Κάλπη

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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.

Kalpe: a city of the Bithynians. Theopompos in his Hellenika. There is also a harbour of Kalpe. The ethnonym is 'Kalpeus'. There is also 'Kalpinos'. For the harbour there is 'Kalpolimenites'. <*> And some call the city 'Karpeia' <*>, and say that these people are 'Karpetanoi', 'Kalpianoi'.

Text Details

Entry#35
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 349.18 · Billerbeck Κ35
OCRgemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-17
Word count36
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

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

EntityDetails
ΚάλπηKalpe · place
ΒιθυνοίBithynians · people
ΚάλπηKalpe (genitive) · place
ΚαλπεύςKalpeus (ethnic) · people
ΣινωπεύςSinopeans · people
ΚαλπῖνοςKalpinos · people
ΠεύκηPeuke/Peukē · place
ΠευκῖνοςPeukinos (ethnic) · people
ΚαλπολιμενίτηςKalpolimenites (ethnic) · people
ΚάρπειαKarpeia · place
ΚαρπητανοίKarpetanoi · people
ΚαλπιανοίKalpianoi · people
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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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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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