Δακία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Δακία, χώρα πλησίον Βορυσθένους. οἱ Δᾶκοι, οὓς καλοῦμεν Δάους “Γέτας γὰρ τοὺς πρὸς τὸν Πόντον κεκλιμένους καὶ τὴν ἕω, Δάους δὲ τοὺς πρὸς τἀναντία πρὸς Γερμανίαν καὶ τὰς τοῦ Ἴστρου πηγάς”. καὶ παρ´ Ἀττικοῖς δὲ τὰ τῶν οἰκετῶν ὀνόματα Δᾶοι καὶ Γέται.

Dakia: a region near Borysthenes. The Dakoi, whom we call 'Daoi': 'For [we call] Getai those who incline towards the Pontos and the east, and Daoi those towards the opposite parts, towards Germania and the sources of the Istros.' Among the Attic writers too, the names of household slaves are 'Daoi' and 'Getai'.

Text Details

Entry	#7
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 216.22
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count	43
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	Str. 7,3,12 [C 304,18]

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δακία	Dacia · place · corrected · Q173082
Βορυσθένης	Borysthenes (Dnieper) · place
Δάκοι	Dacians · people
Δάοι	Daoi · people
Γέται	Getae · people
Πόντος	Pontus (the Black Sea) · place · corrected · Q621672
Γερμανία	Germany · place
Ἴστρος	Ister (Danube) · place · corrected · Q1653
Ἀττικοί	Atticans (Athenians/people of Attica) · people
Γέται	Getae · people
Dacia	place · country/district · near the Borysthenes / north of the Black Sea steppe · explicit · wikidata: Q837664 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	the inhabitants called 'Δακοί' (Dacoi), whom we call 'Δάους' (Dáoi).
Unclear Metalinguistic	For those inclined toward the Pontus and the east are 'Getae', and 'Dáous' those toward the opposite side toward Germania and the sources of the Ister.
Unclear Metalinguistic	And among the Attic writers the names of the inhabitants are 'Δᾶοι' (Dáoi) and 'Γέται' (Getai).

Links

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 6 occurrences
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πηγή ἡ gloss:61e17003d8d67690	spring, source (of a river) Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χώρα ἡ gloss:54f628c16aa263ce	region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 4 scan rows · 4 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.108

char LCS 89 (45.2%) · word LCS 20 (47.6%)

Stephanos

Δακία, χώρα πλησίον Βορυσθένους. οἱ Δᾶκοι, οὓς καλοῦμεν Δάους “Γέτας γὰρ τοὺς πρὸς τὸν Πόντον κεκλιμένους καὶ τὴν ἕω, Δάους δὲ τοὺς πρὸς τἀναντία πρὸς Γερμανίαν καὶ τὰς τοῦ Ἴστρου πηγάς”. καὶ παρ´ Ἀττικοῖς δὲ τὰ τῶν οἰκετῶν ὀνόματα Δᾶοι καὶ Γέται.

Herodian

…άφον τὴν ἐν Κύπρῳ πόλιν, ἀλλὰ παρὰ τὸ ἀπαφίσκειν· καὶ παρ´ Ἡσιόδῳ «ῥεῖά τέ μιν μαυροῦσι θεοί». ἡ τοῦ μακροῦ 'α' ἀφαίρεσις σπάνιος· καὶ ἴσως ἐν τῷ «βάλε δὴ βάλε κηρύλος εἴην» (Alcm. fr. 21). τὸ Δᾶος ὡς κύριον βαρύνεται. «Γέτας γὰρ τοὺς πρὸς τὸν Πόντον κεκλιμένους καὶ τὴν ἕω, Δάους δὲ τοὺς πρὸς τἀναντία πρὸς Γερμανίαν καὶ τὰς τοῦ

Herodian 1.109

char LCS 58 (29.4%) · word LCS 13 (31.0%)

Stephanos

Δακία, χώρα πλησίον Βορυσθένους. οἱ Δᾶκοι, οὓς καλοῦμεν Δάους “Γέτας γὰρ τοὺς πρὸς τὸν Πόντον κεκλιμένους καὶ τὴν ἕω, Δάους δὲ τοὺς πρὸς τἀναντία πρὸς Γερμανίαν καὶ τὰς τοῦ Ἴστρου πηγάς”. καὶ παρ´ Ἀττικοῖς δὲ τὰ τῶν οἰκετῶν ὀνόματα Δᾶοι καὶ Γέται.

Herodian

Ἴστρου πηγάς». καὶ παρ´ Ἀττικοῖς δὲ τὰ τῶν οἰκετῶν ὀνόματα Δᾶοι καὶ Γέται. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Δᾶκος. ἔτι καὶ Λᾶος ποταμὸς καὶ πόλις Λευκανίας. Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν τῷ περὶ γῆς δευτέρῳ. καὶ Λᾶοι οἱ οἰκοῦντες Λᾶν πόλιν Λακωνικῆς. Χνᾶος ἔθνος. καὶ τὸ πρᾷος δὲ ἐπίθετον. τὸ μέντοι ταός παρ´ Ἀλεξανδρεῦσιν ἀν…