Καλὴ ἀκτή - Stephanos Ethnika

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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.

Kale Akte: a city of the Sikels. Eudoxos, in the fourth book of his Circuit of the Earth. It is like 'Megale Kome'. From both are derived 'Megalokometes', and 'Kalaktites' and 'Kaloaktites', since 'Aktites' derives from the form 'Akte'. Alternatively there is 'Kaloaktaios' and the feminine 'Kaloaktaia', or 'Kaloaktios'.

Commentary (1)

Kale Akte: a city of the Sikels.

The Greek name means “Fair Shore/Coast”; Stephanos then plays on its parts to derive related ethnic and adjectival forms.

AI-detected · wordplay etymology · confidence: high

Text Details

Entry	#26
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 348.5
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-2.5-flash) on 2025-12-17
Word count	54

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Εὔδοξος (Eudoxus)	Γῆς περιόδου · fr. 370 Lasserte

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Σικελοί	Sicels (people of Sicily) · people · corrected · Q4951156
Μεγαλοκωμίτης	Megalokomites (inhabitant of Μεγάλη κώμη) · people
Καλακτίτης	Kalaktites (inhabitant, variant) · people
Καλοακτίτης	Kaloaktites (inhabitant, variant) · people
Ἀκτή	Akte (place/coast) · place · corrected · Q122443
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
Καλὴ ἀκτή	place · explicit · wikidata: Q1722122 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
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).

Links

Place links	Kale Akte \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0092.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON) formula:e1b19e84652cc7be	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (INFINITIVE denoting an etymology) formula:af28c8e3172cf77e	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in '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 (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	Y (EPITHET) + X (DEITY) formula:e59d8efd6da15c82	Translate as "X Y" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	διὰ τοῦ + «X» (GREEK LETTER) + [FORM OF γράφειν] formula:93bec21ca1d8a38f	Translate as "writes/write/wrote/is written with X" Domain: SPELLING & PROSODY Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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 · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Gloss	γῆ ἡ gloss:728db30aa96e9869	land, dirt, Earth Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	κώμη ἡ gloss:e14972622087326b	village Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES 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.