Χαῦνοι - Stephanos Ethnika

Χαῦνοι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Χαῦνοι, ἔθνος Θεσπρωτικόν. Ῥιανὸς τετάρτῳ Θεσσαλικῶν “Κεστρῖνοι Χαῦνοί τε καὶ αὐχήεντες Ἐλινοί”.

Chaunoi: a Thesprotian people. Rhianos, book 4 in his Thessalika: ‘Kestrinoi and Chaunoi and proud Elinoi.’

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#33
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 689.20
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-12
Word count	12
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ῥιανός (Rhianus)	FGrHist 265 F 17b = fr. 34 Powell
Θεσσαλία (Thessaly)	Thessalika

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Χαῦνοι	Chaonians · people
Θεσπρωτία	Thesprotia / Thesprotians · place
Κεστρῖνοι	Cestrinians · people
Χαῦνοι	Chaonians · people
Ἐλινοί	Elinians · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	The text identifies the Χαῦνοι as a Thesprotian people and, in Rhianus’ account of Thessalian matters, lists them alongside the Kestrinoi and the ‘neck-dwelling’ Elinoi. It does not explicitly explain the origin or formation of the name Χαῦνοι.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.178

char LCS 74 (92.5%) · word LCS 11 (91.7%)

Stephanos

Χαῦνοι, ἔθνος Θεσπρωτικόν. Ῥιανὸς τετάρτῳ Θεσσαλικῶν “Κεστρῖνοι Χαῦνοί τε καὶ αὐχήεντες Ἐλινοί”.

Herodian

…τῷ οἰκιστῇ. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πόλις ἐν Κρήτῃ. γλαυνός (?), βαυνός, ὅπερ οἱ Ἀττικοὶ βαρύνουσι, κρουνός· εἰσὶ καὶ Κρουνοί πόλις ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν ὑδάτων καταρροῆς. βουνός, κεραυνός. τὸ μέντοι χαῦνος τριγενές. καὶ Χαῦνος ἔθνος Θεσπρωτικὸν—Ῥιανὸς τετάρτῳ Θεσσαλικῶν «Κεστρῖνοι Χαῦνοί τε καὶ αὐχήεντες Ἔλινοι»—βαρύνεται. τὸ δὲ πύραυνος ὁ χυτρόπους προπαροξύνεται ὡς καὶ Λούγδουνος πόλις Κελτογαλατίας. Πτολεμαῖος ἐν περίπλῳ, καὶ Βέρουνος Ἰταλικὴ πόλις μεταξὺ τῶν Νωρικῶν. Τὰ εἰς 'ανος' τοῦ 'α' βραχέος ὄντος, εἰ μὴ θηλυκὰ ἔχοι, …

Herodian 1.183

char LCS 58 (72.5%) · word LCS 9 (75.0%)

Stephanos

Χαῦνοι, ἔθνος Θεσπρωτικόν. Ῥιανὸς τετάρτῳ Θεσσαλικῶν “Κεστρῖνοι Χαῦνοί τε καὶ αὐχήεντες Ἐλινοί”.

Herodian

…ος πόλις Τρωάδος, Γρησῖνος πόλις Χερρονήσου, Στουῖνος πόλις Λιγύρων καὶ ὁ πολίτης ὁμοφώνως. Ὑρτακῖνος πόλις Κρήτης, ἣ καὶ Ὑρτακός, καὶ ὁ πολίτης ὁμωνύμως. Φαιστῖνος πόλις Κρήτης, ἣ καὶ Φαῖστος, Κεστρῖνος ἥρως καὶ ἔθνος, Ῥιανὸς τετάρτῳ Θεσσαλικῶν «Κεστρῖνοι Χαῦνοί τε καὶ αὐχήεντες Ἐλινοί». Ἐρυθῖνος πόλις Παφλαγονίας· λέγεται δὲ παρὰ τὸ ἔρευθος. Ἀπολλώνιος «αἰπεινούς τε παρὲξ ἐνέοντ´ Ἐρυθίνους» (Argonaut. 2, 941). καὶ Ὅμηρος «καὶ ὑψηλοὺς Ἐρυθίνους» (Β 855) καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὅμοιον. Λαμητῖνος πόλις Ἰταλίας ἀ…