Ψίλιον - Stephanos Ethnika

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river

Ψίλιον, ποταμὸς μεταξὺ Θυνίας καὶ Βιθυνίας. Δομίτιος Καλλίστρατος ἐν τρίτῳ περὶ Ἡρακλείας “ἐγκυριεύσαντος ἀπὸ τοῦ Σαγγάρου χωρίου ἐν[τὸς] τοῦ Ψιλίου ποταμοῦ”. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλος Ψίλις ποταμὸς τῆς Βιθυνίας, ἐκρέων εἰς τὸν Εὔξεινον πόντον. τὸ τοπικὸν Ψιλίτης. ἐν δὲ τῇ συνηθείᾳ ἐπεκράτησεν ἀμφοτέρων τῶν ποταμῶν τοὺς οἰκήτορας Ψιλιανοὺς καλεῖν.

Psilis, Psilium, Psillion, Psylyon">Psilion: a river between Thynia and Bithynia. Domitius Kallistratos, book 3 in his On Herakleia: ‘when he had taken possession of the territory from the Sangarios within the river Psilis, Psilium, Psillion, Psylyon">Psilion’. There is also another, Psilis, a river in Bithynia, flowing into the Black Sea. The local form is ‘Psilites’. In the common tongue, however, it has prevailed to call the inhabitants of both rivers ‘Psilianoi’.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#9
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 702.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-13
Word count	48
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Δομίτιος Καλλίστρατος (Domitius Callistratus)	On Heraclea · FGrHist 433 F 5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ψίλιον	Psilion · place
Θυνία	Thynia · place
Βιθυνία	Bithynia · place
Ἡράκλεια	Heraclea · place
Σάγγαρος	Sangarus · place
Ψίλιον	Psilion · place
Ψίλις	Psilis · place
Βιθυνία	Bithynia · place
Εὔξεινος Πόντος	Euxine Sea (Black Sea) · place
Ψιλίτης	Psilite · other
Ψιλιανός	Psilians · people
Psilion between Thynia and Bithynia	place · river · between Thynia and Bithynia · explicit · unresolved
Psilis in Bithynia, flowing into the Black Sea	place · river · Bithynia; flowing into the Black Sea · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The local/demotic form is Ψιλίτης (Psilites), formed from the place-name Ψίλιον.
Morphological Composition	In common usage it became customary to call the inhabitants of both rivers Ψιλιανοί (Psilianoí), derived from the name Ψίλιον/Ψίλις.

Links

Place links	Psillis \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
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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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	εἰς + «X» (GREEK LETTER) formula:f06db8d92900ddc7	Translate as "ending in X" Domain: SPELLING & PROSODY Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:f22af8012162d222	*Translate as 'as per X, in book Y of his Z'* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐν τῇ συνηθειᾴ gloss:87da7748d16be953	in the common tongue / in common language Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC Rule status: In progress	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 1.360

char LCS 131 (46.8%) · word LCS 17 (34.7%)

Stephanos

Ψίλιον, ποταμὸς μεταξὺ Θυνίας καὶ Βιθυνίας. Δομίτιος Καλλίστρατος ἐν τρίτῳ περὶ Ἡρακλείας “ἐγκυριεύσαντος ἀπὸ τοῦ Σαγγάρου χωρίου ἐν[τὸς] τοῦ Ψιλίου ποταμοῦ”. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλος Ψίλις ποταμὸς τῆς Βιθυνίας, ἐκρέων εἰς τὸν Εὔξεινον πόντον. τὸ τοπικὸν Ψιλίτης. ἐν δὲ τῇ συνηθείᾳ ἐπεκράτησεν ἀμφοτέρων τῶν ποταμῶν τοὺς οἰκήτορας Ψιλιανοὺς καλεῖν.

Herodian

…ιῶν Ἥρας βʹ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Φρικίου τοῦ Κενταύρου, ὃν ἀπέκτεινεν Ἡρακλῆς. καλεῖται καὶ Φρίκειον, ὃ καὶ Δρίος ὠνομάζετο. Φρύγια τόπος μεταξὺ Βοιωτίας καὶ Ἀττικῆς. Χήσιον πολίχνιον Ἰωνίας, ὡς Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν χρονικῶν πρώτῳ. Ψίλιον ποταμὸς μεταξὺ Θυνίας καὶ Βιθυνίας. Δομίτιος Καλλίστρατος ἐν τρίτῳ περὶ Ἡρακλείας «ἐγκυριεύσαντος ἀπὸ τοῦ Σαγγάρου χωρίου ἐντὸς τοῦ Ψιλίου ποταμοῦ». Ψύχιον τόπος Κρήτης, ἐν ᾗ πόλις ἦν ὁμώνυμος. Πόρθμιον καὶ Πορθμία κώμη ἐπὶ τῷ στόματι τῆς Μαιώτιδος λίμνης. Μέντιον τὸ ὄρος. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'νιον' ἔχοντα πρὸ τοῦ 'ν' σύμφωνον προπαροξύνεται χωρὶς εἰ μὴ ἔχοι ἡ πρώτη τὸ 'α'…

Herodian 1.90

char LCS 50 (17.9%) · word LCS 9 (18.4%)

Stephanos

Ψίλιον, ποταμὸς μεταξὺ Θυνίας καὶ Βιθυνίας. Δομίτιος Καλλίστρατος ἐν τρίτῳ περὶ Ἡρακλείας “ἐγκυριεύσαντος ἀπὸ τοῦ Σαγγάρου χωρίου ἐν[τὸς] τοῦ Ψιλίου ποταμοῦ”. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλος Ψίλις ποταμὸς τῆς Βιθυνίας, ἐκρέων εἰς τὸν Εὔξεινον πόντον. τὸ τοπικὸν Ψιλίτης. ἐν δὲ τῇ συνηθείᾳ ἐπεκράτησεν ἀμφοτέρων τῶν ποταμῶν τοὺς οἰκήτορας Ψιλιανοὺς καλεῖν.

Herodian

Θρᾴκης τοῦ Αἵμου πλησίον, καὶ Σκόλις Ἀχαΐας πόλις καὶ Ψίλις ποταμὸς τῆς Βιθυνίας ἐκρέων εἰς τὸν Εὔξεινον πόντον. Τὰ εἰς 'λις' δισύλλαβα ἀπὸ συμφώνου ἀρχόμενα, εἰ παραλήγοιτο φύσει μακρᾷ χωρὶς 'α' μακροῦ, ὀξύνεται, μηλίς ἡ μηλέα καὶ Μηλίς ἡ χώρα, δουλίς, Δαυλίς πόλις Φωκίδος. Ὅμηρος «Δαυλίδα καὶ Πανοπῆα» (Β 520). δαύλον δὲ τὸ δασύ. δ…