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. Herodotus, book 2. From Meroe. There is also an island. A citizen is a 'Meroites'. There is also Meroe east of Antioch by Daphne. The ethnonym is 'Meroaios' or 'Merousios', in accordance with the name of the festival. The possessive is also 'Merousiakos'. There is also Meroe, a city of Lycia.

Text Details

Entry#149
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 446.1 · Billerbeck Μ149
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count45
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

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

EntityDetails
ΜερόηMeroe · place
ΑἰθίοπεςEthiopians · people
ΜερόηMeroe · place
ΜεροΐτηςMerôites (citizen of Meroe) · people
ἈρσινόηArsinoe · place
ἈρσινοΐτηςArsinoite (citizen of Arsinoe) · people
ΔάφνηDaphne · place
ἈντιοχείαAntiochia · place
ΜεροαῖοςMeroaean (ethnic) · people
ΜερούσιοςMerousios (ethnic) · people
ΜερουσιακόςMerousiakos (possessive adjective) · other
ΛυκίαLycia · place
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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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Herodian overlaps

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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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