Ἑρμώνασσα

Entry #123
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 278.10 | Billerbeck: Ε123
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count: 51
Sources: Περιηγητής (the Periegete (Periegetes)) (552–53), Σκύμνος (Skymnos) fr. 4 Gisinger, Στράβων (Strabo) ζ̅ (7,3,16 [C 306,4]), Μένιππος (Menippus) 9r21 Diller = GGM 1,572 fr. 1 [Περίπλῳ τῶν δύο πόντων], Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 208, Θεόπομπος (Theopompus) FGrHist 115 F 370
Entities: Ἑρμώνασσα (Hermonassa) [place], Κιμμερῖος Βόσπορος (Cimmerian Bosporus) [place], Ἴωνες (Ionians) [people], Ἑρμώνεια (Hermoneia (variant name)) [place], Ἑρμῶναξ (Hermonax (name of a village)) [place], Τραπεζοῦς (Trapezus (Trebizond)) [place], Ἑρμώνασσα (Hermonassa (gen.)) [place], Ἑρμωνασσαῖος (Hermonassaean (ethnicon)) [people], Ἑρμωνάσσιος (Hermonassian (ethnicon)) [people], Συρακόσιος (Syracusan (ethnicon)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: Skymnos also calls this (island) ‘Hermoneia’.; Unclear Metalinguistic: Strabo calls it the village ‘Hermonaktos’.; Morphological Composition: From (the name) Hermonassa comes the ethnicon Ἑρμωνασσαῖος or Ἑρμωνάσσιος (analogous to Συρακόσσιος).
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