Ἐνετοί - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐνετοί OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

people

Entry #80
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 270.18 | Billerbeck: Ε80
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count: 39
Sources: Ὅμηρος (Homer) Β 852, Διογένης (Diogenes) (2,113) [β Φιλοσόφου ἱστορίας]
Entities: Ἐνετοί (Eneti (the Veneti)) [people], Παφλαγονία (Paphlagonia) [place], Ἐνετός (Enetos (city)) [place], Μύρμηξ (Myrmex) [person]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: from the Eneti, whence (comes) the race/breed of mules of a more rustic character; Morphological Composition: horses are also called 'Enetides' (i.e. named after the Eneti); Morphological Composition: there was also the possessive/adjectival form 'Enetikos' (derived from the name Enet-)
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Ἐνετοί, Ὅμηρος “ἐξ Ἐνετῶν, ὅθεν ἡμιόνων γένος ἀγροτεράων”. ᾤκουν δὲ περὶ Παφλαγονίαν. λέγονται καὶ Ἐνετίδες ἵπποι. ἦν δὲ καὶ κτητικὸν [Ἐνετικός]. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἐνετός ἀφ´ ἧς ἦν Μύρμηξ ὁ διαλεκτικὸς φιλόσοφος, ὡς Διογένης ἐν δευτέρῳ φιλοσόφου ἱστορίας.

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Herodian 1.218

char LCS 40 (19.8%) · word LCS 7 (18.4%)

Stephanos

Ἐνετοί, Ὅμηρος “ἐξ Ἐνετῶν, ὅθεν ἡμιόνων γένος ἀγροτεράων”. ᾤκουν δὲ περὶ Παφλαγονίαν. λέγονται καὶ Ἐνετίδες ἵπποι. ἦν δὲ καὶ κτητικὸν [Ἐνετικός]. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἐνετός ἀφ´ ἧς ἦν Μύρμηξ ὁ διαλεκτικὸς φιλόσοφος, ὡς Διογένης ἐν δευτέρῳ φιλοσόφου ἱστορίας.

Herodian

… Διονύσιος τρισκαιδεκάτῃ Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας. Ἔχετος, Δέρκετος, Μένετος τὸ κύριον, μενετός τὸ ἐπίθετον. τούτοις ἠκολούθησε καὶ τὸ ἔμετος ὡς ἔχον τὸ 'ε' ὥσπερ τὰ ἄνω. σεσημείωται τὸ Ἐνετός ἔθνος Παφλαγονίας ὀξυνόμενον. Ὅμηρος «ἐξ Ἐνετῶν, ὅθεν ἡμιόνων γένος ἀγροτεράων» (Il. Β 852). τὰ δὲ ἔχοντα τὸ 'α' ὁμοίως, ἄργετος,