Ὀθρωνός - Stephanos Ethnika

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city

Entry #17
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 484.12 | Billerbeck: Ο17
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 17
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Λυκόφρων (Lycophron) Lyc. 1027
Entities: Ὀθρωνός (Othronos (place)) [place], Σικελία (Sicily) [place], Μελίτη (Melita) [place], Ὀθρώνιος (Othronian (inhabitant of Othronos)) [person]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: “Othronos: a city; others [say] it is an island to the south of Sicily, ‘others [call] Melita the island near Othronos’ (Lyc. 1027). The inhabitant is called Othronios.”
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Ὀθρωνός, πόλις, οἱ δὲ νῆσον πρὸς νότον Σικελίας. “ἄλλοι δὲ Μελίτην νῆσον [Ὀθρωνοῦ πέλας”]. ὁ οἰκῶν Ὀθρώνιος.

Othronos: a city; but some [say it is] an island to the south of Sicily: “but others [call it] Melite, an island near Othronos” (Lycophron 1027). The inhabitant is Othronios.

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Herodian 1.185

char LCS 69 (83.1%) · word LCS 14 (82.4%)

Stephanos

Ὀθρωνός, πόλις, οἱ δὲ νῆσον πρὸς νότον Σικελίας. “ἄλλοι δὲ Μελίτην νῆσον [Ὀθρωνοῦ πέλας”]. ὁ οἰκῶν Ὀθρώνιος.

Herodian

…8). καὶ ὁ οἰκήτωρ ὁμοφώνως. υἱωνός, Τιθωνός, Κολωνός, μελεδωνός, Ἠδωνός ἔθνος Θρᾴκης ἀπὸ Ἠδωνοῦ τοῦ Μύγδονος ἀδελφοῦ, Ἐτεωνός πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος «πολύκνημόν τ´ Ἐτεωνόν» (Il. Β 497). καλεῖται δὲ νῦν Σκάρφη. Καννωνός, Ὀθρωνός πόλις, οἱ δὲ νῆσον πρὸς νότον Σικελίας. «ἄλλοι δὲ Μελίτην νῆσον Ὀθρωνοῦ πέλας» (Lycophr. 1027). Βωδωνός ἥρως, ἀφ´ οὗ Βωδώνη πόλις Θεσσαλίας. τὰ δὲ σύνθετα προπαροξύνεται, τετράγωνος, εὔφωνος, εὔωνος. τὸ δὲ Κόρωνος κύριον, τὸ δὲ κορωνός ἐπίθετον. βαρύνονται δὲ καὶ Γίγωνος πόλις Θρᾴκης