Μυλαί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #234
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 461.6 | Billerbeck: Μ234
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count: 32
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 79 [Εὐρώπῃ]
Entities: Μύλαι (Mylai) [place], Σικελία (Sicily) [place], Θῆβαι (Thebes) [place], Θηβαῖος (Theban (citizen of Thebes)) [people], Ἀθῆναι (Athens) [place], Ἀθηναῖος (Athenian (citizen of Athens)) [people], Μυλαῖτης (Mylaitian (male inhabitant of Mylai)) [people], Μυλαῖτις (Mylaitian (female inhabitant of Mylai)) [people], Θετταλία (Thessaly) [place], Μυλαῖος (Mylaios (ethnic adjective/inhabitant)) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: 'The citizen [is] Μυλαΐτης, like of Thebes Θηβαΐτης, of Athens Ἀθηναΐτης. For there are those who are so called.' (i.e. explanation of the demonym formation for inhabitants of Mylai); Morphological Composition: 'And the feminine [form] Μυλαῖτις. And there are Mylai also of Thessaly, whose ethnicon is Μυλαῖος.' (noting the feminine form and an alternative ethnicon for another place named Mylai)
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Μυλαί, πόλις Σικελίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ὁ πολίτης Μυλαΐτης, ὡς τῶν Θηβῶν Θηβαΐτης, Ἀθῆναι Ἀθηναΐτης. εἰσὶ γὰρ οἳ οὕτω λέγονται. καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Μυλαῗτις. εἰσὶ δὲ Μυλαί καὶ Θετταλίας, ἧς τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μυλαῖος.

Mylai: a city of Sicily. Hecataeus in his *Europa*. The citizen is **Mylaitēs**, just as from Thebes (are formed) **Thēbaitēs**, and from Athens **Athēnaitēs**—for there are some who are so named. The feminine is **Mylaitis**. There are also Mylai in Thessaly, whose ethnic is **Mylaios**.

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char LCS 32 (19.6%) · word LCS 5 (15.6%)

Stephanos

Μυλαί, πόλις Σικελίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ὁ πολίτης Μυλαΐτης, ὡς τῶν Θηβῶν Θηβαΐτης, Ἀθῆναι Ἀθηναΐτης. εἰσὶ γὰρ οἳ οὕτω λέγονται. καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Μυλαῗτις. εἰσὶ δὲ Μυλαί καὶ Θετταλίας, ἧς τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μυλαῖος.

Herodian

Ἀναδράμωμεν ἐπὶ τὸ προκείμενον, παραθέμενοι τὸ τύλη, ὅπερ οὐκ ἦν παρ´ Ἀττικοῖς. ἀλλὰ μέμνηται Σαπφὼ ἐν δευτέρῳ ἐγὼ δ´ ἐπὶ μαλθάκαν τύλαν κασπολέω μέλεα καὶ ἀσάμενον τύλᾳ κασπολέω. οὐ γὰρ ὁ τέ σύνδεσμος. μύλη καὶ Μύλαι πόλις Σικελίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. καὶ Θετταλίας. πύλη. ἔστι καὶ τόπος Ἀρκαδίας Πύλαι, ὃς καὶ Πυλαία. σύλη ἐν Σαμίων ὥροις. »καὶ οὐδένα κατέδησεν ὦν τῆς σύλης μετασχεῖν«. Λύλη πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ὕλη καὶ Ὕλη πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος (Β 500) »οἵ τ´ Ἐλεῶν´ εἶχο…