Καβασσός

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Καβασσός, πόλις ἐν Καππαδοκίᾳ, πατρὶς Ὀθρυονέως. Ὅμηρος “Καβησσόθεν ἔνδον ἐόντα”. Ἑκαταῖος δ´ ὁ Μιλήσιος Καβησσὸν πόλιν εἶναί φησιν ὑπερβάντι τὸν Θρᾴκιον Αἷμον. καὶ συμφωνεῖ καὶ ἡ τοῦ γάμου ἐλπὶς τῶν Θρᾳκῶν ἀκολασίᾳ. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ τῆς Λυκίας πόλιν Καβησσόν. Ἀπίων δὲ ἀληθέστερόν φησι κώμην εἶναι Καππαδοκίας μεταξὺ Ταρσοῦ καὶ Μαζάκων. Μάζακα δὲ ἡ Καππαδοκίας ἐκαλεῖτο Καισάρεια. ἐθνικῶς ἀρκεῖ τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν Καβησσόθεν. πολλὰ γὰρ τοιαῦτα, ὡς τὸ Καμειρόθεν, τὰ τοπικὰ ἐθνικῶς. δύναται δὲ Καβήσσιος ἢ Καβησσίτης.

Kabassos: a city in Kappadokia, homeland of Othryoneus. Homer: 'who was there from Kabessos'. Hekataios of Miletos says that Kabessos is a city after one has crossed Thracian Haimos. The expectation of marriage also accords with the shamelessness of the Thracians. Hellanikos, however, states that Kabessos is a city in Lykia, and Apion says more correctly that it is a village in Kappadokia between Tarsos and Mazaka. The Mazaka in Kappadokia used to be called 'Kaisareia'. The Homeric form 'Kabesothen' is sufficient as an ethnonym, for there are many of this type such as the form 'Kameirothen'. 'Kabesios' or 'Kabesites' is also possible.

Commentary (3)
a city in Kappadokia
Stephanos preserves conflicting identifications here: Hekataios places Kabessos beyond Thracian Haimos, and Hellanikos in Lykia; Apion calls it a village in Kappadokia.
AI-detected · ambiguity · confidence: high
The Homeric form 'Kabesothen' is sufficient as an ethnonym
The Greek explains that the locative ending -then can function like an ethnic adjective, as in Kameirothen.
AI-detected · translation explanation · confidence: high
Caesarea
There were many places known as Caesarea.

Text Details

Entry#2
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 344.12
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count77

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)Ν 363
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)FGrHist 1 F 169
Ἑλλάνικος (Hellanicus)FGrHist 4 F 147 = fr. 147 Fowler
Ἀπίων (Apion)FGrHist 616 F 37
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚαβασσόςKabassos (Kabassus) · place · corrected · Q85749987
ΚαππαδοκίαCappadocia · place · corrected · Q217265
ὈθρυονεύςOthryoneus · person
ΚαβησόθενKabēsothen (Homeric form of Kabassos) · other
ΚαβησσόςKabassos (variant) · place
ΑἶμοςHaemus (Mount Haemus) · place · corrected · Q4897067
ΘρᾷκεςThracians · people
ΛυκίαLycia · place · corrected · Q18927
ΤαρσόςTarsus · place · corrected · Q134287
ΜαζάκαιMazaca / the Mazacae · place
ΜάζακαMazaca · place
ΚαισάρειαCaesarea · place · corrected · Q319242
ΚαβήσιοςKabēsios (demonym of Kabassos) · other
ΚαβησίτηςKabēsitēs (demonym of Kabassos) · other
ΚαμειρόθενKameirothen (ethnic/ethnic-form example from Kameiros) · other
Kabassos in Cappadociaplace · city · Cappadocia · explicit · wikidata: Q120907576 · candidate
Kabessos in Thrace / beyond Haemusplace · city · Thrace (beyond Haemus) · implicit · wikidata: Q109321684 · candidate
Kabessos in Lyciaplace · city · Lycia · implicit · wikidata: Q109321684 · candidate
Kabessos in Cappadocia as village between Tarsos and Mazakaplace · village · Cappadocia, between Tarsos and Mazaka · implicit · wikidata: Q109321684 · candidate
Tarsos in Cappadocia (locative boundary reference)place · city · Cappadocia · explicit · wikidata: Q134287 · candidate
Mazaka / Caesarea in Cappadociaplace · city · Cappadocia · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Personthe homeland of ODRUOUNES (Odryouenos) — named for the people/person Odr...
Unclear MetalinguisticThe Homeric ethnic name Καβησσόθεν is the source of the ethnicon — named from the Homeric form
Unclear Metalinguisticthe ethnicon can be Καβησσὰς or Καβάσσης — variant ethnica

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:439629f16cfaba3f
Translate as "Y is from 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE)
formula:0a6d211492d74a05
Translate as "a X of the Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formulaτὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM)
formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3
Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME)
formula:d915b1886270056c
Translate as "as per X"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Glossκαλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...)
gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed
is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο)
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossπατρίς ἡ
gloss:ae29764eb82bc9a3
fatherland
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossπόλισμα τό *
gloss:9651cd1c383eacc4
town
Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Glossτοπικά τά
gloss:dc551500540a4364
locative term
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Proper nounἙκαταῖος (ὁ Μιλήσιος)
proper_noun:11846a7dfe762512
Hekataios (of Miletos)
Domain: AUTHOR		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Proper nounΛυκία
proper_noun:da65d469349d9ad9
Lycia
Domain: REGION / COUNTRY		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.211
char LCS 109 (26.2%) · word LCS 22 (29.7%)
Stephanos
Καβασσός, πόλις ἐν Καππαδοκίᾳ, πατρὶς Ὀθρυονέως. Ὅμηρος “Καβησσόθεν ἔνδον ἐόντα”. Ἑκαταῖος δ´ ὁ Μιλήσιος Καβησσὸν πόλιν εἶναί φησιν ὑπερβάντι τὸν Θρᾴκιον Αἷμον. καὶ συμφωνεῖ καὶ ἡ τοῦ γάμου ἐλπὶς τῶν Θρᾳκῶν ἀκολασίᾳ. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ τῆς Λυκίας πόλιν Καβησσόν. Ἀπίων δὲ ἀληθέστερόν φησι κώμην εἶναι Καππαδοκίας μεταξὺ Ταρσοῦ καὶ Μαζάκων. Μάζακα δὲ ἡ Καππαδοκίας ἐκαλεῖτο Καισάρεια. ἐθνικῶς ἀρκεῖ τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν Καβησσόθεν. πολλὰ γὰρ τοιαῦτα, ὡς τὸ Καμειρόθεν, τὰ τοπικὰ ἐθν…
Herodian
…ὸ Τυμνησσοῦ ἢ ἀπὸ τυμνίας ἤτοι ῥάβδου. Ξάνθιοι γὰρ τὴν ῥάβδον τυμνίαν λέγουσιν. Ἀγορησσός πόλις Καρίας. Καβησσός πόλις ἐν Καππαδοκίᾳ, πατρὶς Ὀθρυονέως. Ὅμηρος »Καβησσόθεν ἔνδον ἐόντα« (Il. Ν 363). Ἑκαταῖος δ´ ὁ Μιλήσιος πόλιν εἶναί φησιν ὑπερβάντι τὸν Θρᾴκιον Αἷμον. καὶ συμφωνεῖ καὶ ἡ τοῦ γάμου ἐλπὶς τῶν Θρᾳκῶν ἀκολασίᾳ. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ τῆς Λυκίας πόλιν. Ἀπίων δὲ ἀληθέστερόν φησι κώμην εἶναι Καππαδοκίας μεταξὺ Ταρσοῦ καὶ Μαζάκων. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Καβασσός, ὅπερ ἀπὸ τοῦ Καβακησός οἴεται Δίδυμος κατὰ συγκοπήν. τὸ δὲ Μάρπησσος βαρύνεται ὡς παρώνυμον ἀπὸ τοῦ Μάρπησσα. τὸ δὲ …

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