Ξυνία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #14
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 481.19 | Billerbeck: Ξ14
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count: 16
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Πολύβιος (Polybius) (9,45,3)
Entities: Ξυνία (Xynia) [place], Θετταλία (Thessaly) [place], Ξυνιεύς (Xynieus (inhabitant of Xynia)) [people], Ἰλιεύς (Ilian (inhabitant of Ilium/Troy)) [people], Ξυνιάς (Xynias (lake)) [place], Βοιβιάδα (Boibiada (alternative name)) [place]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: the ethnic (demonym) Ξυνιεύς, formed like Ἰλιεύς.; Unclear Metalinguistic: and the lake Xynias, which they call Boibiada.
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Ξυνία, Θετταλίας πόλις. Πολύβιος ἐνάτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ξυνιεύς ὡς Ἰλιεύς. καὶ Ξυνιὰς λίμνη, ἣν Βοιβιάδα φασίν.

Xynia: a city of Thessaly. Polybius, Book 9. The ethnic (gentilic) is Xynieus, as Ilieus. And there is also Lake Xynias, which they say is (called) Boibias.

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