Κάρραι - Stephanos Ethnika

Κάρραι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Κάρραι, πόλις Μεσοποταμίας, ἀπὸ Καρρᾶ ποταμοῦ Συρίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καρρηνός ἢ καὶ Καρραῖος. ἔστι καὶ πόλις πρὸς τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ.

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Text Details

Entry	#100
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 362.2 · Billerbeck Κ100
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count	19

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κάρραι	Karrhae (Carrhae) · place
Μεσοποταμία	Mesopotamia · place
Καρρά	(the) Karrha (river) · place
Συρία	Syria · place · corrected · Q13415123
Καρρηνός	Karrenos (ethnic adjective for inhabitants of Karrhae) · people
Καρραῖος	Karraios (ethnic adjective for inhabitants of Karrhae) · people
Ἐρυθρά θάλασσα	Red Sea · place · corrected · Q1363807
Κάρραι in Mesopotamia	place · city · Mesopotamia · explicit · wikidata: Q205887 · candidate
Karra river of Syria	place · river · Syria · explicit · wikidata: Q85773703 · candidate
Κάρραι by the Red Sea	place · city · near the Red Sea · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	from the river Karra of Syria (i.e. the city is named after the river)

Links

Place links	Harran \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0287.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.265

char LCS 44 (42.3%) · word LCS 7 (35.0%)

Stephanos

Κάρραι, πόλις Μεσοποταμίας, ἀπὸ Καρρᾶ ποταμοῦ Συρίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καρρηνός ἢ καὶ Καρραῖος. ἔστι καὶ πόλις πρὸς τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ.

Herodian

…. δʹ Εὐβοίας. ϛʹ Σκυθίας. ζʹ Κύπρου. ηʹ Ἀκαρνανίας. ἔστι καὶ πέραν Τίγρητος Ἄκρα. Ἀρριανὸς ἑκκαιδεκάτῃ. Φλέγρα πόλις Θρᾴκης, ἣν Εὔδοξος μετὰ ταῦτα Παλλήνην φησὶ κληθῆναι. Σέρρα ἀκρωτήριον Θρᾴκης, ὃ καὶ Σέρρειον λέγεται, Κάρραι πόλις Μεσοποταμίας ἀπὸ Καρρᾶ ποταμοῦ Συρίας. ἔστι καὶ πόλις πρὸς τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ. Σίρρα πόλις Θρᾴκης. Θεόπομπος ἐν Φιλιππικῶν εἰκοστῷ. Σκύδρα Μακεδονικὴ πόλις. Τάρρα Λυδίας πόλις. ἑτέρα Κρήτης, ἐν ᾗ Ταρραῖος Ἀπόλλων τιμᾶται. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πόλις Τάρρα παρὰ τὸν Κ…

Herodian 1.338

char LCS 24 (23.1%) · word LCS 5 (25.0%)

Stephanos

Κάρραι, πόλις Μεσοποταμίας, ἀπὸ Καρρᾶ ποταμοῦ Συρίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καρρηνός ἢ καὶ Καρραῖος. ἔστι καὶ πόλις πρὸς τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ.

Herodian

…' γράφει τὴν πόλιν τὴν Κρητικήν. καὶ διὰ δύο 'αα' καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'η'. Κάλπη τὸ ὄρος. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Βιθυνῶν. Θεόπομπος ὀγδόῳ Ἑλληνικῶν. λέγεται καὶ Κάρπεια, σάλπη, κάμπη σκώληξ, καμπή δὲ ἡ κάμψις. Τράμπη πόλις Ἰωνίας, Ἄμπη πόλις πρὸς τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ. Ἡρόδοτος ἕκτῃ (c. 20). Τάρπη πόλις Ἰταλίας. Ὄλπαι φρούριον κοινὸν Ἀκαρνάνων καὶ Ἀμφιλόχων δικαστήριον. Θουκυδίδης τρίτῃ (c. 105). Στίλπαι πόλις Σικελίας. πόρπη παρὰ τὸ πείρω. τὸ δὲ μολπή ἀπὸ τοῦ μέλπω καὶ πομπή παρὰ τὸ…