Ζεφύριον

Entry #17
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 295.16 | Billerbeck: Ζ17
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-10
Word count: 56
Sources: Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus) fr. 110,57 Pfeiffer, Ἀρκάδιος (Arcadios / Arcadius) RE II 1153 Nr. 5
Entities: Ζεφύριον (Zephyrium) [place], Ἁλικαρνασσός (Halicarnassus) [place], Καρία (Caria) [place], Κιλικία (Cilicia) [place], Ζεφυριώτης (Zephyriote (ethnic)) [people], Σκυθία (Scythia) [place], Ἰταλία (Italy) [place], Λοκροί (Locrians) [people], Ἐπιζεφύριοι (Epizephyrians) [people], Αἴγυπτος (Egypt) [place], Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodite) [deity], Ἀρσινόη (Arsinoe) [deity], Θρονίτης (Thronites) [people], Ζεφυρίτις (Zephyritis (epithet)) [other], Ζεφυρίτης (Zephyrites (ethnic)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: Halicarnassus of Caria was thus called (Zephyrion).; Place Transfer: There is also a Zephyrion in Italy, from which the Locrians are called Epizephyrii.; Morphological Composition: There is also a promontory (cape) of Egypt, from which Aphrodite and Arsinoe are called Zephyritis.; Morphological Composition: Thus 'Zephyrites' is from 'Zephyriotes', by contraction (loss) of the omega, as (in) 'Thronites'.; Unclear Metalinguistic: But Arkadios writes it with a diphthong.
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