Θρύον - Stephanos Ethnika

Θρύον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Θρύον, πόλις τῆς Μεσσηνίας, ἐκ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ φυομένων θρύων ὁμωνύμως τῷ φυτῷ λεγομένη. λέγεται δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ φυτοῦ Θρυόεις καὶ Θρυόεσσα· κεῖται δ´ ἡ πόλις περὶ τὸν Ἀλφειόν. ὁ πολίτης Θρυοέντιος καὶ Θρυούντιος, ἐκ δὲ τῆς Θρυοέσσης Θρυουσσαῖος ὡς Σκοτουσσαῖος. καὶ Θρυούσιος ὡς Πιτυούσιος, καὶ Θρυίτης ὡς λικνίτης.

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Text Details

Entry	#64
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 318.15 · Billerbeck Θ64
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count	49

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Θρύον	Thryon · place
Μεσσηνία	Messenia · place
Θρυόεις	Thryoeis · place
Θρυόεσσα	Thryoessa · place
Ἀλφειός	Alpheus (river) · place
Θρυοέντιος	Thryoentios (citizen of Thryon) · people
Θρυόντιος	Thryontios (citizen of Thryon) · people
Θρυουσσαῖος	Thryoussaios (citizen of Thryoessa) · people
Σκοτουσσαῖος	Skotoussaios (citizen of Skotoussa) · people
Θρυούσιος	Thryousios (citizen of Thryoessa) · people
Πιτυούσιος	Pityousios (citizen of Pityous?) · people
Θρυίτης	Thryites (inhabitant of Thryon) · people
λικνίτης	Liknites (inhabitant; demonym) · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	Named from the 'thryai' (plants) that grow in it; called by the same name as the plant.
Morphological Composition	It is said to be from the plant (called) Θρυόεις and Θρυόεσσα.
Morphological Composition	(On demonyms) The citizen is Θρυόεντιος and Θρυόντιος; from Θρυοέσση (the place) Θρυουσσαῖος, analogous to Σκοτουσσαῖος. Also Θρυούσιος like Πιτυούσιος, and Θρυίτης like λικνίτης (showing formation of ethnics from the place-name).

Links

Place links	Thryon \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_283.jpg
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.376

char LCS 75 (30.1%) · word LCS 16 (32.7%)

Stephanos

Θρύον, πόλις τῆς Μεσσηνίας, ἐκ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ φυομένων θρύων ὁμωνύμως τῷ φυτῷ λεγομένη. λέγεται δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ φυτοῦ Θρυόεις καὶ Θρυόεσσα· κεῖται δ´ ἡ πόλις περὶ τὸν Ἀλφειόν. ὁ πολίτης Θρυοέντιος καὶ Θρυούντιος, ἐκ δὲ τῆς Θρυοέσσης Θρυουσσαῖος ὡς Σκοτουσσαῖος. καὶ Θρυούσιος ὡς Πιτυούσιος, καὶ Θρυίτης ὡς λικνίτης.

Herodian

…' διφθόγγῳ σπάνια ὄντα βαρύνεται, Σαῦα κώμη τῆς εὐδαίμονος Ἀραβίας, Ἄναυα πόλις Φρυγίας, ὡς Ἡρόδοτος ( 7, 30). Τὰ εἰς 'ον' καθαρὸν παραληγόμενα τῷ 'υ' βαρύνεται, πτύον, βρύον, πύον τὸ ἔμπυον τὸ καὶ πυός. θρύον· ἔστι καὶ πόλις τῆς Μεσσηνίας ἐκ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ φυομένων θρύων ὁμωνύμως τῷ φυτῷ λεγομένη. λέγεται δὲ ἀπὸ φυτοῦ Θρυόεις καὶ Θρυόεσσα. θύον ὃ καὶ θύος λέγεται. Κύον πόλις Καρίας. Ἀπολλώνιος τετάρτῃ Καρικῶν, μεθ´ ὧν καὶ γυῖον τῇ 'υι' διφθόγγῳ παραληγόμενον καὶ οὐκ ἔχον ὁμοίου παράθεσιν. κάρυον, κρόμμυον, δίκτυον, ἔμβρυον, δάκ…