Μέδμασα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Μέδμασα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #113
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 440.3 | Billerbeck: Μ113
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count: 14
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 244 [Ἀσία]
Entities: Μέδμασα (Medmasa) [place], Καρία (Caria) [place], Ἀσία (Asia) [place], Μεδμασεύς (Medmaseus) [people], Πηγασεύς (Pēgaseus) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: The ethnicon 'Μεδμασεύς' (Medmaseus) is formed according to the local pattern of the region, like 'Πηγασεύς' (Pigaseus).
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Μέδμασα, πόλις Καρίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μεδμασεύς τῷ τύπῳ τῆς χώρας, ὡς Πηγασεύς.
Medmasa: a city of Caria. Hecataeus, in his Asia. The ethnicon is Medmaseus, formed according to the type derived from the country (sc. the choronym), as in Pegaseus.

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