Ναύκρατις

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Entry #21
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 470.12 | Billerbeck: Ν21
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 28
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Στράβων (Strabo) ιζ̄ (17,1,18 [C 801,33])
Entities: Ναύκρατις (Naucratis) [place], Αἴγυπτος (Egypt) [place], Μιλήσιοι (Milesians (inhabitants of Miletus)) [people], Ναυκρατίτης (Naucratian (male inhabitant of Naucratis)) [people], Ναυκρατιώτης (Naucratian (alternate demonym)) [people], Ναύκρατιον (Naucration (variant name of Naucratis)) [place], Ναυκρατία (Naucratia (variant name)) [place], Πηλουσιώτης (inhabitant of Pelusium (Pelusiote)) [people], Ἰταλία (Italy) [place], Ἰταλιώτης (Italian (inhabitant of Italy)) [people]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: from the Milesians, who at that time were masters of the sea.; Morphological Composition: perhaps from Naukration or Naukratia, as Italia → Italiotes (i.e. the demonym derives from that form of the place-name).; Morphological Composition: the citizen (demonym) is Ναυκρατίτης (and feminine form) and Ναυκρατιώτης, like Πελουσιώτης (Pelusiotes) — discussion of demonym formation.
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Ναύκρατις, πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ἀπὸ Μιλησίων τότε θαλασσοκρατούντων. καὶ Στράβων ἑπτακαιδεκάτῃ. ὁ πολίτης Ναυκρατίτης καὶ θηλυκῶς, καὶ Ναυκρατιώτης ὡς Πηλουσιώτης, ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ Ναυκράτιον ἢ Ναυκρατία, ὡς Ἰταλία Ἰταλιώτης.
Naukratis: a city of Egypt, founded when the Milesians held thalassocracy (maritime supremacy). Strabo too mentions it in Book 17. The citizen is called Naukratitēs (also in the feminine), and also Naukratiōtēs, as (one says) Pelousiōtēs; perhaps (the latter is formed) from Naukration or Naukratia, just as from Italia comes Italiōtēs.

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Herodian 1.103
char LCS 54 (29.8%) · word LCS 7 (25.0%)
Stephanos
Ναύκρατις, πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ἀπὸ Μιλησίων τότε θαλασσοκρατούντων. καὶ Στράβων ἑπτακαιδεκάτῃ. ὁ πολίτης Ναυκρατίτης καὶ θηλυκῶς, καὶ Ναυκρατιώτης ὡς Πηλουσιώτης, ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ Ναυκράτιον ἢ Ναυκρατία, ὡς Ἰταλία Ἰταλιώτης.
Herodian
… ἀπὸ ἀρσενικῶν εἰς 'ης' γενόμενα. * Τὰ εἰς 'τις' ὀνόματα πόλεων πολυσύλλαβα τῷ 'α' ἢ 'ο' παραληγόμενα βαρύνεται, Κάλλατις πολίχνιον ἐν τῇ παραλίᾳ τοῦ Πόντου. Στράβων ἑβδόμῃ· ὡς κάλαθος εὑρέθη ἐοικὼς τοῖς θεσμοφοριακοῖς. Ναύκρατις πόλις Αἰγύπτου ἀπὸ Μιλησίων τότε θαλασσοκρατούντων ὡς Στράβων ἑπτακαιδεκάτῃ. Ὀνείβατις πόλις Αἰγύπτου Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Λιβύης. Ἰαγξούατις πόλις Λιβύων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Ἄβοτις πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος. Κράμβοτις πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ἣν Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Λιβύης Κράμβουτ…

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