Μολοσσία

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Μολοσσία, ἡ χώρα τῆς Ἠπείρου. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Μολοσσός. καὶ θηλυκὸν Μολοσσίς καὶ τὰ Μολοσσά οὐδετέρως, καὶ Μολοτοί δι´ ἑνὸς « τ ». Μολοτός ὁ τόπος. τὸ κτητικὸν Μολοττικός.

Molossia: the region of Epeiros. The settler is Molossos. In the feminine 'Molossis', and also 'Molossa' in the neuter, and 'Molotoi' with single τ. Molottos is the place. The possessive is 'Molottikos'.

Text Details

Entry#203
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 455.8 · Billerbeck Μ203
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count26
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜολοσσίαMolossia (region) · place
ἬπειροςEpirus · place
ΜολοσσόςMolossos (eponym/inhabitant) · person
ΜολοσσίςMolossis (female form / eponym) · person
Μολοσσοίthe Molossians · people
ΜολοτοίMolotoi (people/variant name) · people
ΜολοττόςMolottos (place) · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Personthe inhabitant (eponym) Molossos.
Morphological Compositionand the feminine form Molossis and the neuter plural Molossa likewise.
Morphological Compositionand Molotoi; (with a slight change) Molottos, the place.
Morphological Compositionthe possessive adjective Molottikos.

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Herodian overlaps

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