Δάαι - Stephanos Ethnika

Δάαι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

people

Entry #1
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 216.3 | Billerbeck: Δ1
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count: 12
Translation blocked: 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.
Entities: Δάαι (Daai (a Scythian people)) [people], Δάκαι (Dakai (alternative name for the Daai)) [people]
Place: Dahae
Source: vol2_035.jpg
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Δάαι, Σκυθικὸν ἔθνος. εἰσὶ δὲ νομάδες. λέγονται καὶ Δάσαι μετὰ τοῦ « σ ».

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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…