Ἔρθα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἔρθα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #111
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 276.14 | Billerbeck: Ε111
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count: 14
Sources: Γλαῦκος (Glaucus) FGrHist 674 F 3 [Ἀραβικῶν β]
Entities: Ἔρθα (Ertha) [place], Παρθία (Parthia) [place], Εὐφράτης (Euphrates) [place], Ἐρθηνός (Erthenos (ethnic)) [other]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: "Ertha: a city of Parthia on the Euphrates, according to Glaukos in his Arabika. The ethnicon (demonym) is Erthenos."
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Ἔρθα, πόλις Παρθίας ἐπὶ τῷ Εὐφράτῃ, ὡς Γλαῦκος ἐν Ἀραβικῶν δευτέρῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐρθηνός.

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Herodian 1.253

char LCS 54 (77.1%) · word LCS 11 (78.6%)

Stephanos

Ἔρθα, πόλις Παρθίας ἐπὶ τῷ Εὐφράτῃ, ὡς Γλαῦκος ἐν Ἀραβικῶν δευτέρῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐρθηνός.

Herodian

…Μύνδου καὶ Κῶ, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος. ἔστι δὲ καὶ οὐδέτερον. Ἴλερδα πόλις πρὸς τῇ Πυρήνῃ Ἰβηρίας. καὶ Ἀνδρομέδα Δώριον τροπῇ τοῦ 'η' εἰς 'α' πεποιημένον παροξυνόμενον. Τὰ εἰς 'θα' ἔχοντα τὸ 'α' βραχὺ βαρύνεται, μίνθα τὸ ἡδύοσμον, Ἔρθα πόλις Παρθίας ἐπὶ τῷ Εὐφράτῃ, ὡς Γλαῦκος ἐν Ἀραβικῶν δευτέρῳ. ἄκανθα, κολόκυνθα ἡ Ἀττικῶς κολοκύντη. Λύκαιθα πόλις Ἀρκαδίας παρὰ Μενελάῳ, ἣν Θεόπομπος Λύκαιάν φησι. Κύπαιθα πόλις Λιβύης, Κύναιθα πόλις Ἀρκαδίας· ἔστι καὶ Κύναιθα πόλις Ἰθάκης ὑπὸ τῷ Νηρίτῳ ὄρει. Σύμαιθα πόλις Θεττα…