Ἐταιεῖς - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐταιεῖς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ἐταιεῖς, διὰ διφθόγγου, ὡς Διπαιεῖς. ἔστι δὲ πόλις Λακωνική. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοίως.

Etaieis: with the diphthong, as 'Dipaieis'. It is a Laconian city. The ethnonym likewise.

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	#143
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 283.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-09
Word count	12

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐταῖος	Etaians · people
Διπαῖος	Dipaeans · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	Because of a double sound (dipthong/consonant), as Διπαιεῖς; the ethnic (demonym) is formed similarly.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative AUTHOR NAME)... + ὡς αὐτός formula:4caae33810f40dfa	Translate as "X... as per X." Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS 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 · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 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
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" 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.

Herodian 1.241

char LCS 48 (76.2%) · word LCS 9 (75.0%)

Stephanos

Ἐταιεῖς, διὰ διφθόγγου, ὡς Διπαιεῖς. ἔστι δὲ πόλις Λακωνική. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοίως.

Herodian

…ριέων τε καὶ Ἀχαιῶν καὶ Πελασγῶν τῶν οὐκ ἀπαράντων εἰς Τυρρηνίαν. Ἐλαιεύς δῆμος τῆς Ἱπποθοωντίδος φυλῆς, ὡς Διονύσιος. Διόδωρος δ´ Ἐλαιοῦς. Ἑρμοτυμβιεῖς μοῖρα τῶν μαχίμων ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, ὡς Ἀρισταγόρας ἐν Αἰγυπτιακῶν πρώτῃ. Ἐταιεῖς διὰ διφθόγγου ὡς Διπαιεῖς. ἔστι δὲ πόλις Λακωνική. Ἰμφεῖς ἔθνος προσεχὲς τοῖς Περραιβοῖς. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ »Ἰμφέες, Περραιβοί«. Ἰουλεῖς οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι ἀπὸ βασιλέως, ἀφ´ οὗ καὶ ὁ μήν, ἢ ἀπὸ Ἰουλίδος. Καφαρεύς ἐπίνειον Εὐβοίας, ὅστις Καθηρεύς ἐκαλεῖτο, ὅτι τοὺς πλέοντας ἐκεῖ …