Δασκύλιον - Stephanos Ethnika

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Δασκύλιον, πόλις Καρίας ἐπὶ τοῖς ὅροις τῆς Ἐφεσίας, ἀπὸ Δασκύλου τοῦ υἱοῦ Περιαύδου. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις μετὰ τὰ Τρωικὰ κτισθεῖσα. τρίτη τῆς Ἰωνίας, τὸ μέγα λεγόμενον, ὡς μεῖζον τῶν ἄλλων. τετάρτη περὶ Βιθυνίαν. πέμπτη τῆς Αἰολίδος καὶ Φρυγίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δασκυλίτης, ὡς Κύπρος Κυπρίτης. ἔστι καὶ Δασκυλῖτις λίμνη ἢ Δασκυλία, ὥστε καὶ Δασκύλιος ὁ πολίτης. Εὐδαίμων δὲ καὶ Ἀρκάδιος διὰ τῆς « ει » διφθόγγου γράφουσι τὴν « λι » συλλαβήν. λέγεται καὶ Δασκυλίς θηλυκόν.

Daskylia (lake), ...+5 more">Daskylion: a city in Karia, on the borders of the Ephesian territory, named after Daskylos son of Periaudos. (2) There is also another city, founded after the Trojan War. (3) A third is in Ionia, called ‘the Great’ because it is larger than the others. (4) A fourth is in the region of Bithynia. (5) A fifth is in Aiolis and Phrygia. The ethnonym is ‘Daskylites’, just as ‘Kyprites’ is from Cyprus. There is also a lake called ‘Daskylitis’ or ‘Daskylia’, so that a citizen is also a ‘Daskylios’. Eudaimon and Arkadios, however, write the syllable λι with the diphthong ει. The feminine form ‘Daskylis’ is also used.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#26
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 220.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count	72
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Εὐδαίμων (Eudaimon)	RE VI 1,885 Nr. 8
Ἀρκάδιος (Arkadios)	RE II 1,1153 Nr. 5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δασκύλιον	Daskylion · place
Καρία	Caria · place · corrected · Q193214
Ἔφεσος	Ephesus · place
Δασκύλος	Daskylos · person
Περιάδης	Periades · person
Τρωικά	the Trojan affairs / Trojan War · other
Ἰωνία	Ionia · place · corrected · Q620874
Βιθυνία	Bithynia · place · corrected · Q373189
Αἰολίς	Aeolis · place · corrected · Q255325
Φρυγία	Phrygia · place · corrected · Q32579
Δασκυλίτης	Daskylitēs (ethnic) · people
Κύπρος	Cyprus · place
Κυπρίτης	Cypriot · people
Δασκυλίτις	Daskylitis (lake) · place
Δασκυλία	Daskylia · place
Δασκύλιος	Daskylios · person
Δασκυλίς	Daskylis (feminine form) · place
Daskylion in Karia	place · city · Karia (on the borders of Ephesos' territory) · explicit · unresolved
Daskylion founded after the Trojan War	place · city · unspecified (post-Trojan foundation) · implicit · unresolved
Daskylion in Ionia	place · city · Ionia · implicit · wikidata: Q65042629 · candidate
Daskylion in Bithynia	place · city · Bithynia · implicit · unresolved
Daskylion in Aiolis and Phrygia	place · city · Aiolis and Phrygia · implicit · unresolved
Lake Daskylitis / Daskylia	place · lake · unspecified · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From Daskylos, the son of Periados (i.e. the city is named after the man Daskylos, son of Periados).
Morphological Composition	The ethnic/demonym 'Δασκυλίτης', formed analogously to Κύπρος → Κυπρίτης (showing the morphological formation of the demonym).
Morphological Composition	There is also a lake called Δασκυλίτις or Δασκυλία, hence the citizen is called Δασκύλιος (shows variant place-names and derived demonym).
Unclear Metalinguistic	Eudaimon and Arkadios write the 'λι' syllable with the diphthong ει (an orthographic/phonological note about the name's spelling).
Morphological Composition	It is also said Δασκυλίς (feminine) — the place-name attested in a feminine form.

Links

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	λιμή ὁ gloss:6f81c31b2d09b3f3	lake, harbor Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ὄρος ὁ gloss:184051ff413f789d	mountain, mount (X ὄρος = 'Mount X') Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	τοπικά τά gloss:dc551500540a4364	locative term Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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 1.362

char LCS 198 (53.2%) · word LCS 39 (54.2%)

Stephanos

Δασκύλιον, πόλις Καρίας ἐπὶ τοῖς ὅροις τῆς Ἐφεσίας, ἀπὸ Δασκύλου τοῦ υἱοῦ Περιαύδου. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις μετὰ τὰ Τρωικὰ κτισθεῖσα. τρίτη τῆς Ἰωνίας, τὸ μέγα λεγόμενον, ὡς μεῖζον τῶν ἄλλων. τετάρτη περὶ Βιθυνίαν. πέμπτη τῆς Αἰολίδος καὶ Φρυγίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δασκυλίτης, ὡς Κύπρος Κυπρίτης. ἔστι καὶ Δασκυλῖτις λίμνη ἢ Δασκυλία, ὥστε καὶ Δασκύλιος ὁ πολίτης. Εὐδαίμων δὲ καὶ Ἀρκάδιος διὰ τῆς « ει » διφθόγγου γράφουσι τὴν « λι » συλλαβήν. λέγεται καὶ Δασκυλίς θηλυκό…

Herodian

…βιος τετάρτῃ. Ἀμφιμάλιον πόλις Κρήτης ἀπὸ Ἀμφιμάλου. λέγεται καὶ Ἀμφίμαλα. Σανδάλιον Πισιδίας χωρίον. Ταυροπόλιον ἐν Ἰκαρίᾳ νήσῳ παρακειμένῃ τῇ Σάμῳ Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερόν. Στράβων ιδʹ. Διοβούλιον πολίχνιον πλησίον τοῦ Πόντου. Δασκύλιον πόλις Καρίας ἐπὶ τοῖς ὅροις τῆς Ἐφεσίας ἀπὸ Δασκύλου τοῦ υἱοῦ Περιαύδου. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις μετὰ τὰ Τρωϊκὰ κτισθεῖσα. τρίτη τῆς Ἰωνίας τὸ μέγα λεγόμενον ὡς μεῖζον τῶν ἄλλων. τετάρτη περὶ Βιθυνίαν. πέμπτη τῆς Αἰολίδος καὶ Φρυγίας. * Ὡσαύτως καὶ τὰ εἰς 'υλλιον' ὑποκοριστικά, παιδαρύλλιον, κρεύλλιον, μειρακύλλιον. * Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'μιον' προπαροξύνεται, Μενεδήμιον πόλις Λυκίας. Ἀφόρμιον τόπος Θεσπιέων. Ἀφροδίσιος ἤτοι Εὐφήμιος ἐν τῷ περὶ τῆς πατρίδος.…