Θύμβρα - Stephanos Ethnika

Θύμβρα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #70
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 319.17 | Billerbeck: Θ70
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count: 35
Sources: Ἑλλάνικος (Hellanicus (of Lesbos)) FGrHist 4 F 151 = fr. 151 Fowler
Entities: Θύμβρα (Thymbra) [place], Τρωιάς (Troad) [place], Δάρδανός (Dardanus) [person], Θύμβρος (Thymbros (friend of Dardanus)) [person], Θύμβριος (Thymbrios (the river)) [place], Ἀπόλλων (Apollo) [deity], Ζυμβραῖος (Zymbraios (alternate form of the place name)) [place], Δύμβριος (Dymbrios (variant name)) [place], Δυμβριεύς (Dymbrieus (ethnicon/inhabitant)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: From Thymbrus, his friend (i.e., the city is named from Thymbrus).; Place Transfer: Of which the river is Thymbrios, from which (i.e., from the river) the temple of Apollo Thymbraios (is named).; Unclear Metalinguistic: It is also said (to be) Ζυμβραῖος by way of the letter z (i.e., an alternate form with ζ).; Unclear Metalinguistic: It is also called Thymbrios (alternate form).; Unclear Metalinguistic: Hellanicus says Δύμβριος through the letter d and Δυμβιεὺς (i.e., alternate forms with δ).
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Θύμβρα, πόλις Τρῳάδος, Δαρδάνου κτίσμα, ἀπὸ Θύμβρου φίλου αὐτοῦ. οὗ ποταμὸς Θύμβρις, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἀπόλλωνος Θυμβραίου ἱερόν, [ἐν ᾧ ἐτοξεύθη Ἀχιλλεύς.] λέγεται καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ζ » Ζυμβραῖος. λέγεται καὶ Θύμβριος. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ Δύμβριός φησι διὰ τοῦ « δ » καὶ Δυμβριεύς.

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Herodian 1.264

char LCS 52 (26.0%) · word LCS 9 (23.1%)

Stephanos

Θύμβρα, πόλις Τρῳάδος, Δαρδάνου κτίσμα, ἀπὸ Θύμβρου φίλου αὐτοῦ. οὗ ποταμὸς Θύμβρις, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἀπόλλωνος Θυμβραίου ἱερόν, [ἐν ᾧ ἐτοξεύθη Ἀχιλλεύς.] λέγεται καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ζ » Ζυμβραῖος. λέγεται καὶ Θύμβριος. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ Δύμβριός φησι διὰ τοῦ « δ » καὶ Δυμβριεύς.

Herodian

…τι καὶ πόλις Φωκίδος οὐ πόρρω Λιλαίας. Ἄρρα πόλις Ἰλλυρική. Ἄτραι πόλις μεταξὺ Εὐφράτου καὶ Πίγρητος. Ἀρριανὸς ἑπτακαιδεκάτῳ Παρθικῶν. Ἔγρα πόλις Ἀραβίας πρὸς Ἀϊλανίτῃ κόλπῳ. Βόστρα πόλις Ἀραβίας. λέγεται καὶ οὐδετέρως. Θύμβρα πόλις Τρωάδος Δαρδάνου κτίσμα ἀπὸ Θύμβρου φίλου αὐτοῦ. Γάγγρα πόλις Παφλαγονίας. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τῷ περὶ Παφλαγονίας »Νικόστρατός φησιν αἰπόλον νέμειν περὶ τοὺς τόπους αἶγας. μίαν δὲ χωριζομένην ἰδών, ἀπορῶν ὁ αἰπόλος, ὅτι ἐν μὲν τῷ οἴκῳ ἐνδεᾶ εὕρισκεν, ἐπὶ τῆς νομῆς δὲ πλήρ…

Herodian 1.99

char LCS 47 (23.5%) · word LCS 9 (23.1%)

Stephanos

Θύμβρα, πόλις Τρῳάδος, Δαρδάνου κτίσμα, ἀπὸ Θύμβρου φίλου αὐτοῦ. οὗ ποταμὸς Θύμβρις, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἀπόλλωνος Θυμβραίου ἱερόν, [ἐν ᾧ ἐτοξεύθη Ἀχιλλεύς.] λέγεται καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ζ » Ζυμβραῖος. λέγεται καὶ Θύμβριος. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ Δύμβριός φησι διὰ τοῦ « δ » καὶ Δυμβριεύς.

Herodian

…πλοκῆς μέσου ἢ δασέος ἢ τοῦ 'π' βαρύνεται 'υ' ἢ 'ι' παραληγόμενα· εἰ δὲ μὴ οὕτως, ὀξύνεται, χωρὶς εἰ μὴ σύμφωνον εἴη δεδιπλασιασμένον, ὕβρις, Κύπρις. Θύμβρις ποταμὸς Ῥώμης, ὃς καὶ Τίβερις. ἔστι καὶ Θύμβρις ποταμὸς Τρῳάδος, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἀπόλλωνος Θυμβραίου ἱερόν, ἐν ᾧ ἐτοξεύθη Ἀχιλλεύς. Τίγρις ποταμός. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Τίγρης. ὀξύνεται δὲ τὸ νεβρίς. οὕτω δὲ λέγεται καὶ Ἁλώνη νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Κυζίκῳ. κεδρίς. τὸ δὲ ἄγγρις δεδιπλασίασται. * Τὰ εἰς 'τρις' δισύλλαβα παρώνυμα ὀξύνεται οἷον πατρίς, τὰ δὲ μὴ οὕτως…