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Entry #10
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 301.1 | Billerbeck: Η10
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-10
Word count: 85
Sources: Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus) fr. 196,1 Pfeiffer, Τρύφων (Tryphon) fr. 90 Velsen, Ὅμηρος (Homer) B 619
Entities: Ἦλις (Elis) [place], Αἴγυπτος (Egypt) [place], Ὀλυμπία (Olympia) [place], Ἠλεῖος (El(e)is (personal/ethnic name)) [other], Τάνταλος (Tantalus) [person], Ἀρκαδία (Arcadia) [place], Ἱσπανία (Hispania / Spain) [place], Ἤλις (Elis) [place], Ζεύς (Zeus) [deity], Ἐπειοί (Epeioi) [people], Ἠλιάδαι (Heliads / Heliadai) [people], Ἠλιδία (Elidia (Elis-region name)) [place], Ψωφιδία (Psophidia) [place]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: From Eleius, son of Tantalus.; Place Transfer: There is also another (Elis) of Arcadia, and also of Spain.; Morphological Composition: The demonym from the region (Elis) is correspondingly Ἠλίδειος, like Ἀδωνίδειος and Εὐπολίδειος, in the possessive (gentilic) type.; Morphological Composition: And by a lowering (vowel change) [one finds] Ἠλίειος and Ἠλεῖος.; Unclear Metalinguistic: From which [comes] “Aleios the Zeus” (Callimachus fr. 196.1).; Morphological Composition: Tryphon says that [the forms] are Ἠλίεος and Ἠλέιος and Ἠλεῖος.; Unclear Metalinguistic: Homer (B 619) calls them Επειοὺς (Epeioi).; Morphological Composition: And in the possessive sense it is said Ἠλιακός.; Eponym Person: They are also called patronymically Ἠλιᾶδαι (Haliadai).; Morphological Composition: It is also called Ἠλιδία, like Ψωφιδία and Ἀρκαδία, from the general (name).; Morphological Composition: And the adverb Ἠλιδίαθεν (from Elis).; Morphological Composition: And they say Ἠλεῖος also in the feminine.
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Ἦλις, πόλις πρὸς τῇ [Αἰγυπτίᾳ] Ὀλυμπίᾳ, ἀπὸ Ἠλίου τοῦ Ταντάλου παιδός. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Ἀρκαδίας. καὶ τρίτη Ἱσπανίας. ὁ πολίτης ἀπὸ τῆς Ἤλιδος γενικῆς ἀναλόγως Ἠλίδειος ὡς Ἀδωνίδειος καὶ Εὐπολίδειος κτητικῷ τύπῳ, καὶ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ « δ » Ἠλίειος καὶ Ἠλεῖος. ἀφ´ οὗ “Ἀλεῖος ὁ Ζεύς”. Τρύφων δέ φησιν ὅτι Ἠλίεος καὶ Ἠλέϊος καὶ Ἠλεῖος. Ὅμηρος δ´ Ἐπειοὺς αὐτούς φησι. καὶ κτητικῶς λέγεται Ἠλιακός. λέγονται καὶ πατρωνυμικῶς Ἠλιάδαι. λέγεται καὶ Ἠλιδία, ὡς Ψωφιδία καὶ Ἀρκαδία, ἀπὸ γενικῆς, καὶ ἐπίρρημα Ἠλιδίαθεν. τὸ δὲ Ἠλεῖος καὶ θηλυκῶς φασιν.

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Herodian 1.134

char LCS 114 (26.8%) · word LCS 23 (27.1%)

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Ἦλις, πόλις πρὸς τῇ [Αἰγυπτίᾳ] Ὀλυμπίᾳ, ἀπὸ Ἠλίου τοῦ Ταντάλου παιδός. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Ἀρκαδίας. καὶ τρίτη Ἱσπανίας. ὁ πολίτης ἀπὸ τῆς Ἤλιδος γενικῆς ἀναλόγως Ἠλίδειος ὡς Ἀδωνίδειος καὶ Εὐπολίδειος κτητικῷ τύπῳ, καὶ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ « δ » Ἠλίειος καὶ Ἠλεῖος. ἀφ´ οὗ “Ἀλεῖος ὁ Ζεύς”. Τρύφων δέ φησιν ὅτι Ἠλίεος καὶ Ἠλέϊος καὶ Ἠλεῖος. Ὅμηρος δ´ Ἐπειοὺς αὐτούς φησι. καὶ κτητικῶς λέγεται Ἠλιακός. λέγονται καὶ πατρωνυμικῶς Ἠλιάδαι. λέγεται καὶ Ἠλιδία, ὡς Ψωφιδία καὶ Ἀρκαδία, ἀπὸ γενικῆς, καὶ ἐπί…

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…ρήτειος. τὸ μέντοι Ἠτεῖος—ἦν δὲ Ἠτεῖος εἷς τῶν ἑπτὰ σοφῶν, ὡς Δίδυμος συμποσιακῶν δεκάτῳ, Πλάτων δὲ ἐν Πρωταγόρᾳ Χηνέα τοῦτον εἶπεν—Ἠλεῖος, ἠθεῖος προπερισπᾶται οὐκ ἀπὸ συμφώνου ἀρχόμενα. καὶ τὸ μὲν Ἠλεῖος οὕτω γίνεται· ἀπὸ τῆς Ἤλιδος γενικῆς ἀναλόγως Ἠλίδειος ὡς Ἀδωνίδειος καὶ Εὐπολίδειος κτητικῷ τύπῳ καὶ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ 'δ' Ἠλίειος καὶ Ἠλεῖος, ἀφ´ οὗ «Ἀλεῖος Ζεύς» (Callim. fr. 99). Τρύφων δέ φησιν, ὅτι Ἠλίεος καὶ Ἠλέϊος καὶ Ἠλεῖος. τὸ δὲ ἠθεῖος ἴσως παρὰ τὸ θεῖος, λέγω δὲ τὸ σημαντικὸν τοῦ ἐπαίνου, κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ 'η' ἐγένετο. Τὸ δὲ Κητειός, Πηνειός ὀξύνεται ὡς κύρια. κ…

Herodian 1.90

char LCS 67 (15.7%) · word LCS 13 (15.3%)

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Ἦλις, πόλις πρὸς τῇ [Αἰγυπτίᾳ] Ὀλυμπίᾳ, ἀπὸ Ἠλίου τοῦ Ταντάλου παιδός. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Ἀρκαδίας. καὶ τρίτη Ἱσπανίας. ὁ πολίτης ἀπὸ τῆς Ἤλιδος γενικῆς ἀναλόγως Ἠλίδειος ὡς Ἀδωνίδειος καὶ Εὐπολίδειος κτητικῷ τύπῳ, καὶ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ « δ » Ἠλίειος καὶ Ἠλεῖος. ἀφ´ οὗ “Ἀλεῖος ὁ Ζεύς”. Τρύφων δέ φησιν ὅτι Ἠλίεος καὶ Ἠλέϊος καὶ Ἠλεῖος. Ὅμη…

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…. ἐναντιοῦται τὸ μαῦλις ἡ μάχαιρα καὶ τὸ τῆλις. τὸ δὲ τᾶλις ἡ μελλόγαμος τὸ 'α' μακρὸν ἔχει. Ἔτι βαρύνεται καὶ τὸ Βᾶλις πόλις Λιβύης πρὸς τῇ Κυρήνῃ, ἀπό τινος Βάλεως, οὗ καὶ ἱερὸν ἔχει. καὶ μᾶλις. καὶ Ἦλις πόλις πρὸς τῇ Ὀλυμπίᾳ ἀπὸ Ἠλίου τοῦ Ταντάλου παιδός. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Ἀρκαδίας καὶ τρίτη Ἱσπανίας. καὶ ὗλις ἡ ὑλία. καὶ Βοῦλις πόλις Φωκίδος ἀπὸ Βούλωνος οἰκιστοῦ, Πῶλις πόλις Αἰγύπτου. καὶ αὖλις ἡ ἔπαυλις αἰολικῶς, Αὐλίς δὲ ἡ πόλις Βοιωτίας ὀξύνεται «καὶ Αὐλίδα πετρήεσσαν» (Β 496). ἡ δὲ αἰτιατικὴ «Αὖλιν τ´ ἔσφαγον»…