Καμμανία

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Καμμανία, μοῖρα Θεσπρωτίας. μετωνομάσθη δὲ Κεστρινία ἐξ ἧς Κάδμος ὁ ποταμός. Κεστρῖνος δὲ κτίσμα Κεστρίνου τοῦ υἱοῦ Ἑλένου τοῦ Πριαμίδου. οἱ οἰκήτορες Καμμανοί, ὡς τῆς Καμπανίας Καμπανοί.

Kammanía, a district of Thesprotia. It was renamed Kestrinía, from which the river Kadmos. Kestrînos, however, is a settlement founded by Kestrinos, son of Helenos, the son of Priam. The inhabitants are Kammanoi, just as of Kampanía Kampanoi.

Text Details

Entry#49
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 351.22 · Billerbeck Κ49
OCRgemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-17
Word count27
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚαμμανίαKammania · place
ΘεσπωρίαThesprotia · place
ΚεστρινίαKestrinia · place
ΚάδμοςCadmus · place
ΚεστρίνηKestrine · place
ΚεστρίνοςKestrinos · person
ἙλένοςHelenos (Helenus) · person
ΠριαμίδηςPriamides (son of Priam) · person
ΚαμμανοίKammanoi · people
ΚαμπανίαCampania · place
ΚαμπανοίCampanians · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguisticand it was renamed Kestrinia.
Eponym PersonKestrine is a settlement of Kestrinos, the son of Helenus, son of Priamidus (i.e. named after Kestrinos).
Place TransferFrom which (comes) the river Kadmos (i.e. the river takes its name from that place).
Morphological CompositionThe inhabitants are called Kammanoi, like the Campanians are called Campanoi (formation of the demonym).

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