Καλαύρεια - Stephanos Ethnika

Καλαύρεια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Καλαύρεια, νησίδιον πρὸς τῇ Κρήτῃ, [κύκλον ἔχουσα] ὅσον τριάκοντα σταδίων, ἀπὸ Καλαύρου τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Εἰρήνη· ὁ πολίτης Καλαυρείτης.

Kalaureia: a small island near Crete, of about thirty stades; after Kalauros, son of Poseidon. It used to also be called 'Eirene'. A citizen is a 'Kalaureites'.

Commentary (2)

Kalaureia

Stephanos places this island near Crete; the identification is uncertain in modern geography.

AI-detected · geography non obvious · confidence: high

after Kalauros, son of Poseidon

The Greek etymology links the name to Kalauros, a son of Poseidon; this is not evident in English.

AI-detected · wordplay etymology · confidence: high

Text Details

Entry	#24
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 347.25
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-2.5-flash) on 2025-12-17
Word count	21

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Καλαύρεια	Kalaureia (Calaurea) · place · corrected · Q106468209
Κρήτη	Crete · place · corrected · Q4752820
Καλαῦρος	Kalaurus (Kalauros) · person
Ποσειδῶν	Poseidon · deity · corrected · Q41127
Εἰρήνη	Eirene (Irene) · deity
Καλαυρεῖτης	Kalaureite (inhabitant of Kalaureia) · people
Καλαύρεια	place · explicit · wikidata: Q1443132 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From Calaurus (the son of Poseidon).
Unclear Metalinguistic	It was also called Eirene.

Links

Place links	Kalaureia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0083.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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... + 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
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	καλεῖται/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
Gloss	κύκλος ὁ gloss:1ace1299700070ca	circumference (in contexts of measurement) Domain: MEASUREMENT & SPACE Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	νησίδιον τό gloss:76ba8bb2978ac7bb	small island Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	στάδιον τό gloss:aad73f9bb28e8557	stadion, stade Domain: MEASUREMENT & SPACE Rule status: In progress	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.

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