Καινύς - Stephanos Ethnika

Καινύς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Καινύς, νῆσος πλησίον Πελωριάδος, τῆς κατὰ Σικελίαν ἄκρας, πρὸς δύσιν νεύουσα. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἰταλίας Καινύσιον.

Kainys: an island near Pelorias, the headland across from Sicily, bearing to the west. There is also a city in Italy, Kainysion.

Human translation — reviewed

Commentary (2)

the headland across from Sicily

Pelorias is the northeastern cape of Sicily (modern Capo Peloro), opposite the Italian mainland across the Strait of Messina.

AI-detected · geography non obvious · confidence: high

bearing to the west

The island’s position is described as lying westward from Pelorias.

AI-detected · geography non obvious · confidence: high

Text Details

Entry	#15
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 346.21
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-2.5-flash) on 2025-12-17
Word count	16

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Καινύς	Kainys (island) · place
Πέλωρος	Pelorus (promontory/cape) · place
Σικελία	Sicily · place
Ἰταλία	Italy · place
Καινύσιον	Kainysion (city) · place
Καινύς (island near Pelorias)	place · island · near Pelorias, Sicily · explicit · unresolved
Καινύσιον (city of Italy)	place · city · Italy · explicit · unresolved

Links

Place links	Caere \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0074.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 4 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
Formula	X... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἄκρα ἡ gloss:4b3718d8a0a50cbb	promontory Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἀκτή ἡ gloss:debf8cab78f25544	headland, point Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.237

char LCS 64 (69.6%) · word LCS 11 (68.8%)

Stephanos

Καινύς, νῆσος πλησίον Πελωριάδος, τῆς κατὰ Σικελίαν ἄκρας, πρὸς δύσιν νεύουσα. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἰταλίας Καινύσιον.

Herodian

…ς, πραΰς. τὴν οὖν ὀφειλομένην προπαροξύτονον τάσιν ἐν τῷ θηλυκῷ ἀνεδέξατο «νῆσος ἔπειτ´ ἐλάχεια» (Od. ι 116). Τὰ εἰς 'υς' θηλυκὰ συνεσταλμένον ἔχοντα τὸ 'υ' καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'δος' κλινόμενα ὀξύνεται, χλαμύς, πηλαμύς, κροκύς, Καινύς νῆσος πλησίον Πελωριάδος τῆς κατὰ Σικελίαν ἄκρας, πρὸς δύσιν νεύουσα. τὰ μέντοι μὴ διὰ τοῦ 'δος' κλινόμενα βαρύνεται, γένυς, πίτυς, χέλυς, γῆρυς, ἀτράφαξυς εἶδος λαχάνου, ἄμαξυς, κόρυς, κῶμυς, ἔγχελυς· οἱ δὲ Ἐγχελεῖς ἔθνος Ἰλλυρικὸν ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελής ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελεύς. λέγεται καὶ Ἐγχελ…