Εὐφρατίς

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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All Letters / Ε Epsilon / Εὐφρατίς
Εὐφρατίς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Εὐφρατίς, ἡ Συρία, ἀπὸ τοῦ παρακειμένου ποταμοῦ. ἐλέγοντο αὐτὸς καὶ Ἀράξης ἀδελφοί, ῥέοντες ἐξ ὄρους Ἀρμενίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Εὐφρατίτης ὡς Προσωπίτης.

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Text Details

Entry#176
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 288.7 · Billerbeck Ε176
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-09
Word count21

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΕὐφράτηςEuphrates · place
ΣυρίαSyria · place
ἌραξAraxes · place
ἈρμενίαArmenia · place
ΕὐφρατίτηςEuphratite (ethnic name) · people
ΠροσωπίτηςProsopite / Prosopitis (ethnic name) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Place Transfer(The region) Syria, from the nearby river.
Folk Etymology NarrativeIt and the Araxes were said to be brothers, flowing from the mountain of Armenia.
Morphological CompositionThe ethnicon Εὐφρατίτης (Euphratites), analogous to Προσωπίτης (Prosopitis).

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC