Ἑπτακωμῆται - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἑπτακωμῆται OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

people

Ἑπτακωμῆται, βάρβαροι τὸ Σκυδίσην οἰκοῦντες ὄρος. τινὲς δὲ τούτων ἐκαλοῦντο καὶ Βύζηρες

Translation pending

Entry	#100
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 275.1 · Billerbeck Ε100
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count	12

Entity	Details
Ἑπτακωμῆται	Heptakomētai (the Heptakometae) · people
Σκυδίσης	Skydisis (mountain Skydisis) · place
Βύζηρες	Byzeres (the Byzeres people) · people

Category	Explanation
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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