Κάληρος - Stephanos Ethnika

Κάληρος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Κάληρος, οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο ἡ Ἀλωπεκόννησος ἀπὸ Καλήρου βασιλέως, Ἀλωπεκόννησος δὲ ὅτι ἐκεῖ εἶδον σκύμνους φέρουσαν καὶ κατατιθεῖσαν ἀλώπεκα. τινὲς δ´ ὅτι δεκάληρος ἐκαλεῖτο ἡ πόλις.

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Text Details

Entry	#27
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 348.11 · Billerbeck Κ27
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-2.5-flash) on 2025-12-17
Word count	27

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κάληρος	Kaleros · person · corrected · Q4734309
Ἀλωπεκόννησος	Alopekonnesos (Alopeconnesus) · place
Κάλαρος	Kalaros · place
Κάληρος	place · explicit · wikidata: Q4734309 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	Kaleros — thus the Alōpekónnesos was called, from King Kaleros.
Folk Etymology Narrative	Alōpekónnesos (literally 'Fox-Island') because there they saw dogs carrying and laying down a fox.
Unclear Metalinguistic	But some say that the city was called Kalaros.

Links

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

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 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
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 · 2 occurrences

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.