Δρεπάνη

Entry #127
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 238.13 | Billerbeck: Δ127
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count: 62
Sources: Δημοσθένης (Demosthenes) FGrHist 699 F 14 = fr. 14 Powell
Entities: Δρεπάνη (Drepanē (place)) [place], Φαιακία (Phaeacia (land of the Phaeacians)) [place], Δρεπανεύς (Drepaneús (ethnic/demonym)) [people], Σχεριεύς (Scherieús (ethnic/demonym)) [people], Λυκία (Lycia) [place], Δρεπάνη (Drepanē (place)) [place], Δρεπάνη (Drepanē (place)) [place], Δρεπᾶνον (Drepanon (place, Libya)) [place], Σικελία (Sicily) [place], Λιβύη (Libya) [place], Λέβινθος (Lebinthos (island)) [place], Βιθυνία (Bithynia) [place], Ἀστακός (Astacus (place)) [place], Αἰθιοπία (Aethiopia) [place], Κρονίδης (Kronides (epithet of Zeus)) [deity], Δρεπανηίς (Drepanēis (feminine ethnicon)) [people]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: Demosthenes says of the Bithynian (Drepane) that it is named because 'they call Drepane from the iron (sickle) of Cronus.'; Morphological Composition: The ethnicon (demonym) is Δρεπανεύς, and the feminine form Δρεπανηίς — the ethnicon Δρεπανεύς formed like Σχεριεύς.
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