Μίνῳα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #193
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 454.5 | Billerbeck: Μ193
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count: 54
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Μινώα (Minoa (Minoea)) [place], Ἀμοργός (Amorgos) [place], Κυκλάδες (Cyclades) [place], Σικελία (Sicily) [place], Σίφνος (Sifnos) [place], Μινώα (Minoa (as a spring/name)) [place], Γάζα (Gaza) [place], Ἀραβία (Arabia) [place], Μινῶται (Minotai (citizens/people)) [people], Μίνως (Minos) [person], Κρήτη (Crete) [place], Μέγαρα (Megara) [place], Πάρος (Paros) [place], Μινῷοι (Minōioi (inhabitants)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: There is also (a place) in Arabia, whose citizens are Minoitai, from Minos.; Unclear Metalinguistic: Gaza was also called Minoa.; Unclear Metalinguistic: And Paros (was called) Minoa.; Unclear Metalinguistic: There is also a Minoan spring.
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Μίνῳα, [πόλις] ἐν Ἀμοργῷ τῇ νήσῳ, μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. δευτέρα πόλις Σικελίας. τρίτη ἐν Σίφνῳ, μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. ἔχει δὲ καὶ Μίνῳαν κρήνην. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ ἡ Γάζα Μίνῳα· ἔστι καὶ Ἀραβίας, ἧς οἱ πολῖται Μινωῖται, ἀπὸ Μίνωος. ἔστι καὶ Κρήτης. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη νῆσος οὐ πόρρω Μεγάρων. καὶ ἡ Πάρος Μίνῳα· οἱ πολῖται Μινῷαι.

Minōa: a on the island of Amorgos, one of the Cyclades. (2) A city of Sicily. (3) On Siphnos, one of the Cyclades; and it also has a spring called Minōa. Gaza too was called Minōa. There is also (a Minōa) in Arabia, whose citizens are called Minōtai, from Minōs. There is also (a Minōa) of Crete. There is also another island not far from Megara. And Paros (was called) Minōa. The citizens are Minōioi.

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Herodian 1.303

char LCS 126 (52.5%) · word LCS 28 (51.9%)

Stephanos

Μίνῳα, [πόλις] ἐν Ἀμοργῷ τῇ νήσῳ, μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. δευτέρα πόλις Σικελίας. τρίτη ἐν Σίφνῳ, μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. ἔχει δὲ καὶ Μίνῳαν κρήνην. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ ἡ Γάζα Μίνῳα· ἔστι καὶ Ἀραβίας, ἧς οἱ πολῖται Μινωῖται, ἀπὸ Μίνωος. ἔστι καὶ Κρήτης. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη νῆσος οὐ πόρρω Μεγάρων. καὶ ἡ Πάρος Μίνῳα· οἱ πολῖται Μινῷαι.

Herodian

…τέλλει τὸ 'α' καὶ ἐκτείνει τὸ 'υ' καὶ προπαροξύνει, ἐναλλαγὴν τόνου καὶ χρόνου πεποιηκώς. Τὰ εἰς 'α' μακρὸν καθαρὸν τῷ 'ω' παραληγόμενα βαρύνεται, ὤα ἡ μηλωτή, Κριώα δῆμος τῆς Ἀντιοχίδος φυλῆς, ψοθώα ἡ ψώρα. ὡσαύτως καὶ Μινῴα πόλις ἐν Ἀμοργῷ τῇ νήσῳ μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. δευτέρα πόλις Σικελίας. τρίτη ἐν Σίφνῳ μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. ἔχει δὲ καὶ Μινῴαν κρήνην. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ ἡ Γάζα Μινῴα, ὅτι Μίνως σὺν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς Αἰακῷ καὶ Ῥαδαμάνθυι ἰὼν ἐξ αὑτοῦ ταύτην ἐκάλεσεν. ἔστι καὶ Ἀραβίας. ἔστι καὶ Κρήτης. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη νῆσος οὐ πόρρω Μεγάρων καὶ ἡ Πάρος Μινῴα. ἠῴα, προθυρῴα, ὑπερῴα τριγενῆ. ταῦτα δὲ οὐ παρὰ …