Δάαι - Stephanos Ethnika

Δάαι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

people

Δάαι, Σκυθικὸν ἔθνος. εἰσὶ δὲ νομάδες. λέγονται καὶ Δάσαι μετὰ τοῦ « σ ».

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#1
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 216.3 · Billerbeck Δ1
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count	12
Translation status	The substantive difference is the consonant in the ethnonym (Δάκαι vs Δάσαι), signaled also by the following-letter note (κ vs σ). Remaining differences are punctuation/quoting conventions.

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δάαι	Daai (a Scythian people) · people · corrected · Q852554
Δάκαι	Dakai (alternative name for the Daai) · people
Δάαι	place · explicit · wikidata: Q852554 · seeded_headword_alignment

Links

Place links	Dahae
Page scans	vol2_035.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	εἰς + «X» (GREEK LETTER) formula:f06db8d92900ddc7	Translate as "ending in X" Domain: SPELLING & PROSODY Rule status: In progress	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 1.59

char LCS 25 (46.3%) · word LCS 6 (50.0%)

Stephanos

Δάαι, Σκυθικὸν ἔθνος. εἰσὶ δὲ νομάδες. λέγονται καὶ Δάσαι μετὰ τοῦ « σ ».

Herodian

…κλίσιν, μέγας γὰρ μεγάλου φαμέν. {1ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ γʹ.}1 Πᾶν ὄνομα δισύλλαβον ἁπλοῦν εἰς 'ης' καθαρεῦον ἀσυνάλειπτον βαρύνεται, εἰ μὴ ἔχοι πρὸ τέλους μόνον τὸ 'υ' καὶ ἰσοσυλλάβως κλίνοιτο ἢ σύνθετα εἴη, Ναίης, Δάης Σκυθικὸν ἔθνος· λέγονται καὶ Δάσαι μετὰ τοῦ 'ς'. Κλεύης, γλοίης, Βρύης. Τὸ δὲ Ὑῆς περισπᾶται ἔχον τὸ 'υ' ὥσπερ καὶ τὸ Θυῆς, Κυῆς ἰσοσυλλάβως κλινόμενα. τὰ δὲ περιττοσυλλάβως κλινόμενα βαρύνονται Γύης Γύητος βασιλεὺς τῶν Φρυγῶν, Μύης πόλις Ἰωνική. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. τὸ δ…