Ὀνύχιον - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὀνύχιον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

place

Ὀνύχιον, τόπος Κρήτης, ἀπὸ ὄνυχος ἀγκύρας ἐνσχεθείσης ἐν αὐτῷ τῶν Ἀμυκλαίων ἀποικησάντων.

Translation pending

Entry	#75
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 493.21 · Billerbeck Ο75
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count	12

Entity	Details
Ὀνύχιον	Onychion (place) · place · corrected · Q3561295
Κρήτη	Crete · place · corrected · Q4752820
Ἀμυκλαῖοι	Amyclaeans · people
Ὀνύχιον	place · place · explicit · wikidata: Q3561295 · seeded_headword_alignment

Category	Explanation
Folk Etymology Narrative	From the 'onyx' (hook/nail) of an anchor having been fixed (stuck) in it by the Amyclaeans who colonized it.

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