Κρῖσα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #221
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 385.4 | Billerbeck: Κ221
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-21
Word count: 39
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 115a [Εὐρώπῃ]
Entities: Κρῖσα (Krisa) [place], Φωκίς (Phocis) [place], Κρίσος (Krisos) [person], Φώκος (Phocus) [person], Κρισαῖος (Crisaean (ethnic)) [people], Κρισαῖον (Crisaean (neuter form, ethnic)) [people], Κρῖσα (Krisae (plural)) [place], Τρωική (Trojan / of the Troad (Troas)) [place], Αἰολίς (Aeolis) [place], Κίρρα (Kirrha) [place], Κρισηιάς (Kriseias (feminine ethnicon)) [people], Κρισεύς (Kriseus) [person]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: From Krîsus, son of Phôkus (i.e. the place is said to be named after Krîsus, son of Phôkus).; Place Transfer: Some say the same (place) as Kirrha (i.e. they identify or equate the name with Kirrha).; Eponym Person: The feminine is called Krisheias, as from Kriseus (i.e. said to derive from the person Kriseus).
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Κρῖσα, πόλις Φωκίδος. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Κρίσου Φώκου υἱοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κρισαῖος καὶ Κρισαῖον πεδίον. εἰσὶ καὶ Κρῖσαι ἄλλαι. Τρωική. ἔστι καὶ Αἰολίδος Κρῖσα· τινὲς δὲ τὴν αὐτὴν τῇ Κίρρᾳ φασί. λέγεται τὸ θηλυκὸν Κρισηιάς, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ Κρισεύς.

Crisa: a city of Phokis. Hekataios in his *Europa*. (So called) from Krisos, son of Phokos. The ethnic is **Krisaios**, and (there is also) the **Krisaiōn plain**. There are also other places called Crisa: a Trojan one. There is also a Crisa in Aiolis. Some say it is the same as Kirrha. The feminine is said (to be) **Krisēias**, as (formed) from **Kriseus**.

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char LCS 49 (25.5%) · word LCS 9 (23.1%)

Stephanos

Κρῖσα, πόλις Φωκίδος. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Κρίσου Φώκου υἱοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κρισαῖος καὶ Κρισαῖον πεδίον. εἰσὶ καὶ Κρῖσαι ἄλλαι. Τρωική. ἔστι καὶ Αἰολίδος Κρῖσα· τινὲς δὲ τὴν αὐτὴν τῇ Κίρρᾳ φασί. λέγεται τὸ θηλυκὸν Κρισηιάς, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ Κρισεύς.

Herodian

…ον ὁμοίως ἐν χρήσει τῇ τῶν παλαιῶν καὶ τῇ κοινῇ συνηθείᾳ. τὸ γὰρ Δοῦσα κύριον καθ´ ἱστορίαν ἐστὶ λεγόμενον ἥ τε Χοῦσα πόλις Αἰγυπτίων. πεῖσα ἡ πειθώ, μεθ´ ὧν γλῶσσα, πίσσα, νύσσα ὁ καμπτήρ. Φαῖσα, δεῖσα ἡ ὑγρασία. Τῖσα, Κρῖσα πόλις Φωκίδος. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ ἀπὸ Κρίσου Φώκου υἱοῦ. Ὅμηρος »Κρῖσάν τε ζαθέην« (Β 520). ἔστι δὲ ἡ αὐτὴ τῇ Κίρρᾳ. γίνεται γὰρ ὑπερθέσει Κίρσα καὶ ἀντιθέσει τοῦ 'σ' εἰς 'ρ' Κίρρα ὡς χερσόνησος χερρόνησος. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι Κρῖσαι. ἔστι καὶ Αἰολίδος Κρῖσα. κνῖσα. γίνεται δὲ ἀπ…