Κάλπη

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city
Entry #35
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 349.18 | Billerbeck: Κ35
OCR: gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-17
Word count: 36
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Θεόπομπος (Theopompus) FGrHist 115 F 15 [Ἑλληνικῶν]
Entities: Κάλπη (Kalpe) [place], Βιθυνοί (Bithynians) [people], Κάλπη (Kalpe (genitive)) [place], Καλπεύς (Kalpeus (ethnic)) [people], Σινωπεύς (Sinopeans) [people], Καλπῖνος (Kalpinos) [people], Πεύκη (Peuke/Peukē) [place], Πευκῖνος (Peukinos (ethnic)) [people], Καλπολιμενίτης (Kalpolimenites (ethnic)) [people], Κάρπεια (Karpeia) [place], Καρπητανοί (Karpetanoi) [people], Καλπιανοί (Kalpianoi) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: The ethnicon (demonym) 'Καλπεύς', like 'Σινωπεύς'. (Indicates formation of the demonym with the suffix -εύς.); Morphological Composition: 'Καλπῖνος' exists, analogous to 'Πεύκη' → 'Πευκῖνος'. (Indicates the adjectival/ethnic formation with the suffix -ῖνος.); Morphological Composition: Of the harbour is 'Καλπολιμενίτης'. (Formation combining Κάλπη + λιμήν to form the inhabitant name.); Unclear Metalinguistic: ...and the city 'Κάρπεια'... some call these 'Καρπητανοί', they say, as 'Καλπιανοί'. (Reports variant names/forms for the inhabitants; no clear origin given.)
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Κάλπη, πόλις Βιθυνῶν. Θεόπομπος ὀγδόῳ Ἑλληνικῶν. ἔστι καὶ λιμὴν Κάλπης· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καλπεύς ὡς Σινωπεύς. καὶ Καλπῖνος ἔστιν ὡς Πεύκη Πευκῖνος. τοῦ δὲ λιμένος ὡς Καλπολιμενίτης. .... καὶ τὴν πόλιν Κάρπειαν .... τινὲς τούτους Καρπητανοὺς ὡς Καλπειανούς φασι.
Kalpē: a city of the Bithynians. Theopompos, in the Hellenika. There is also a harbor of Kalpē. The ethnic is Kalpeus, as Sinopeus; and there is also Kalpinos, as (from) Peukē, Peukinos. Of the harbor the (ethnic) is Kalpolimenitēs. <***> and the city Karpeia <***>; some call these people Karpētanoi, as (they say) Kalpianoi.

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Herodian 1.338
char LCS 35 (17.3%) · word LCS 5 (13.9%)
Stephanos
Κάλπη, πόλις Βιθυνῶν. Θεόπομπος ὀγδόῳ Ἑλληνικῶν. ἔστι καὶ λιμὴν Κάλπης· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καλπεύς ὡς Σινωπεύς. καὶ Καλπῖνος ἔστιν ὡς Πεύκη Πευκῖνος. τοῦ δὲ λιμένος ὡς Καλπολιμενίτης. .... καὶ τὴν πόλιν Κάρπειαν .... τινὲς τούτους Καρπητανοὺς ὡς Καλπειανούς φασι.
Herodian
…α ἀπὸ Λάμπου τοῦ Ταρραίου. ἔστι καὶ δευτέρα τῆς Ἀκαρνανίας. καὶ τρίτη τῆς Ἀργολίδος, ὡς Φίλων. Ξενίων δὲ ἐν Κρητικοῖς διὰ δύο 'ππ' γράφει τὴν πόλιν τὴν Κρητικήν. καὶ διὰ δύο 'αα' καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'η'. Κάλπη τὸ ὄρος. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Βιθυνῶν. Θεόπομπος ὀγδόῳ Ἑλληνικῶν. λέγεται καὶ Κάρπεια, σάλπη, κάμπη σκώληξ, καμπή δὲ ἡ κάμψις. Τράμπη πόλις Ἰωνίας, Ἄμπη πόλις πρὸς τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ. Ἡρόδοτος ἕκτῃ (c. 20). Τάρπη πόλις Ἰταλίας. Ὄλπαι φρούριον κοινὸν Ἀκαρνάνων καὶ Ἀμφιλόχων δικαστήριον…

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