Ἐλίξοια - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐλίξοια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Entry #59
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 267.12 | Billerbeck: Ε59
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-09
Word count: 19
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus (the Abderite)) FGrHist 264 F 11a
Entities: Ἐλίξοια (Elixoia (island name)) [place], Ὑπερβόρεοι (Hyperboreans) [people], Σικελία (Sicily) [place], Καραμβύκη (Karambyka (river)) [place], Καραμβύκαι (Karambykai (the islanders / people of Karambyka)) [people]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: The islanders (called) Karambykae are from the river; i.e., the inhabitants are called Karambykae after the river Karambyka.
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Ἐλίξοια, νῆσος Ὑπερβορέων, οὐκ ἐλάσσων Σικελίας, ὑπὲρ ποταμοῦ Καραμβύκα. οἱ νησιῶται Καραμβῦκαι ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος ὁ Ἀβδηρίτης.

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Herodian 1.281

char LCS 62 (54.9%) · word LCS 9 (47.4%)

Stephanos

Ἐλίξοια, νῆσος Ὑπερβορέων, οὐκ ἐλάσσων Σικελίας, ὑπὲρ ποταμοῦ Καραμβύκα. οἱ νησιῶται Καραμβῦκαι ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος ὁ Ἀβδηρίτης.

Herodian

…όλις Μακεδονίας. Βέροια πόλις Μακεδονίας, ἣν Φέρωνα κτίσαι φασίν, αὐτοὺς δὲ τὸ 'φ' εἰς 'β' μεταποιεῖν, ὡς Φάλακρον Βάλακρον καὶ Βίλιππον καὶ Κεβαλῖνον. ἄλλοι ἀπὸ Βεροίας τοῦ Βέρητος τοῦ Μακεδόνος. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Συρίας. Ἐλίξοια νῆσος Ὑπερβορέων οὐκ ἐλάσσων Σικελίας ὑπὲρ ποταμοῦ Καραμβύκα. οἷς ἀκόλουθον τὸ ἔσσοια, τρίττοια ἡ θυσία, ἥτις ἐκ τριῶν ζῴων ἐθύετο ἢ ὅτι τριγενῆ ἦν τὰ θυόμενα. τὸ δὲ νεοία μακρὸν ἔχον τὸ 'α' παροξύνεται. Τὰ εἰς 'α' συνεσταλμένον μονογενῆ ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς παραλήγοντα τῇ 'υι' διφθόγγῳ…