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Entry #2
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 344.12 | Billerbeck: Κ2
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count: 77
AI prompt: v1
Sources: 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
Entities: Καβασσός (Kabassos (Kabassus)) [place], Καππαδοκία (Cappadocia) [place], Ὀθρυονεύς (Othryoneus) [person], Καβησόθεν (Kabēsothen (Homeric form of Kabassos)) [other], Καβησσός (Kabassos (variant)) [place], Αἶμος (Haemus (Mount Haemus)) [place], Θρᾷκες (Thracians) [people], Λυκία (Lycia) [place], Ταρσός (Tarsus) [place], Μαζάκαι (Mazaca / the Mazacae) [place], Μάζακα (Mazaca) [place], Καισάρεια (Caesarea) [place], Καβήσιος (Kabēsios (demonym of Kabassos)) [other], Καβησίτης (Kabēsitēs (demonym of Kabassos)) [other], Καμειρόθεν (Kameirothen (ethnic/ethnic-form example from Kameiros)) [other]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: the homeland of ODRUOUNES (Odryouenos) — named for the people/person Odr...; Unclear Metalinguistic: The Homeric ethnic name Καβησσόθεν is the source of the ethnicon — named from the Homeric form; Unclear Metalinguistic: the ethnicon can be Καβησσὰς or Καβάσσης — variant ethnica
Place: Kabassos 1 (Pauly-Wissowa)
Source: e9783110219630_i0059.jpg
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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.

Cabassos: a city in Cappadocia, the homeland of Othryoneus. Homer (Iliad 13.363): “being within, from Cabêsos.” Hecataeus of Miletus says that Cabessos is a city beyond the Thracian Haemus. And the expectation of marriage, too, accords with the Thracians’ licentiousness. Hellanicus, however, [places] Cabessos as a city of Lycia. Apion, more truthfully, says it is a village of Cappadocia between Tarsus and Mazaca. Mazaca of Cappadocia was called Caesarea. For the ethnic designation, the Homeric form Cabêsothen is sufficient; for many such local (adverbial) forms are used ethnically, e.g. Kameirothen. One may also form Cabesios or Cabesites.

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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 …