Τάπυρροι - Stephanos Ethnika

Τάπυρροι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

people

Τάπυρροι, οὐ πόρρω Ὑρκανίας ἔθνος. Κουάδρατος Τάπουρρα φησί. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ταπουρραῖοι.

Tapyrrhoi: a people not far from Hyrkania. Quadratus says 'Tapourra'. The ethnonym is 'Tapourraioi'.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Entry	#27
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 602.23
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-22
Word count	11
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Author	Work / Citation
Κουάδρατος (Quadratus)	FGrHist 97 F 30

Entity	Details
Τάπυρροι	Tapurri (the Tapurri people) · people
Ὑρκανία	Hyrcania · place
Τάπουρρα	Tapurra · place
Ταπουρραῖοι	Tapurraians · people

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Quadratus says [the place is called] Tapourra; its ethnic name is Tapourraioi. This reports variant forms of the name and the corresponding ethnic designation, but does not explain their origin.

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON) formula:e1b19e84652cc7be	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.