Θυραῖον

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Θυραῖον, πόλις Ἀρκάδων, κτίσμα Ὑψοῦντος παιδὸς Λυκάονος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θυραῖος ὡς Νυμφαῖος. καὶ Θυραιόθεν τοπικῶς.

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Text Details

Entry#77
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 320.13 · Billerbeck Θ77
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count15

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΘυραῖονThyraion (Thyraion) · place
ἈρκάδοιArcadians · people
ὙψοῦντοςHypsountos (Hypsountos) · person
ΛυκάωνLycaon · person
ΘυραῖοςThyraios (demonym) · people
ΝυμφαῖοςNymphaeos (demonym) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Persona settlement founded by Hypsountos, son of Lycaon
Morphological Compositionthe ethnicon (demonym) 'Thuraios' formed like 'Nymphaeos' (i.e. with the -αῖος suffix)
Morphological Composition'and Θυραιόθεν (from Thuraion) used topically/locatively' (formation of the locative adverb)

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC