Ἑπτακωμῆται

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Ἑπτακωμῆται OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
people
Entry #100
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 275.1 | Billerbeck: Ε100
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count: 12
Entities: Ἑπτακωμῆται (Heptakomētai (the Heptakometae)) [people], Σκυδίσης (Skydisis (mountain Skydisis)) [place], Βύζηρες (Byzeres (the Byzeres people)) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: “Heptakomētai” — literally ‘seven-villagers’, from ἑπτά (seven) + κώμη (village); i.e. the people of the seven villages.; Unclear Metalinguistic: “Some of these were also called Βύζηρες (Byzeres).” (the name is reported but no origin is given in the text); Unclear Metalinguistic: “the mountain Skudisen” — ‘they dwell the mountain Skudisen’. The place-name is cited but no etymology is provided.
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Ἑπτακωμῆται, βάρβαροι τὸ Σκυδίσην οἰκοῦντες ὄρος. τινὲς δὲ τούτων ἐκαλοῦντο καὶ Βύζηρες
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Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.