Θεστίδειον - Stephanos Ethnika

Θεστίδειον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Entry #38
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 312.7 | Billerbeck: Θ37
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count: 22
Sources: Ἑλλάνικος (Hellanicus) FGrHist 4 F 136 = fr. 136 Fowler
Entities: Θεστιδεῖον (Thestideion (Thestideon)) [place], Θεσσαλία (Thessaly) [place], Θέτις (Thetis) [deity], Θρᾴκη (Thrace) [place], Νῦσα (Nysa) [place], Θεστιδεύς (Thestideus (ethnicon, inhabitant of Thestideion)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: Hellanicus says (the name is) from Thetis.
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Θεστίδειον, πόλις Θεσσαλική. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ δίχα τοῦ « σ » φησίν, ἀπὸ Θέτιδος. ἔστι καὶ λίμνη Θρᾴκης, παρ´ ᾗ Νῦσα χωρίον. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θεστιδεύς.

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Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.375

char LCS 32 (29.6%) · word LCS 8 (36.4%)

Stephanos

Θεστίδειον, πόλις Θεσσαλική. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ δίχα τοῦ « σ » φησίν, ἀπὸ Θέτιδος. ἔστι καὶ λίμνη Θρᾴκης, παρ´ ᾗ Νῦσα χωρίον. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θεστιδεύς.

Herodian

ὁμοίως καὶ Θετίδειον. ἔστι δὲ καὶ πόλις Θεσσαλικὴ Θετίδειον. Ἑλλάνικος. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Θεστίδειον. ἔστι καὶ λίμνη Θρᾴκης, παρ´ ᾗ Νῦσα χωρίον. προπερισπῶνται δ´ ὁμοίως, ὅσα ἔχει προϋπάρχοντα εἰς 'ος' καθαρόν, παραληγόμενα ἢ μόνῳ τῷ 'ι' ἢ προηγουμένου αὐτοῦ τοῦ 'α' ὥστε εἶναι πρὸ τέλους τὴν 'αι' δίφθογγον ἢ ὅσα κτητικά, Ἀσκληπιεῖον· Ἀσκληπιός γάρ. Πτολεμαεῖον·…