Μόψου ἑστία

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Μόψου ἑστία, [πόλις] Κιλικίας ἐπὶ τῷ Πυράμῳ ποταμῷ, ἀπὸ Μόψου τοῦ μάντεως. ὁ πολίτης Μοψεάτης, κατὰ παραγωγὴν μιᾶς τῶν λέξεων. ἀφ´ οὗ ὁ γραμματικὸς Ἡρακλείδης ὁ Μοψεάτης.

Mopsou Hestia: a city of Cilicia on the Pyramos river, from Mopsos the seer. A citizen is a 'Mopseates', by derivation from one of the words. After whom the grammarian Herakleides the Mopseates.

Text Details

Entry#225
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 459.1 · Billerbeck Μ225
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count27
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜόψοςMopsus · person
ΚιλικίαCilicia · place
ΠύραμοςPyramus (river) · place
ΜοψεάτηςMopseates (inhabitant of Mopsus) · people
ἩρακλείδηςHeraclides · person
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Personfrom Mopsus the seer (i.e., named after Mopsus, the seer)
Morphological Compositionthe citizen (demonym) 'Mopseates', by derivation (formed by derivational morphology from the root/word)
Unclear Metalinguisticfrom whom the grammarian Heraclides is called 'the Mopseates' (an attestation of the derived form)

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Herodian overlaps

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC