…