Θούριοι

Entry #55
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 315.16 | Billerbeck: Θ55
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count: 91
Sources: Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus) [ἐπιγράμματι], Στράβων (Strabo) (6,1,14 [C 264,1]), Παυσανίας (Pausanias) (4,31,1)
Entities: Θούριος (Thourioi (inhabitants of Thurii)) [people], Ἰταλία (Italy) [place], Σύβαρις (Sybaris) [place], Θουρία (Thouria (spring)) [place], Κωπίαι (Kopiai (later name)) [place], Θουρία (Thouria) [place], Θούριον (Thourion / Thurii (city)) [place], Πάριον (Parion) [place], Ὀλβιανός (Olbian (from Olbia)) [people], Ἄνθεια (Antheia) [place], Θουριακός (Thouriakoi (demonym)) [people], Θουριανός (Thourianos (demonym)) [people], Παριανός (Parianos (demonym)) [people], Θουριᾶται (Thouriatai (demonym variant)) [people], Θουριά (Thourias (feminine demonym)) [people], Θουριεύς (Thourieus (demonym)) [people], Θουνία (Thounia (variant demonym)) [people], Θουνιάτης (Thouniatas (demonym variant)) [people]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: from the spring Thouria (i.e. named from the spring called Thouria); Place Transfer: formerly Sybaris (the city previously bore the name Sybaris); Folk Etymology Narrative: a shoot sprung from the Dorian fatherland (i.e. founded by Dorian stock / colonists from Doris); Morphological Composition: and the ethnicon ought to be from 'Thourion' → 'Thourianos', as 'Parion' → 'Parianos', or from 'Thouria' → 'Thourianos' (discussion of morphological formation of the ethnonym); Unclear Metalinguistic: Pausanias, however, calls it 'Antheia' (an alternative name asserted by Pausanias); Unclear Metalinguistic: it is also said 'Thouria' and 'Thourion', as in Herodotus' inscription (variant name-forms are attested); Morphological Composition: the ethnicon likewise 'Thourioi', and 'Thouriakoi', and 'Thourinos' (variants of the ethnic/formational pattern)
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