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Wildcard Characters:

Given the prevalence of variant spellings in names, using Wildcard Characters may help.

"?" can be inserted as a variant for any single character.

Thus a search for:

G?wargis  
returns results which contain either "Gewargis" or "Giwargis".

Similarly a search for:

M?r  
returns results which contain either "Mar" or "Mor".

"*" can be inserted as a variant for multiple characters or a truncated word.

Thus a search for:

Dayr*  
returns results for "Dayr" and "Dayro" and more.

Similarly a search for

Ab*  
returns results for "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "ʿAbda" and more.

Note: Because the sources we quote use a variety of transliteration formats, Syriaca.org ignores diacritics and punctuation in searching; for example, use of "ʿ" is not required to find results with this diacritical mark.

Fuzzy Search Character

Appending the character "~" after a word returns results for words that are close but not exact matches.

Thus a search for

Aba~  
returns results which contain "Aba" but also "Abi", "Saba", "Aha", and other words that are "fuzzy" matches for "Aba".

Exact Phrase Searches

To find an exact phrase, it should be enclosed in double quotes.

Thus

"ʿAbdishoʿ I"  
returns only one result with that exact phrase, while several results are found for the words "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "I".

Proximity Characters

To find two or more words which occur within a specified range of each other, one can append the character "~" followed by a number to an "Exact Phrase" search. This allows one to search for two or more words that occur within a specified distance of each other as defined by number of words.

Thus

"Jacob+Bishop"~2  
finds three results in which the words "Jacob" and "Bishop" occur within two words of each other: "Jacob , bishop of Nisibin", "Jacob, bishop of Phesilta", and "Jacob , bishop of ‛Ānah" while a simple search for "Jacob Bishop" returns many more results.

Results (2415)

Philo — Names: PhiloPhilo, slave belonging to AristotleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1823
Philo (or Philon) of Tarsus — Names: Philo (or Philon) of TarsusPhilo (or Philon) of Tarsus, 1st-c. pharmacologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1824
Philocles Names: PhiloclesPhilocles, 5th-c. BC tragedianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1825
Philotimus — Names: PhilotimusPhilotimus, Dogmatist physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1826
Phlegyas Names: PhlegyasPhlegyas, father of Coronis, the mother of AsclepiusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1827
Piso — Names: PisoPiso, dedicatee of GalenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1828
Plato — Names: PlatoPlato, 4th-c. BC philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1829
Abū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Mūrāṭīr — Names: Abū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn MūrāṭīrAbū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Mūrāṭīr, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/183
Plato the Physician — Names: Plato the PhysicianPlato the Physician, legendary ancient Greek physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1830
Pliny the Younger Names: Pliny the YoungerPliny the Younger, 1st/2nd-c. courtierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1831
Plotinus Names: PlotinusPlotinusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1832
Plutarch of Athens — Names: Plutarch of AthensPlutarch of Athens, Neoplatonist philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1833
Plutarch of Chaeronea — Names: Plutarch of ChaeroneaPlutarch of Chaeronea (ca. 45–120)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1834
Podalirus Names: PodalirusPodalirus, son of AsclepiusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1835
Polemon — Names: PolemonPolemon, 2nd-c. Greek noblemanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1836
Poliarcho Names: PoliarchoPoliarcho, disciple of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1837
Politianus (Balīṭīyān) — Names: Politianus (Balīṭīyān)Politianus (Balīṭīyān), patriarch of Alexandria and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1838
Polybus — Names: PolybusPolybus, son-in-law of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1839
Abū Ḥakam — Names: Abū ḤakamAbū Ḥakam, Christian physician serving MuʿāwiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/184
Polycrates — Names: PolycratesPolycrates, tyrant of SamosURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1840
Porphyry — Names: PorphyryPorphyry, philosopher author of `Isagoge` (d. ca. 305)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1841
Posidonius — Names: PosidoniusPosidonius, 4th-c. BC physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1842
Posidonius — Names: PosidoniusPosidonius, 2nd-c. BC philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1843
Praxagoras — Names: PraxagorasPraxagoras, late 4th-c. Hippocratic physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1844
Praxitela — Names: PraxitelaPraxitela, mother of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1845

Search Tips

For best results, users are recommended to use the advanced search functions. Search results can also be improved by the use of the the following Boolean search characters:

Wildcard Characters:

Given the prevalence of variant spellings in names, using Wildcard Characters may help.

"?" can be inserted as a variant for any single character.

Thus a search for:

G?wargis  
returns results which contain either "Gewargis" or "Giwargis".

Similarly a search for:

M?r  
returns results which contain either "Mar" or "Mor".

"*" can be inserted as a variant for multiple characters or a truncated word.

Thus a search for:

Dayr*  
returns results for "Dayr" and "Dayro" and more.

Similarly a search for

Ab*  
returns results for "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "ʿAbda" and more.

Note: Because the sources we quote use a variety of transliteration formats, Syriaca.org ignores diacritics and punctuation in searching; for example, use of "ʿ" is not required to find results with this diacritical mark.

Fuzzy Search Character

Appending the character "~" after a word returns results for words that are close but not exact matches.

Thus a search for

Aba~  
returns results which contain "Aba" but also "Abi", "Saba", "Aha", and other words that are "fuzzy" matches for "Aba".

Exact Phrase Searches

To find an exact phrase, it should be enclosed in double quotes.

Thus

"ʿAbdishoʿ I"  
returns only one result with that exact phrase, while several results are found for the words "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "I".

Proximity Characters

To find two or more words which occur within a specified range of each other, one can append the character "~" followed by a number to an "Exact Phrase" search. This allows one to search for two or more words that occur within a specified distance of each other as defined by number of words.

Thus

"Jacob+Bishop"~2  
finds three results in which the words "Jacob" and "Bishop" occur within two words of each other: "Jacob , bishop of Nisibin", "Jacob, bishop of Phesilta", and "Jacob , bishop of ‛Ānah" while a simple search for "Jacob Bishop" returns many more results.