Κάναι - Stephanos Ethnika

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Κάναι, πολίχνιον [Εὐβοϊκὸν ἢ] Λοκρῶν τῶν ἐκ Κύνου κατὰ τὰ ἄκρα τῆς Λέσβου. ἔστι καὶ ὄρος Κάνη καὶ πόλις καὶ λίμνη. ἔστι καὶ πόλις τῆς Τρῳάδος. Στράβων ιγʹ. εἰσὶ καὶ Κάνναι διὰ δύο « νν », πλησίον Καρχηδόνος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καναῖος καὶ Καναία. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Κάναι τοῦ Τίγρητος ποταμοῦ. Καναῖος Ζεύς οὐ μόνον ἀπὸ τοῦ Καναίου, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς Κάνης.

Kanai: a town, of the Lokrians from Kynos, opposite the headlands of Lesbos. There is also a Mount Kane, and a city and a harbour. There is also a city in the Troad. Strabo, book 13. There is also Kannai, with double ‘νν’, near Karchedon. The ethnonym is ‘Kanaios’ and ‘Kanaia’. There is also a city Kanai on the river Tigris. Zeus Kanaios is not only from the form 'Kanaios', but also from the form 'Kane'.

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Commentary (2)

There is also Kannai, with double ‘νν’, near Karchedon

Stephanos distinguishes this African Kannai from Kanai orthographically: the name is written with double nu (Κάνναι).

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Zeus Kanaios is not only from the form 'Kanaios', but also from the form 'Kane'

The final remark preserves a Greek wordplay: the epithet Καναῖος may be derived either from Κάναιος or from Κάνη.

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Text Details

Entry	#52
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 352.7
OCR	gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-17
Word count	60

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	13,1,68 [C 615,8]

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κάναι	Cannae · place
Λοκροί	Locrians · people · corrected · Q3354839
Κῦνος	Kynos · place · corrected · Q5200184
Λέσβος	Lesbos · place · corrected · Q128087
Κάνη	Kane · place
Τρωάς	Troas · place
Κάνναι	Cannae · place · corrected · Q568611
Καρχηδών	Carthage · place · corrected · Q6343
Καναῖος	Cannaean (demonym) · people · corrected · Q138338513
Καναία	Cannaean (feminine) · people
Τίγρης	Tigris · place · corrected · Q35591
Κηναῖος	Kenaios (epithet/demonym) · people
Ζεύς	Zeus · deity · corrected · Q34201
Canai (small town in Lesbos)	place · polichnion / small town · Lesbos, on the promontories; Euboean? or Locrian of Cynus · explicit · wikidata: Q18478802 · candidate
Cane (mountain)	place · mountain · uncertain · explicit · wikidata: Q380514 · candidate
Cane (city/lake reference)	place · city · uncertain · explicit · wikidata: Q380514 · candidate
Cane (lake)	place · lake · uncertain · explicit · wikidata: Q380514 · candidate
Cane (city of the Troad)	place · city · Troad · explicit · wikidata: Q380514 · candidate
Cannae near Carthage	place · city · near Carthage · explicit · wikidata: Q568611 · candidate
Canai on the Tigris	place · city · river Tigris · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	a small Euboean settlement or (a settlement) of the Lokrians from Kynos — i.e. associated with/settled by Lokrians coming from Kynos
Place Transfer	The epithet 'Kenaeos' of Zeus is derived not only from (the) Kenaîos but also from (the) Kânē — i.e. the epithet comes from these place-names (or eponymous figures)

Links

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Grammar parses

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 3 occurrences
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formula	X... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	τὸ 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
Gloss	ἄκρα ἡ gloss:4b3718d8a0a50cbb	promontory Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἄκρον τό gloss:e28240a1e2cb325b	cape (when on the coast, sgl.), headlands (when on the coast, plu.); peak (when inland) Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	λιμή ὁ gloss:6f81c31b2d09b3f3	lake, harbor Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ὄρος ὁ gloss:184051ff413f789d	mountain, mount (X ὄρος = 'Mount X') Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίχνιον τό gloss:0f72866d544a72aa	town Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.307

char LCS 20 (7.5%) · word LCS 5 (8.3%)

Stephanos

Κάναι, πολίχνιον [Εὐβοϊκὸν ἢ] Λοκρῶν τῶν ἐκ Κύνου κατὰ τὰ ἄκρα τῆς Λέσβου. ἔστι καὶ ὄρος Κάνη καὶ πόλις καὶ λίμνη. ἔστι καὶ πόλις τῆς Τρῳάδος. Στράβων ιγʹ. εἰσὶ καὶ Κάνναι διὰ δύο « νν », πλησίον Καρχηδόνος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καναῖος καὶ Καναία. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Κάναι τοῦ Τίγρητος ποταμοῦ. Καναῖος Ζεύς οὐ μόνον ἀπὸ τοῦ Καναίου, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς Κάνης…

Herodian

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