Ξύστις

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Ξύστις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #16
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 482.1 | Billerbeck: Ξ16
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count: 8
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Ξύστις (Xystis) [place], Σάρδις (Sardis) [place], Καρία (Caria) [place], Ξυστιανός (Xystian (ethnic)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: 'as Sardis' — indicating Xystis is said to be like or identified with Sardis (i.e. the name is equated/associated with Sardis).; Unclear Metalinguistic: 'the ethnicon (demonym) [is] Ξυστιανός' — stating the ethnic form of the place-name.
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Ξύστις, ὡς Σάρδις, πόλις Καρίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ξυστιανός.
Sardis, Xistis, Xystys">Xystis: as (with) Sardis, a city of Caria. The ethnic (gentilic) is Xystianos.

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