Ὀλοῦς - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #52
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 490.16 | Billerbeck: Ο52
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 12
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ξενίων (Xenion) FGrHist 460 F 11 [ἐν τοῖς Κρητικοῖς]
Entities: Ὀλοῦς (Olous (Cretan city)) [place], Κρήτη (Crete) [place]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: The citizen is called 'Olountios' just as 'Selinountios' (i.e. the demonym is formed analogously to Σελινούντιος).
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Ὀλοῦς, πόλις Κρήτης. Ξενίων ἐν τοῖς Κρητικοῖς. ὁ πολίτης Ὀλούντιος ὡς Σελινούντιος.

Oloûs: a city of Crete. So Xenion in his *Cretica* (FGrHist 460 F 11). The citizen is called *Oloúntios*, as (one says) *Selinoúntios* (i.e. formed like the demonym from Selinous).

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char LCS 37 (54.4%) · word LCS 7 (58.3%)

Stephanos

Ὀλοῦς, πόλις Κρήτης. Ξενίων ἐν τοῖς Κρητικοῖς. ὁ πολίτης Ὀλούντιος ὡς Σελινούντιος.

Herodian

…πεζοῦντος παιδὸς Λυκάονος, ὡς Παυσανίας ὀγδόῳ ( 3, 3). ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πλησίον τοῦ Ἀραβικοῦ κόλπου. Σολοῦς πόλις Σικελίας, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Σολοῦντος κακοξένου, ὃν ἀνεῖλεν Ἡρακλῆς. Πηλοῦς νῆσος περὶ Χίον. Ὀλοῦς πόλις Κρήτης. Ξενίων ἐν τοῖς Κρητικοῖς. Μυοῦς πόλις Ἰωνίας, ὡς Φίλων καὶ Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν αʹ χρονικῶν. Στράβων ιβʹ »τὸ περὶ Μαγνησίαν καὶ Μυοῦντα«. Ἰπνοῦς χωρίον ἐν Σάμῳ. Οἰκοῦς Καρίας πόλις. Πεσσινοῦς πόλις Γαλατίας ἀπό τινος Γάλλου Πεσσινοῦντος· τινὲς δὲ ἀπὸ…