Δῶρα - Stephanos Ethnika

ΔῶραParisinus OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Δῶρα, νῆσος ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καθὰ Στράβων ιϛʹ “τὸν δὲ Μαζήνην ἐπάρχειν νήσου τινὸς τῶν ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καλεῖσθαι δὲ τὴν νῆσον Δῶρα”. ὁ νησιώτης Δωρίτης, ὡς τοῦ Στάγειρα Σταγειρίτης Ἄβδηρα Ἀβδηρίτης. οὕτω καὶ Ὦρος. εἰ δὲ τῷ τῆς χώρας τύπῳ χαρακτηρισθῆναι δεῖ, Δωρηνός ὡς Σωφηνός Ἀραξηνός Νισιβηνός.

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Text Details

Entry	#148
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 250.14 · Billerbeck Δ148
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-22
Word count	50

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	16,3,7 [C 767,4]
Ὧρος (Hōros (author?))	—
Reitzenstein	Gesch. · Gesch. p. 317

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δῶρα	Dora (island) · place · corrected · Q11939596
Περσικὸς κόλπος	Persian Gulf · place
Μαζήνη	Mazēnē (Mazene) · place
Δωρίτης	Doritēs (inhabitant of Dora) · people
Στάγειρα	Stagira · place
Σταγειρίτης	Stagirite (inhabitant of Stagira) · people
Ἄβδηρα	Abdera · place · corrected · Q188615
Ἀβδηρίτης	Abderite (inhabitant of Abdera) · people
Δωρηνός	Dōrēnós (demonym of Dora) · people
Σωφηνός	Sōphēnós (demonym / name) · people
Ἀραξηνός	Araxēnós (demonym) · people
Νισιβηνός	Nisibēnós (inhabitant of Nisibis) · people · corrected · Q14524112
Δῶρα (island in the Persian Gulf)	place · island · Persian Gulf · explicit · wikidata: Q96338865 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	and the island is called Dora
Morphological Composition	the island-dweller is ‘Dōritēs’, just as for Stagira one has ‘Stagirites’, for Abdera ‘Abderites’
Morphological Composition	if it must be characterized by the adjectival type of the region, (it would be) ‘Dōrēnós’, as (are) ‘Sōphēnós’, ‘Araxēnós’, ‘Nisibēnós’
Unclear Metalinguistic	thus also ‘Hōros’ (example mentioned without further explanation)

Links

Place links	Dora \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_131.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in '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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.384

char LCS 110 (44.9%) · word LCS 25 (50.0%)

Stephanos

Δῶρα, νῆσος ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καθὰ Στράβων ιϛʹ “τὸν δὲ Μαζήνην ἐπάρχειν νήσου τινὸς τῶν ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καλεῖσθαι δὲ τὴν νῆσον Δῶρα”. ὁ νησιώτης Δωρίτης, ὡς τοῦ Στάγειρα Σταγειρίτης Ἄβδηρα Ἀβδηρίτης. οὕτω καὶ Ὦρος. εἰ δὲ τῷ τῆς χώρας τύπῳ χαρακτηρισθῆναι δεῖ, Δωρηνός ὡς Σωφηνός Ἀραξηνός Νισιβηνός.

Herodian

…δωρος Δῶρα τὴν πόλιν οἶδεν ἐν ἐπιτομῇ τῶν ιαʹ «συνεχῶς δ´ ἐστὶ Στράτωνος πύργος, εἶτα ἔνι Δῶρα ἐπὶ χερσονησοειδοῦς τόπου κείμενον πολισμάτιον, ἀρχομένου τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ Καρμήλου» καὶ ἐν θʹ γεωγραφουμένων τὸ αὐτό. ἔστι καὶ Δῶρα νῆσος ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καθὰ Στράβων ιϛʹ «τὸν δὲ Μαζήνην ἐπάρχειν νήσου τινὸς τῶν ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καλεῖσθαι δὲ τὴν νῆσον Δῶρα». Κῶρον πόλις τῆς Καππαδοκίας. μῶρον ὁ καρπὸς τῆς βάτου. Δοῦρα πόλις Μεσοποταμίας, ὡς Πολύβιος πέμπτῃ.

Herodian 1.340

char LCS 21 (8.6%) · word LCS 5 (10.0%)

Stephanos

Δῶρα, νῆσος ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καθὰ Στράβων ιϛʹ “τὸν δὲ Μαζήνην ἐπάρχειν νήσου τινὸς τῶν ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καλεῖσθαι δὲ τὴν νῆσον Δῶρα”. ὁ νησιώτης Δωρίτης, ὡς τοῦ Στάγειρα Σταγειρίτης Ἄβδηρα Ἀβδηρίτης. οὕτω καὶ Ὦρος. εἰ δὲ τῷ τῆς χώρας τύπῳ χαρα…

Herodian

…ως, ὡς παρὰ τῷ ποιητῇ (Il. Ζ 152) ἔστι πόλις Ἐφύρη μυχῷ Ἄργεος ἱπποβότοιο. ἔστι δὲ ἡ νῦν λεγομένη Κόρινθος. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἐφύρη παρὰ τῷ Θουκυδίδῃ (I, 46, 2). Κύρη· ἔστι δὲ ὄνομα πηγῆς, ἀφ´ ἧς καὶ Κυρήνη πόλις. ἔστι δὲ καὶ νῆσος ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ. Ἑκαταῖος ἐν περιηγήσεως δευτέρῳ. Τερψιχόρη. Ἀττικοὶ δὲ διὰ τοῦ 'α' φασὶ Τερψιχόρα. ἐπὶ κόρρης, σημαίνει δὲ τὸ ἐπὶ κεφαλῆς. κόρση γὰρ ἡ κεφαλὴ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ κόρση καὶ κόρρη ὡς ἄρσην καὶ ἄρρην. Κάτρη καὶ αὕτη πόλις Κρητικὴ…