Ἰθώμη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἰθώμη, πόλις Θεσσαλίας τῆς Πελασγιώτιδος. Ὅμηρος “οἵ τ´ εἶχον Τρίκκην καὶ Ἰθώμην κλωμακόεσσαν”. ἔστι καὶ Μεσσήνης. ἀπὸ Ἰθώμου βασιλέως. καλεῖται δὲ ὁ τόπος τῆς Θετταλικῆς Θούμαιον ἀποβολῇ τοῦ « ι » καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ « ω » εἰς τὴν « ου » δίφθογγον [Θούμαιον]. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἰθωμαῖος καὶ Ἰθωμαία καὶ Ἰθωμήτης διὰ τοῦ « η », καὶ δωρικῇ τροπῇ Ἰθωμάτας, ἀφ´ οὗ ὁ πολίτης Ἰθωμάτας καὶ Ζεὺς Ἰθωμάτας. καὶ ἑορτὴ Ἰθωμαῖα. καὶ Ἰθωμαιΐς.

Ithome: a city in Pelasgiotis, Thessaly. Homer: ‘those who held Trikke and rugged Ithome’. There is also an Ithome in Messene, named after King Ithomos. The site in Thessaly is called ‘Thoumaion’ through the loss of ι and the change of ω to the diphthong ου [‘Thoumaion’]. The ethnonym is ‘Ithomaios’, also ‘Ithomaia’ and ‘Ithometes’ with η, and, by Doric change, ‘Ithomatas’; from this, a citizen is an ‘Ithomatas’, and Zeus is called Ithomatas. There is also a festival, the ‘Ithomaia’, and ‘Ithomaiis’.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#43
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 329.1
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-12
Word count	66
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	(Β 729)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἰθώμη	Ithome · place
Θεσσαλία	Thessaly · place
Πελασγιῶτις	Pelasgiotis · place
Τρίκκη	Tricca · place
Ἰθώμη	Ithome · place
Μεσσήνη	Messene · place
Ἰθῶμος	Ithomus · person
Θεσσαλία	Thessaly · place
Θούμαιον	Thoumaion · place
Ἰθωμαῖος	Ithomaean · people
Ἰθωμαία	Ithomaean · people
Ἰθωμήτης	Ithomean · people
Ἰθωμάτας	Ithomatas · people
Ἰθωμάτας	Ithomatas · people
Ζεύς Ἰθωμάτας	Zeus Ithomatas · deity
Ἰθωμαῖα	Ithomaia · other
Ἰθωμαΐς	Ithomais · other
Ithome in Thessaly (Pelasgiotis)	place · city · Thessaly, Pelasgiotis · explicit · unresolved
Ithome in Messene	place · city · Messene · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	[The name is] from Ithomus, a king.
Morphological Composition	The place in Thessaly is also called Thoumaion, through loss of the iota and change of omega into the diphthong ou.
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnic forms are Ithōmaios, Ithōmaia, and Ithōmētēs with eta, and, by Doric alteration, Ithōmatas.
Unclear Metalinguistic	From this [form] comes the designation of the citizen, Ithōmatas.

Links

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (NEUTER ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:36c80425f64385f6	Translate as "X... from which is Y" or "X... as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	Y (EPITHET) + X (DEITY) formula:e59d8efd6da15c82	Translate as "X Y" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.325

char LCS 77 (23.9%) · word LCS 13 (20.0%)

Stephanos

Ἰθώμη, πόλις Θεσσαλίας τῆς Πελασγιώτιδος. Ὅμηρος “οἵ τ´ εἶχον Τρίκκην καὶ Ἰθώμην κλωμακόεσσαν”. ἔστι καὶ Μεσσήνης. ἀπὸ Ἰθώμου βασιλέως. καλεῖται δὲ ὁ τόπος τῆς Θετταλικῆς Θούμαιον ἀποβολῇ τοῦ « ι » καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ « ω » εἰς τὴν « ου » δίφθογγον [Θούμαιον]. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἰθωμαῖος καὶ Ἰθωμαία καὶ Ἰθωμήτης διὰ τοῦ « η »…

Herodian

…ᾷ παραληγόμενα βαρύνεται, μνήμη, κνήμη, φήμη, χήμη, νοσήμη, θελήμη, φιλήμη ἡ φιλία. ῥώμη καὶ Ῥώμη διασημοτάτη πόλις Ἰταλίας, γνώμη, κώμη εἴρηται ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐν αὐταῖς κοιμᾶσθαί τε καὶ αὐλίζεσθαι, ὡς Φιλόξενος. βρώμη, τρώμη, Ἰθώμη πόλις Θεσσαλίας τῆς Πελασγιώτιδος. Ὅμηρος »οἵ τ´ εἶχον Τρίκκην καὶ Ἰθώμην κλωμακόεσσαν (Β 729). ἔστι καὶ Μεσσήνης. ἀπὸ Ἰθώμου βασιλέως. καλεῖται δὲ ὁ τόπος τῆς Θεσσαλικῆς Θούμαιον ἀποβολῇ τοῦ 'ι' καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ 'ω' εἰς τὴν 'ου' δίφθογγον Θούμαιον. κοίμη ἐπὶ τοῦ ὕπνου, οἴμη ἀπὸ τοῦ οἶμος. ῥύμη ὁ στενωπός, τ…

Herodian 1.334

char LCS 16 (5.0%) · word LCS 5 (7.7%)

Stephanos

Ἰθώμη, πόλις Θεσσαλίας τῆς Πελασγιώτιδος. Ὅμηρος “οἵ τ´ εἶχον Τρίκκην καὶ Ἰθώμην κλωμακόεσσαν”. ἔστι καὶ Μεσσήνης. ἀπὸ Ἰθώμου βασιλέως. καλεῖται δὲ ὁ τόπος τῆς Θετταλικῆς Θούμαιον ἀποβολῇ τοῦ « ι » καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ « ω » εἰς τὴν « ου » δίφθογγον [Θούμαιον]. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἰθωμαῖος καὶ Ἰθωμαία καὶ Ἰθωμήτης διὰ τοῦ « η », καὶ δωρικῇ τροπῇ Ἰθωμάτας, ἀφ´ οὗ ὁ πολίτης Ἰθωμάτας καὶ Ζεὺς Ἰθωμάτας. καὶ ἑορτὴ Ἰθωμαῖα. καὶ Ἰθωμαιΐς.

Herodian

…ω ὀδή ὀδωδή, ὄπτω ὀπή ὀπωπή, ἔχω ὀχή ὀκωχή, ἄκω ἀκή ἀκωκή, οὕτω μένω τὸ προθυμοῦμαι μενή μενωνή, εἰ καὶ μὴ τὸ αὐτὸ σύμφωνον ἢ καὶ ἀντίστοιχον ἔχει ἐν τῇ τελευταίᾳ καὶ τῇ πρὸ αὐτῆς συλλαβῇ, καὶ ἴσως ὡς κατὰ τοῦτο γέγονεν τροπῇ τοῦ 'ω' εἰς τὴν 'οι' δίφθογγον μενοινή. παρατηρήσεις γὰρ τοῦτο, ὅτι τὰ οὕτω διπλασιασθέντα ἀπὸ φωνήεντος ἤρχετο οἷον ἀγωγή, ἀκωκή, ἐδωδή. τὸ δὲ μενοινή μόνον ἀπὸ συμφώνου· καὶ ἐπεὶ παρήλλαξεν κατὰ τὴν ἄρχουσαν πρὸς τὰ προκείμενα, παρήλλαξ…