Μοψοπία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #224
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 458.14 | Billerbeck: Μ224
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count: 42
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Sources: Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus) fr. 709 Pfeiffer, Ἡρακλείδης (Heracleides (the Pontic)) SH 477 [Λέσχη]
Entities: Μοψοπία (Mopsopia (place in Attica)) [place], Ἀττική (Attica) [place], Μόψοπος (Mopsopos (eponymous founder)) [person], Μόψοψ (Mopsops (variant form)) [person], Μοψόπειος (Mopsópeios (citizen of Mopsopia)) [people], Μοψοπιεύς (Mopsopieus (inhabitant of Mopsopia)) [people], Μοψοπίτης (Mopsopites (inhabitant of Mopsopia)) [people], Μοψοπιώτης (Mopsopiotes (inhabitant of Mopsopia)) [people], Μοψοπίς (Mopsopis (feminine form, inhabitant of Mopsopia)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: from Mopsopos (i.e. Mopsopia = Attica named from the figure/place Mopsopos); Unclear Metalinguistic: The name Μόψοψ is indeclinable (invariable); (note on form/accent); Morphological Composition: The demonym/citizen is Μοψόπειος formed via the diphthong and the iota; and Μοψοπιεύς (alternate form); Morphological Composition: Heraclides the Pontic says Μοψοπίτης, and it ought to be Μοψοπιώτης (variant forms of the demonym); Morphological Composition: Perhaps by the lowering (diminution) of the omega (ω) the feminine is Μοψοπίς (phonetic/formation explanation)
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Μοψοπία, ἡ Ἀττική, ἀπὸ Μόψοπος. Καλλίμαχος. ἄρρητος ἡ Μόψοψ εὐθεῖα. ὁ πολίτης Μοψόπειος διὰ διφθόγγου καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ι ». καὶ Μοψοπιεύς. Ἡρακλείδης δ´ ὁ Ποντικὸς ἐν αʹ Λέσχῃ Μοψοπίτης φησί, καὶ ἔδει Μοψοπιώτης. ἴσως δὲ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ « ω ». τὸ θηλυκὸν Μοψοπίς.

Mopsopia: Attica, named from Mopsopus. Callimachus: “unspeakable is the straight line of Mopsops.” The ethnic is Mopsópeios, written with a diphthong and with i; also Mopsopiéus. But Heracleides Ponticus, in Book 1 of the Leschē (SH 477), says Mopsopítēs—though it ought to be Mopsopiṓtēs; perhaps this is by contraction (aphaeresis) of ō. The feminine is Mopsopís.

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Herodian 1.373

char LCS 25 (12.7%) · word LCS 7 (16.7%)

Stephanos

Μοψοπία, ἡ Ἀττική, ἀπὸ Μόψοπος. Καλλίμαχος. ἄρρητος ἡ Μόψοψ εὐθεῖα. ὁ πολίτης Μοψόπειος διὰ διφθόγγου καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ι ». καὶ Μοψοπιεύς. Ἡρακλείδης δ´ ὁ Ποντικὸς ἐν αʹ Λέσχῃ Μοψοπίτης φησί, καὶ ἔδει Μοψοπιώτης. ἴσως δὲ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ « ω ». τὸ θηλυκὸν Μοψοπίς.

Herodian

…ν ἐκ τοῦ θεῖον κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ 'ε' γέγονεν ὡς εἷς ἕεις. * Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ειον' ὑπὲρ τρεῖς συλλαβὰς κύρια μονογενῆ προπαροξύνεται, Ἀδραμύτειον πόλις τῆς κατὰ Κάϊκον Μυσίας. ἡ γραφὴ διχῶς, διὰ τοῦ 'τ' καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'δ' καὶ διὰ διφθόγγου καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'ι' καὶ δι´ ἑνὸς 'τ' καὶ διὰ δύο. ἀλλὰ δι´ ἑνὸς 'τ', ὅταν ἔχῃ δίφθογγον, καὶ διὰ δύο, ὅταν τὸ 'ι' μόνως. κέκληται ἀπὸ Ἀδραμύττου κτιστοῦ, παιδὸς μὲν Ἀλυάττου Κροίσου δὲ ἀδελφοῦ, ὡς Ἀριστοτέλης ἐν πολιτείαις καὶ ἄλλοι. τινὲς δὲ …

Herodian 1.394

char LCS 22 (11.2%) · word LCS 6 (14.3%)

Stephanos

Μοψοπία, ἡ Ἀττική, ἀπὸ Μόψοπος. Καλλίμαχος. ἄρρητος ἡ Μόψοψ εὐθεῖα. ὁ πολίτης Μοψόπειος διὰ διφθόγγου καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ι ». καὶ Μοψοπιεύς. Ἡρακλείδης δ´ ὁ Ποντικὸς ἐν αʹ Λέσχῃ Μοψοπίτης φησί, καὶ ἔδει Μοψοπιώτης. ἴσως δὲ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ « ω ». τὸ θηλυκὸν Μοψοπίς.

Herodian

δεκάτη τὸ Ἀργολικόν. ἑνδεκάτη ἡ Φαιάκων Ὑπέρεια. Ἄργος δὲ σχεδὸν πᾶν πεδίον κατὰ θάλασσαν. Βῖδος φρούριον ἐν Σικελίᾳ. εὕρηται δὲ καὶ διὰ διφθόγγου καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'ι'. Ἕρμος ὡς ἕρκος οὐδετέρως δῆμος τῆς Ἀκαμαντίδος φυλῆς. λέγεται καὶ Ἕρμοι. τέμενος· ἔστι καὶ Τέμενος τόπος Σικελίας ὑπὸ τὰς Ἐπιπολὰς πρὸς ταῖς Συρακούσαις. τὸ ἔλεγχος, τὸ σκότος, τὸ τάριχος γέγονε κατὰ μεταβολὴν τοῦ γέν…