Ἐλιμία - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐλιμία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ἐλιμία, πόλις Μακεδονίας, Στράβων ἑβδόμῳ. ἀπὸ Ἐλύμου τοῦ ἥρωος ἢ ἀπὸ Ἑλένου ἢ ἀπὸ Ἐλύμα τοῦ Τυρρηνῶν βασιλέως. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐλιμιώτης. Ἀλέξανδρος δ´ ἐν Εὐρώπῃ Ἐλίμειον φησί, διὰ μακροῦ τὴν « μει » συλλαβήν, τὴν δὲ « λι » διὰ βραχέος τοῦ « ι ».

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#57
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 267.5
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-09
Word count	39

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	ζ (7,7,8 [C 326,20])
Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander)	Εὐρώπῃ · (SH 26)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐλιμία	Elimia (Elimeia) · place · corrected · Q206730
Μακεδονία	Macedonia · place · corrected · Q81734
Ἐλύμος	Elymus · person
Ἑλένη	Helen · person
Ἐλύμα	Elyma · person
Τυρρηνοί	Tyrrhenians (Etruscans) · people
Ἐλιμιώτης	Elimiotēs / inhabitant of Elimia · people
Εὐρώπη	Europe · place
Ἐλίμειον	Elimeion (variant of Elimia) · place
Ἐλιμία	place · explicit · wikidata: Q1329498 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	from Elymus the hero (named after Elymus, the hero)
Eponym Person	or from Helen (named after Helen)
Eponym Person	or from Elymas, king of the Tyrrhenians (named after Elymas, king of the Tyrrhenians)
Unclear Metalinguistic	Alexander in 'Europe' says 'Elimeion', because the syllable 'mei' is long and 'li' is short owing to the short i (an explanation of the form/pronunciation).

Links

Place links	Elimiotis \| 📍 Map
Page scans	vol2_171.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 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 · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
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

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.