Κάλπη

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city
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.

Kalpe: a city of the Bithynians. Theopompos, in book 8 of his Hellenika. There is also a harbour of Kalpe. The ethnonym is 'Kalpeus', as in 'Sinopeus'. And there is also 'Kalpinos', just as 'Peukinos' is from 'Peuke'. And the harbour's is thus: 'Kalpolimenites'.... and the city Karpeia... some say that these are 'Karpetanoi', as in 'Kalpeianoi'.

Commentary (1)
The ethnonym is 'Kalpeus'
Greek forms are preserved in transliteration; the suffixes -eus, -inos, and -ites mark related ethnics/adjectives.
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Text Details

Entry#35
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 349.18
OCRgemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-17
Word count36

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Θεόπομπος (Theopompus)Ἑλληνικῶν · FGrHist 115 F 15
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚάλπηKalpe · place · corrected · Q5045811
ΒιθυνοίBithynians · people
ΚάλπηKalpe (genitive) · place · corrected · Q5045811
ΚαλπεύςKalpeus (ethnic) · people
ΣινωπεύςSinopeans · people
ΚαλπῖνοςKalpinos · people
ΠεύκηPeuke/Peukē · place
ΠευκῖνοςPeukinos (ethnic) · people
ΚαλπολιμενίτηςKalpolimenites (ethnic) · people
ΚάρπειαKarpeia · place
ΚαρπητανοίKarpetanoi · people
ΚαλπιανοίKalpianoi · people
Kalpe in Bithyniaplace · city · Bithynia · explicit · unresolved
Harbour of Kalpeplace · harbour · Bithynia · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionThe 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 CompositionOf 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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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL)
formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb
Translate as "X, book Y"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON)
formula:4e7b910409d678a8
Translate as "'X' is from Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
FormulaX (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 · 6 occurrences
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaκαί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN)
formula:0af867b3dd6df580
Translate as "Y is also 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaτὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM)
formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3
Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME)
formula:d915b1886270056c
Translate as "as per X"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 4 occurrences
Formulaὡς + 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 · 4 occurrences
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossλιμή ὁ
gloss:6f81c31b2d09b3f3
lake, harbor
Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

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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