Μερόη

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Entry #149
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 446.1 | Billerbeck: Μ149
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 45
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus) β (2,29,6)
Entities: Μερόη (Meroe) [place], Αἰθίοπες (Ethiopians) [people], Μερόη (Meroe) [place], Μεροΐτης (Merôites (citizen of Meroe)) [people], Ἀρσινόη (Arsinoe) [place], Ἀρσινοΐτης (Arsinoite (citizen of Arsinoe)) [people], Δάφνη (Daphne) [place], Ἀντιοχεία (Antiochia) [place], Μεροαῖος (Meroaean (ethnic)) [people], Μερούσιος (Merousios (ethnic)) [people], Μερουσιακός (Merousiakos (possessive adjective)) [other], Λυκία (Lycia) [place]
Etymologies: 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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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.
Merōē: a city of the Aithiopians. Herodotus, book 2. [The name is] from Merōē. There is also an island. The citizen is Meroïtes, as from Arsinoē [one has] Arsinoïtēs. There is also a Merōē to the east of Antioch by Daphne. The ethnic is Meroaios or Merousios, in accordance with the name of the festival; and the possessive adjective is Merousiakos. There is also a Merōē, a city of Lycia.

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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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