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548. Addition Thuc. of xw/ra, gh=, moi=ra.

χώρα, γῆ, and “μοῖρα” sometimes accompany proper names, especially in Herodotus. Such proper names are frankly adjectival and “γῆ” and “χώρα” often retain the full sense of “soil.”

τῆς Ἀραβίης χώρης”, HDT.2.11.τῆς χώρης τῆς Ἀραβίης”, HDT.3.113.τῆς Ἀργολίδος μοίρης”, HDT.1.82.ἡμέρας γὰρ τεσσαράκοντα μάλιστα ἐν τῇ γῇ τῇ Ἀττικῇ ἐγένοντο”, THUC.2.57.2; They were on Attic soil about forty days. (Cf. § 1: “ἧσαν ἐν τῇ γῇ τῇ Ἀθηναίων”, which differs from 56.6: “ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ ὄντας”.)

δεμ. Ἀττικήν” 18.141 (religious formula). “Ἰνδικήν” [Ep.] 4.7. “Κιρραία” 18.149 (“χώρα” is necessary in this passage).

AESCHIN. [Ep.] 10.3: “ἐν τῇ Τρῳάδι γῇ”.

HYPERID. “ χώρα . . . Μολοττία” 3.25, but the reading is doubtful and Blass has the following note: ““ Μολοσσία” (sic enim A) ut manifestum emblema eicit Cb. . . .; at JBL. monuit formam tantum suspectam esse. Kallenberg Philol. 49.516 in “ χ. Μ.” haeret, sed v. Eur. Andr. 1244 (LL.).”

χεν. Ἀνδρίας” (Cobet del. “χώρας”) Hell. 1.4.22. “Ἀρμενίας” Cyr. 3.2.18. “Ἀττικήν” (“γῆν” not otiose) [R.A.] 2.16. “Κολχίδι” An. 5.3.2. “Λακωνικήν” Hell. 6.2.9. “Μηδίας” Cyr. 3.3.22; “Μηδίαν 2.1.1. Μυσίᾳ” An. 1.2.10. “Περσίδι” Cyr. 8.5.25; “Περσίδα 2.1.1. Τεγεάτιδι” Hell. 6.5.15.

τηυξ. Ἁλιάδα 2.56.5; 4.45.2. Ἀττικῇ” 2.57.2 (only instance in Th. in which “Ἀττική” has “γῆ”). “Βοιωτίας 1.108.3. Ἐπιδαυρίαν 4.45.2. Ἑρμιονίδα 2.56.5. Θεσπικῆς 4.76.3. Θεσπρωτίδος 1.46.3. Θουριάδος” (“Θουρίδος Η, Θουριδάτιδος Β”) 7.35.1. “Θυρεᾶτις 2.27.2. Πλαταιίδα 2.71.4; 74.3; 3.58.5. Τροιζηνίαν 4.45.2. Τροιζηνίδα 2.56.5. Φωκίδος” 1.108.3.

Names in “ῆτις, ῖτις”, and “ῶτις” are used only as adjectives. “ἐκ δὲ τῆς Ἱστιαιώτιδος” 1.56 is a solitary exception, but adjectival “Ἱστιαιῶτιν” immediately precedes, “Αἰολίδα 7.176. Αἰτωλίδος 6.127. Ἀπολλωνίης” [“χώρης”] 9.93. “Ἀραβίης 2.11; 3.113. Ἀργολίδος 1.82; Ἀργολίδα 6.92. Ἀσσυρίη” [om. Rdz] 1.192. “Ἀταρνείτιδος 6.29. Ἀττική” etc. 4.99; 5.64; 6.73; 7.10 “β”; 7.143; 8.65; 9.4; 9.13 (twice). “Βαβυλωνίη” etc. 1.106; 1.192; 1.193 (twice); 4.198. “Βακτρίης . . . Βακτρίῃ 4.204. Βοιωτίη” 9.87; “Βοιωτίης 8.44. Βοττιαιίδα 7.123; 127. Δωρίδος . . . Δωρίδα 8.31. Ἑλλάδος 1.152. Ἐρετρικῆς 6.101. Ἐρυκίνην 5.45. Ἠλείῃ 4.30. Θηβαΐδι 9.65. Ἰδριάδος 5.118. Ἰλιάδος 5.94; Ἰλιάδα 7.42. Ἰνδικῆς 3.98. Ἱστιαιώτιδος” 7.175 (“γῆς” om. Rsv); 8.23. “Καρυστίης 9.105. Κιλικίην 3.90. Κιμμερίην 4.11. Κισσίη” etc. 5.49; 52; 6.119. “Κνιδίη 1.174. Κρηστωνικῆς 8.116. Κροτωνιήτιδι 5.45. Κυθηρίη 1.82: τε ἐν τῇ ἠπείρῳ χώρη καὶ Κυθηρίη” [“νῆσος”]. (“νῆσος” must be omitted and “χώρη” is undoubtedly understood with K.) “Κυρηναίη 4.199. Λάκαιναν 7.235. Λυδίη 1.93. Μαγνησίης 7.183. 188. Μακεδονίδα” (om. B) 7.127. “Ματιηνήν 5.52. Μεγαρίδα 9.14. Μηδική” etc. 1.73; 103; 110 (twice); 4.12 (twice, but in one of exx. “γῆν” is bracketed); 7.20. “Μηλίδος 8.31; Μηλίδα 7.198. Μιλησίης” 1.19; 6.20 (but ABC “Μιλησίων”). “Μιλυάδα 1.173. Μυγδονίης 7.124; Μυγδονίην” 7.123 (twice). “Μυσίης 1.160; Μυσίην 7.42; 8.106. Ναυπλίην 6.76. Νευρίδος 4.125; Νευρίδα 4.51. Οἰνωτρίης 1.167. Πακτυϊκῆς 4.44; Πακτυϊκῇ 3.102. Περσίς” etc. 3.97; 7.8 “γ”; 29; 53. “Πλαταιίδα 9.15; 25. Πτερίῃ 1.76. Σαλαμινίης 8.95. Σαυρομάτιδος 4.123. Σκυθική” etc. 1.105; 2.22; 4.48; 51; 61; 99 (twice); 123; 129 (twice). “Ταναγρικήν 5.57. Τευκρίδα 2.118. Τιρυνθίην 6.76. Τρηχινίην 7.199. Τρῳάδι 5.26. Φθιῶτιν 1.56. Φρυγίη” is never used with “γῆ, χώρη”, or “μοῖρα. Φωκίδος 8.31; Φωκίδα 8.32. Χίης” 6.26.

AR. Thesm. 109-10: “ὃς” (sc. “Φοῖβος”) “ἱδρύσατο χώρας” | “γύαλα Σιμουντίδι γᾷ” (lyric).

Examples like “ἐν τῇ νῦν Ἑλλάδι καλεομένῃ χώρῃ”, HDT.1.1, have been excluded from the above exhibit because in such instances the proper name is predicative.

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