Δάφνη - Stephanos Ethnika

Δάφνη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Entry #35
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 222.6 | Billerbeck: Δ35
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-07
Word count: 65
Entities: Δάφνη (Daphne) [place], Ἀντιόχεια (Antioch) [place], Δαφνῖτης (Daphnite (ethnic)) [people], Δαφνιτικός (Daphnitic (possessive adjective)) [other], Δαφναῖος (Daphnaeans (inhabitants)) [people], Λυκία (Lycia) [place], Πηλούσιον (Pelusium) [place], Πόντος (Pontus (the Black Sea)) [place], Μαινόμενη (Maenomenē (epithet, 'the raving')) [other], Σέργιον (Sergion) [place]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: because of the many laurel (daphne) plants growing there; Unclear Metalinguistic: the ethnicon (demonym) is Daphnites, and the adjectival form Daphnitikos; Unclear Metalinguistic: there is also a harbor Daphne Mainomene in the mouth of the Pontus
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Δάφνη, προάστειον ἐπισημότατον τῆς ἕω Ἀντιοχείας μητροπόλεως. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δαφνίτης, καὶ Δαφνιτικός κτητικόν. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Δάφνη, Λυκίας χωρίον. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πλησίον Πηλουσίου. ὅτι παρὰ τῶν ἐκεῖ πολλῶν φυομένων δαφνῶν. οἱ οἰκοῦντες Δαφναῖοι. ἔστι καὶ λιμὴν Δάφνη μαινομένη ἐν τῷ στόματι τοῦ Πόντου ἐν δεξιᾷ ἀναπλέοντι. ἔστι καὶ προάστειον Δάφνη ἐν τῷ στόματι τοῦ Πόντου, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀνάπλουν ἀνιοῦσιν. [ὃ λέγεται Σέργιον.]

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Stephanos

Δάφνη, προάστειον ἐπισημότατον τῆς ἕω Ἀντιοχείας μητροπόλεως. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δαφνίτης, καὶ Δαφνιτικός κτητικόν. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Δάφνη, Λυκίας χωρίον. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πλησίον Πηλουσίου. ὅτι παρὰ τῶν ἐκεῖ πολλῶν φυομένων δαφνῶν. οἱ οἰκοῦντες Δαφναῖοι. ἔστι καὶ λιμὴν Δάφνη μαινομένη ἐν τῷ στόματι τοῦ Πόντου ἐν δεξιᾷ ἀναπλέοντι. ἔστι καὶ προάστειον Δάφνη ἐν τῷ στόματι τοῦ Πόντου, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀνάπ…

Herodian

…ῆς συμφώνου βαρύνεται, πάχνη, λάχνη, ἄχνη καὶ Ἄχναι πόλις Θεσσαλίας. ἔστι καὶ Βοιωτίας, τέχνη, Αἴτνη πόλις Σικελίας ἀπὸ Κατάνης, Ἱέρωνος κτίσμα, ὡς..... φάτνη, δάφνη καὶ Δάφνη προάστιον ἐπισημότατον τῆς ἑῴας Ἀντιοχείας. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Δάφνη Λυκίας χωρίον. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη πλησίον Πηλουσίου παρὰ τῶν ἐκεῖ πολλῶν φυομένων δαφνῶν. ὄρφνη ἡ νύξ. Ἴγνη πόλις πλησίον Πριάπου. Ἴχναι πόλις Μακεδονίας. Ἡρόδοτος ἑβδόμῃ (c. 123). Ἐρατοσθένης δὲ Ἄχνας αὐτήν φησι. Φιλητᾶς δὲ ἄλλην φησὶ διὰ τοῦ 'α'. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα ἑῴα πόλ…