Καλὴ ἀκτή

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Καλὴ ἀκτή OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #26
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 348.5 | Billerbeck: Κ26
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-2.5-flash) on 2025-12-17
Word count: 54
Sources: Εὔδοξος (Eudoxus) fr. 370 Lasserte [Γῆς περιόδου]
Entities: Σικελοί (Sicels (people of Sicily)) [people], Μεγαλοκωμίτης (Megalokomites (inhabitant of Μεγάλη κώμη)) [people], Καλακτίτης (Kalaktites (inhabitant, variant)) [people], Καλοακτίτης (Kaloaktites (inhabitant, variant)) [people], Ἀκτή (Akte (place/coast)) [place], Ἀκτίτης (Aktites (inhabitant of Ἀκτή)) [people], Ἀκτικός (Aktikos (demonym/adjectival form)) [people], Ἀττικός (Attikos (demonym/adjectival form)) [people], Ἀττική (Attica) [place], Καλοακταῖος (Kaloaktaîos (inhabitant, masculine)) [people], Καλοακταῖα (Kaloaktaîa (inhabitant, feminine)) [people], Καλοάκτιος (Kaloaktios (variant)) [people], Πανάκτιος (Panaktios (variant)) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: Kale Aktē ('Beautiful Coast'): the place-name composed of καλὴ ('beautiful') + ἀκτή ('coast').; Morphological Composition: Demonyms Μεγαλοκωμίτης, Καλακτίτης or Καλοακτίτης formed by the insertion of an iota (διὰ τοῦ ι).; Morphological Composition: Forms Ἀκτίτης, Ἀκτικός and Ἀττικός; explanation that Ἀττικός derives from Ἀκτή ('coast').; Morphological Composition: Alternative demonyms Καλοακταῖος and Καλοακταῖα (feminine), or Καλοάκτιος analogous to Πανακτίος and ἐπάκτιος (showing variant suffixes).
Place: Kale Akte | 📍 Map
Source: e9783110219630_i0092.jpg
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Καλὴ ἀκτή, πόλις Σικελῶν. Εὔδοξος τετάρτῳ γῆς περιόδου. ἔστι δὲ [ὡς] Μεγάλη κώμη. ἐκ τῶν δύο δὲ ἡ παραγωγή, Μεγαλοκωμήτης Καλακτίτης ἢ Καλοακτίτης διὰ τοῦ « ι ». ἐπεὶ καὶ παρὰ τὸ Ἀκτή Ἀκτίτης [καὶ Ἀττικός· Ἀκτή γὰρ ἡ Ἀττική]. ἢ Καλοακταῖος καὶ Καλοακταία θηλυκόν, ἢ Καλοάκτιος ὡς Πανάκτιος καὶ ἐπάκτιος.
Kalē Aktē (“Fair/Beautiful Coast”), a city of the Sicels. Eudoxus, in the fourth book of his Circuit of the Earth. It is, however, [as some say,] a large village. From the two names the ethnic is formed: Megalokōmētēs; and Kalaaktitēs or Kaloaktitēs, with iota. For from Aktē comes Aktitēs (and likewise Attikos; for Aktē is Attica). Or else Kaloaktaîos, and the feminine Kaloaktaía; or Kaloáktios, as Panáktios and epáktios.

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