Ἦλις

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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.

Elis: a city near [Egyptian] Olympia, named after Elios, the son of Tantalos. There is also another in Arkadia, and a third in Hispania. A citizen, from the genitive 'Elidos', is analogously an 'Elideios', as in 'Adonideios' and 'Eupolideios', by the possessive type; and with suppression of the δ, 'Elieios' and 'Eleios', as per 'Aleios Zeus'. Tryphon says that the forms are 'Elieos' and 'Eleïos' and 'Eleios'. Homer calls them 'Epeioi'. The possessive form 'Eliakos' is also used. They are also called patronymically 'Eliadai'. The form 'Elidia' too is used, as in 'Psophidia' and 'Arkadia', from the genitive, and the adverb is 'Elidiathen'. They say that 'Eleios' is also feminine.

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Text Details

Entry#10
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 301.1
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-10
Word count85
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus)fr. 196,1 Pfeiffer
Τρύφων (Tryphon)fr. 90 Velsen
Ὅμηρος (Homer)B 619
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἮλιςElis · place · corrected · Q217667
ΑἴγυπτοςEgypt · place · corrected · Q11768
ὈλυμπίαOlympia · place · corrected · Q38888
ἨλεῖοςEl(e)is (personal/ethnic name) · other
ΤάνταλοςTantalus · person
ἈρκαδίαArcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
ἹσπανίαHispania / Spain · place
ἬλιςElis · place · corrected · Q217667
ΖεύςZeus · deity · corrected · Q34201
ἘπειοίEpeioi · people
ἨλιάδαιHeliads / Heliadai · people
ἨλιδίαElidia (Elis-region name) · place
ΨωφιδίαPsophidia · place
Hēlis in Elisplace · city · Elis · explicit · wikidata: Q21588422 · candidate
Elis in Arcadiaplace · city · Arcadia · implicit · unresolved
Elis in Spainplace · city · Spain · implicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonFrom Eleius, son of Tantalus.
Place TransferThere is also another (Elis) of Arcadia, and also of Spain.
Morphological CompositionThe demonym from the region (Elis) is correspondingly Ἠλίδειος, like Ἀδωνίδειος and Εὐπολίδειος, in the possessive (gentilic) type.
Morphological CompositionAnd by a lowering (vowel change) [one finds] Ἠλίειος and Ἠλεῖος.
Unclear MetalinguisticFrom which [comes] “Aleios the Zeus” (Callimachus fr. 196.1).
Morphological CompositionTryphon says that [the forms] are Ἠλίεος and Ἠλέιος and Ἠλεῖος.
Unclear MetalinguisticHomer (B 619) calls them Επειοὺς (Epeioi).
Morphological CompositionAnd in the possessive sense it is said Ἠλιακός.
Eponym PersonThey are also called patronymically Ἠλιᾶδαι (Haliadai).
Morphological CompositionIt is also called Ἠλιδία, like Ψωφιδία and Ἀρκαδία, from the general (name).
Morphological CompositionAnd the adverb Ἠλιδίαθεν (from Elis).
Morphological CompositionAnd they say Ἠλεῖος also in the feminine.

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
Formula[NO ANTECEDENT] + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN)
formula:85dbc02f91e20d41
Translate as "as per 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:439629f16cfaba3f
Translate as "Y is from 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 4 occurrences
FormulaX (MASCULINE ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN)
formula:04e9b95236efcdc4
Translate as "X... from/after whom is 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (NEUTER ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN)
formula:36c80425f64385f6
Translate as "X... from which is Y" or "X... as per 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON)
formula:4e7b910409d678a8
Translate as "'X' is from Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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 · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE)
formula:0a6d211492d74a05
Translate as "a X of the Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
FormulaX... + πρός + Y (dative)
formula:1a524ea80fe79519
Translate as "X... near Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaκαί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN)
formula:0af867b3dd6df580
Translate as "Y is also 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC)
formula:9b2896a329a36c7e
Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + 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
Formulaὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:bcd70ae781e7b205
Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossκτητικόν τό
gloss:80c7f336a009c2c3
possessive
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
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Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.134
char LCS 114 (26.8%) · word LCS 23 (27.1%)
Stephanos
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…
Herodian
…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%)
Stephanos
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…
Herodian
…. 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»…

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