Μέροψ - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #151
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 446.11 | Billerbeck: Μ151
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 12
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Μέροψ (Merops) [person], Τριόπας (Triopas) [person], Μέροψ (Meropes (the Meropes)) [people], Κῶος (Coans (inhabitants of Kos)) [people], Μεροπῖς (Meropis (the island Meropis)) [place]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: ‘Son of Triopas, from whom the Meropes — the inhabitants of Cos — and the island Meropis are named.’
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Μέροψ, Τριόπα παῖς, ἀφ´ οὗ Μέροπες οἱ Κῷοι καὶ [ἡ] νῆσος Μεροπίς

Mérops: a son of Triopas, from whom (derive the name) the Méropes, the Coans, and the island Meropís.

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Herodian 1.246

char LCS 17 (35.4%) · word LCS 5 (41.7%)

Stephanos

Μέροψ, Τριόπα παῖς, ἀφ´ οὗ Μέροπες οἱ Κῷοι καὶ [ἡ] νῆσος Μεροπίς

Herodian

…ενον. τὸ δὲ πλινθοβάψ καὶ πελεθοβάψ ὀξύνεται. Τὰ εἰς 'ψ' πολυσύλλαβα ἔχοντα πρὸ τοῦ 'ψ' 'ο' ἢ 'ε' βαρύνεται, Πέλοψ, Δρύοψ ἔθνος περὶ τὴν Οἴτην, μέροψ. ἔστι δὲ καὶ κύριον. Μέροψ γάρ ἐστι παῖς μὲν Τριόπα, πατὴρ δὲ τῆς Κῶ, ἀφ´ οὗ Μέροπες οἱ Κῷοι. Δόλοψ ἥρως καὶ ἔθνος Θεσσαλῶν ἔγγιστα, Ἔλλοψ ὁ Ἴωνος, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἐλλοπία χωρίον Εὐβοίας. Κέκροψ, Ὕοψ πόλις ἐν Ἰβηρίᾳ χερρονήσου. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ »μετὰ δὲ Ὕοψ πόλις, μετὰ δὲ Λεσυρὸς ποταμός«. Τρίοψ· Τρίοπα γάρ φησιν Ἑλλάνικ…