Μερόη

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Μερόη, πόλις Αἰθιόπων. Ἡρόδοτος δευτέρᾳ. ἀπὸ Μερόης. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος. ὁ πολίτης Μεροΐτης, ὡς τῆς Ἀρσινόης Ἀρσινοΐτης. ἔστι καὶ Μερόη κατὰ ἀνατολὰς τῆς περὶ Δάφνην Ἀντιοχείας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μεροαῖος ἢ Μερούσιος, κατὰ τὸ τῆς ἑορτῆς ὄνομα. καὶ τὸ κτητικὸν Μερουσιακός. ἔστι καὶ Μερόη πόλις Λυκίας.

Meroe: a city of the Ethiopians. Herodotos in the second. From Meroe. There is also an island. The citizen Meroites, as of 'Arsinoe' 'Arsinoites'. There is also Meroe to the east of Antiocheia by Daphne. The ethnonym Meroaios or Merousios, after the name of the festival. And the possessive Merousiakos. There is also Meroe a city of Lycia.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry#149
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 446.1
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count45

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus)β (2,29,6)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜερόηMeroe · place · corrected · Q5780
ΑἰθίοπεςEthiopians · people
ΜερόηMeroe · place · corrected · Q5780
ΜεροΐτηςMerôites (citizen of Meroe) · people
ἈρσινόηArsinoe · place
ἈρσινοΐτηςArsinoite (citizen of Arsinoe) · people
ΔάφνηDaphne · place
ἈντιοχείαAntiochia · place · corrected · Q200441
ΜεροαῖοςMeroaean (ethnic) · people
ΜερούσιοςMerousios (ethnic) · people
ΜερουσιακόςMerousiakos (possessive adjective) · other
ΛυκίαLycia · place · corrected · Q18927
Meroe in Ethiopiaplace · city · Ethiopia · explicit · wikidata: Q5780 · candidate
Meroe islandplace · island · uncertain / not specified · explicit · wikidata: Q5780 · candidate
Meroe near Antioch by Daphneplace · city · east of Antioch by Daphne · explicit · wikidata: Q5780 · candidate
Meroe in Lyciaplace · city · Lycia · explicit · wikidata: Q5780 · candidate
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguistic'from Meroe' (indicating derivation 'from Meroe').
Morphological Composition'the citizen Μεροΐτης, as (in) Ἀρσινοΐτης of Arsinoe' — stating the demonym is formed analogously to Arsinoe's demonym.
Morphological Composition'the ethnicon Μεροαῖος or Μερούσιος, according to the name of the festival' — i.e. the ethnonym is formed from (or based on) the name of a festival.
Unclear Metalinguistic'There is also a Meroe to the east of Antioch near Daphne. There is also a Meroe, a city of Lycia.' — noting other places bearing the same name (no origin given).

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:5e7f1861601f28d1
Translate as "X, book Y in his *Z*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:439629f16cfaba3f
Translate as "Y is from 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN)
formula:276bf314e3ad9973
Translate as "X, X"
Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH)
formula:1bb0974b95264dde
Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE)
formula:0a6d211492d74a05
Translate as "a X of the Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formulaὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC)
formula:9b2896a329a36c7e
Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaτὸ 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
Formulaὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME)
formula:d915b1886270056c
Translate as "as per X"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:bcd70ae781e7b205
Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaὡς + 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossκτητικόν τό
gloss:80c7f336a009c2c3
possessive
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossπολίτης ὁ
gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb
citizen
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.306
char LCS 49 (20.9%) · word LCS 9 (20.0%)
Stephanos
Μερόη, πόλις Αἰθιόπων. Ἡρόδοτος δευτέρᾳ. ἀπὸ Μερόης. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος. ὁ πολίτης Μεροΐτης, ὡς τῆς Ἀρσινόης Ἀρσινοΐτης. ἔστι καὶ Μερόη κατὰ ἀνατολὰς τῆς περὶ Δάφνην Ἀντιοχείας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μεροαῖος ἢ Μερούσιος, κατὰ τὸ τῆς ἑορτῆς ὄνομα. καὶ τὸ κτητικὸν Μερουσιακός. ἔστι καὶ Μερόη πόλι…
Herodian
…τὸ Κάδμον ἐπὶ ζεύγους βοῶν ὀχούμενον ταχέως ἀνύσαι τὴν ἐς Ἰλλυριοὺς ὁδόν. οἱ δὲ τὸν Κάδμον ἀπὸ τῆς Αἰγυπτίας Βουτοῦς ὀνομάσαι αὐτὴν καὶ παραφθαρεῖσαν καλεῖσθαι Βουθόην. Οὐδονόη λέγεται ὑπὸ τῶν Λιβύων Ἱστός νῆσος Λιβύης. Μερόη πόλις Αἰθιόπων. Ἡρόδοτος δευτέρᾳ (c. 29). ἀπὸ Μερόης. ἔστι καὶ Μερόη κατὰ ἀνατολὰς τῆς περὶ Δάφνην Ἀντιοχείας· ἔστι καὶ Μερόη πόλις Λυκίας. Ἀρσινόη πόλις Λιβύης ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Φιλαδέλφου ἀδελφῆς καὶ γυναικός. δευτέρα πόλις Παραιτονίου Λιβύης ἡ πρότερον Ταύχειρα. τρίτη π…

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