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Entry #56
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 316.9 | Billerbeck: Θ56
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count: 76
Sources: Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus) fr. 801 Pfeiffer
Entities: Θρᾴκη (Thrace) [place], Τιτανίς (Titanis (a nymph)) [person], Κρόνος (Cronus) [deity], Δόλογκος (Dologkos) [person], Πέρκη (Perke) [place], Ἀρία (Aria) [place], Θρᾳξ (Thrax (a Thracian)) [people], Θρᾷσσα (Thrassa (female Thracian)) [people], Θρᾷττα (Thratta (Attic form)) [people], Θρᾴκη (Thrace (gen.)) [place], Θρᾳκία (Thrakia (feminine form)) [people], Θρᾴκιος (Thrakios (masculine ethnonym)) [people], Θρᾴκιον (Thrakion (neuter ethnonym)) [people], Θραίκιος (Thraikios (variant)) [people], Τροίη (Troy) [place], Θρηίκιον (Threikion (variant)) [people], Θρείκιον (Threikion (variant)) [people], Θρείσσαν (Threissan (feminine form)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: Thrace: from a nymph, a Titanid (i.e. named after a nymph of the Titans).; Unclear Metalinguistic: Which was called Perke and Aria (alternative names for the region).; Morphological Composition: The feminine form 'Θρᾳκία' is from 'Θρᾴκιος' and 'Θρᾴκιον' (morphological derivation of the feminine from the masculine/ethnic).; Morphological Composition: They say the ethnic is also 'Θρείκιον', and in the feminine 'Θρείσσαν' (variants of the ethnic and feminine forms).; Morphological Composition: And in Thracian dialect, the adverb (is formed) as from the verb 'θρακίζω' (derivation of an adverb from a verb).
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Θρᾴκη, [ἀπὸ Θρᾳκὸς βασιλέως τοῦ πάλαι ἐν αὐτοῖς τελευτήσαντος, ἢ] ἀπὸ Θρᾴκης νύμφης Τιτανίδος, ἀφ´ ἧς καὶ Κρόνου Δόλογκος. ἔστι δὲ ἡ Θρᾴκη χώρα, ἣ Πέρκη ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Ἀρία τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θρᾷξ καὶ Θρᾷσσα. καὶ Θρᾷττα ἀττικῶς, καὶ ἡ ἀπὸ Θρᾴκης δούλη καὶ εἶδος ἰχθύος καὶ ὀρνέου. τὸ θηλυκὸν Θρᾳκία ἀπὸ τοῦ Θρᾴκιος καὶ Θρᾴκιον. τὸ δὲ Θραΐκιος λέγεται καὶ διὰ μακροῦ τοῦ « ι » “ἀνέρα δὲ Τροίη Θρηίκιον οὔτε φορήσει”. τὸ ἐθνικόν φασι καὶ Θρέικες, καὶ θηλυκῶς Θρέισσα. καὶ θρᾳκιστί τὸ ἐπίρρημα, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ θρᾳκίζω.

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Θρᾴκη, [ἀπὸ Θρᾳκὸς βασιλέως τοῦ πάλαι ἐν αὐτοῖς τελευτήσαντος, ἢ] ἀπὸ Θρᾴκης νύμφης Τιτανίδος, ἀφ´ ἧς καὶ Κρόνου Δόλογκος. ἔστι δὲ ἡ Θρᾴκη χώρα, ἣ Πέρκη ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Ἀρία τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θρᾷξ καὶ Θρᾷσσα. καὶ Θρᾷττα ἀττικῶς, καὶ ἡ ἀπὸ Θρᾴκης δούλη καὶ εἶδος ἰχθύος καὶ ὀρνέου. τὸ θηλυκὸν Θρᾳκία ἀπὸ τοῦ Θρᾴκιος καὶ Θρᾴκ…

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…ρόνου Δόλογκος. ἔστι δὲ ἡ Θρᾴκη χώρα, ἣ Πέρκη ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Ἀρία τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θρᾷξ καὶ Θρᾷσσα. καὶ Θρᾷττα ἀττικῶς, καὶ ἡ ἀπὸ Θρᾴκης δούλη καὶ εἶδος ἰχθύος καὶ ὀρνέου. τὸ θηλυκὸν Θρᾳκία ἀπὸ τοῦ Θρᾴκιος καὶ Θρᾴκιον. τὸ δὲ Θραΐκιος λέγεται καὶ διὰ μακροῦ τοῦ « ι » “ἀνέρα δὲ Τροίη Θρηίκιον οὔτε φορήσει”. τὸ ἐθνικόν φασι καὶ Θρέικες, καὶ θηλυκῶς Θρέισσα. καὶ θρᾳκιστί τὸ ἐπίρρημα, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ θρᾳκίζω.

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…νιος γάρ. Ὅσα ἀπὸ τῶν εἰς 'ξ' ἢ 'ψ' ἢ 'ρ' γίνεται διὰ τοῦ 'ι' βραχέος, προπαροξύνεται, εἰ μὴ ἐπὶ κυρίου διαστολή τις γένηται ἐν τρισυλλάβοις τριβράχεσιν ὥσπερ ἔχει τὸ Φρυγίος καὶ Φλογίος. καὶ προπαροξύνεται δὲ ταῦτα· Θρηΐκιος· λέγεται καὶ διὰ μακροῦ τοῦ 'ι' «ἀνέρα δὲ Τροίη Θρηΐκιον οὔτι φορήσει». Κιλίκιος, Φαιάκιος, Ναρύκιος, Νυράκιος, Νωράκιος, Κοράκιος, Φοινίκιος, Ζαρήκιος, Ἀτράκιος, Ῥάγιος, Μηνίγγιος, Ἀράβιος, Κινύφιος, Αἰγιλίπιος, Αἰθιόπιος. Εὐριπίδης Ἐρεχθεῖ «Αἰθιοπίαν νιν ἐξέσως´ ἐπὶ χθόνα». μακ…

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…, [ἀπὸ Θρᾳκὸς βασιλέως τοῦ πάλαι ἐν αὐτοῖς τελευτήσαντος, ἢ] ἀπὸ Θρᾴκης νύμφης Τιτανίδος, ἀφ´ ἧς καὶ Κρόνου Δόλογκος. ἔστι δὲ ἡ Θρᾴκη χώρα, ἣ Πέρκη ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Ἀρία τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θρᾷξ καὶ Θρᾷσσα. καὶ Θρᾷττα ἀττικῶς, καὶ ἡ ἀπὸ Θρᾴκης δούλη καὶ εἶδος ἰχθύος καὶ ὀρνέου. τὸ θηλυκὸν Θρᾳκία ἀπὸ τοῦ Θρᾴκιος καὶ Θρᾴκιον. τὸ δὲ Θραΐκιος λέγεται καὶ διὰ μακροῦ τοῦ « ι » “ἀνέρα δὲ Τροίη Θρηίκιον οὔτε φορήσει”. τὸ ἐθνικόν φασι καὶ Θρέικες, καὶ θηλυκῶς Θρέισσα. καὶ θρᾳκιστί τὸ ἐπίρρημα, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ…

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…ὰ δύο 'ττ' καὶ δι´ ἑνὸς 'τ'. τὸ δὲ τεχνῆσσα ἀπὸ τοῦ τεχνήεσσα. καὶ τὰ ἀπὸ ὀξυτόνων καὶ περισπωμένων εἰς 'ης', χερνής χερνῆσσα, ἀργῆς ἀργῆσσα καὶ Κρής Κρητός Κρῆσσα, θής θῆσσα. οὕτω καὶ Θρᾷξ Θρᾷσσα καὶ Θρᾷττα Ἀττικῶς καὶ ἀπὸ Θρᾴκης δούλη καὶ εἶδος ἰχθύος καὶ ὀρνέου. Τὰ εἰς 'α' βραχὺ ἀπαρασχημάτιστα διὰ διπλοῦ ἐκφερόμενα, εἰ μὲν δισύλλαβα εἴη καὶ μακρᾷ παραλήγει, προπερισπᾶται, μᾶζα μόνον ἐκτεῖνον τὸ πρὸ διπλοῦ 'α', ψῷζα, εἰ δὲ βραχείᾳ παραλήγει, παροξύνεται,