Μάργαια

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Μάργαια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #63
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 432.11 | Billerbeck: Μ63
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count: 11
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Μάργαια (Margaea (city)) [place], Ἠλεία (Elis) [place], Ἡραία (Heraia) [place], Μαργαιεύς (Margaeus (demonym, inhabitant of Margaea)) [people], Ἡραιεύς (Heraean (demonym, inhabitant of Heraia)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: Margaia: a city of Elis, (called) like Ἤραια (Heraea) — i.e., named with reference to the goddess Hera; Morphological Composition: the ethnicon Μαργαιεύς (Margaieus) as Ἡραιεύς (Heraieus) — variant formation of the demonym
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Μάργαια, πόλις Ἠλείας, ὡς Ἥραια, καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαργαιεύς ὡς Ἡραιεύς.
Margaea: a city of Elis, like Hēraia; and the ethnic (gentilic) is Margaieus, as Hēraieus.

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