Καδμεία - Stephanos Ethnika

Καδμεία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Καδμεία πόλις, Θηβῶν ἀκρόπολις, ἀφ´ ἧς οἱ Θηβαῖοι Καδμεῖοι καὶ Καδμείωνες καὶ Καδμεῖαι, καὶ τὸ τεῖχος Καδμεία.

Kadmeia: a city, the acropolis of Thebes, after which Thebans are 'Kadmeioi', 'Kadmeiones' and 'Kadmeiai' and its walls are 'Kadmeia'.

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Commentary (1)

after which Thebans are 'Kadmeioi', 'Kadmeiones' and 'Kadmeiai' and its walls are 'Kadmeia'

The Greek preserves several related forms: Καδμεῖοι, Καδμείωνες, and Καδμεῖαι for the inhabitants, and Καδμεία for the wall(s).

AI-detected · wordplay etymology · confidence: high

Entry	#6
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 346.4
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count	17

Entity	Details
Καδμεία	Cadmeia (Cadmea), the acropolis of Thebes · place · corrected · Q1276854
Θῆβαι	Thebes · place
Θηβαῖοι	Thebans · people
Καδμεῖοι	Cadmeians / Cadmeans (inhabitants named after Cadmus) · people
Καδμείωνες	Cadmeiones (variant ethnonym) · people
Καδμεῖαι	Cadmeiai (variant name/forms) · people
Καδμεῖον	(the) Cadmeian (wall) — the Cadmeian wall · place
Kadmeia in Thebes	place · city/acropolis · Thebes, Boeotia · explicit · wikidata: Q1276854 · candidate

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	“from which (place) the Thebans (are called) Καβδεῖοι and (the personal names) Καβδεῖνος and Καβδεῖα, and the wall (is called) Καβδεῖον.” — i.e. various ethnics and names derive from the place Κάβαι.

Place links	Cadmea of Thebes \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0067.jpg
Review	Open review page

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (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 · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἄκρον τό gloss:e28240a1e2cb325b	cape (when on the coast, sgl.), headlands (when on the coast, plu.); peak (when inland) Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	πόλισμα τό * gloss:9651cd1c383eacc4	town Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	τεῖχος τό gloss:e184afb0551538f4	wall, fortification, barrier Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.