Μασσαγέται - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #88
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 435.16 | Billerbeck: Μ88
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count: 15
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Μασσαγῆται (Massagetae) [people], Σκύθαι (Scythians) [people], Κῦρος (Cyrus) [person], Μασσαγῆτις ((female) Massagete) [people]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: The feminine is called Massagetis and perhaps (derived) from 'metron' (measure).
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Μασσαγέται, ἔθνος Σκυθῶν, ἔνθα Κῦρος ἐτελεύτησε. τὸ θηλυκὸν λέγεται Μασσαγῆτις καὶ ἴσως διὰ τὸ μέτρον.

Massagetae: a people of the Scythians, where Cyrus met his end. The feminine is said to be Massagētis, perhaps for metrical reasons.

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Herodian 1.73

char LCS 30 (35.7%) · word LCS 5 (33.3%)

Stephanos

Μασσαγέται, ἔθνος Σκυθῶν, ἔνθα Κῦρος ἐτελεύτησε. τὸ θηλυκὸν λέγεται Μασσαγῆτις καὶ ἴσως διὰ τὸ μέτρον.

Herodian

… οὗ ἔθνος τῶν εὐδαιμόνων Ἀράβων. Ναβάτης δέ ἐστιν ἀραβιστὶ ὁ ἐκ μοιχείας γενόμενος. οἰκέτης, ὀφελέτης, φυλέτης, εὐνέτης, ἐρέτης, γενέτης, γαμέτης, Μακέτης ὁ Μακεδών, Ματυκέτης ἔθνος Σκυθικόν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Μασσαγέτης ἔθνος Σκυθῶν, ἔνθα Κῦρος ἐτελεύτησε. Εὐεργέτης Σκυθικὸν ἔθνος. Στράβων ὃ καὶ Ἀριμασποί ἐλέγετο. ἐκεῖ γὰρ τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀργοῦς χειμῶνος πνεύσαντος διασωθῆναι τὸ σκάφος καὶ οὕτω κληθῆναι. Θυσσαγέτης ἔθνος περὶ τὴν Μαιῶτιν λίμνην ὡς Ἡρόδοτος (IV 22). Τορέτης ἔ…