Κάναι - Stephanos Ethnika

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city

Entry #52
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 352.7 | Billerbeck: Κ52
OCR: gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-17
Word count: 60
Sources: Στράβων (Strabo) 13,1,68 [C 615,8]
Entities: Κάναι (Cannae) [place], Λοκροί (Locrians) [people], Κῦνος (Kynos) [place], Λέσβος (Lesbos) [place], Κάνη (Kane) [place], Τρωάς (Troas) [place], Κάνναι (Cannae) [place], Καρχηδών (Carthage) [place], Καναῖος (Cannaean (demonym)) [people], Καναία (Cannaean (feminine)) [people], Τίγρης (Tigris) [place], Κηναῖος (Kenaios (epithet/demonym)) [people], Ζεύς (Zeus) [deity]
Etymologies: 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)
Place: Kanai
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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.

Canai: a small town (Euboean? or) belonging to the Locrians of Cynus, on the promontories of Lesbos. There is also a mountain Cane, and a city, and a lake (so called). There is also a city of the Troad. Strabo, book 13. There are also Cannae, with a double ‘nn’, near Carthage. The ethnic is Canaios and Canaia. There is also a city Canai on the river Tigris. ‘Canaios Zeus’ (Zeus Canaios) derives not only from Canai, but also from Cane.

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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…

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…02) ἀπὸ Θίσβης τοῦ Ἀσωποῦ. λέγεται καὶ πληθυντικῶς. καὶ ὁ λιμὴν δὲ τῶν Θισβαίων, ὥς φησιν Ἐπαφρόδιτος, καὶ τὸ ἐπίνειον περιστερῶν πλῆρες. κράμβη, Ἄλβη πόλις Ἰταλίας, ἣ καὶ Ἄλβα λέγεται. ἔστι καὶ Ἄλβη πόλις Κρήτης. Βόλβη πόλις καὶ λίμνη. ἔστι καὶ Βόλβαι πόλις Καρίας. Δέρβη φρούριον Ἰσαυρίας καὶ λιμήν. Κύρβη πόλις Παμφυλίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Στράμβαι πόλις Θρᾴκης. Ὕσβη πόλις Λυδίας. τὸ δὲ φορβή ἐστι ῥηματικὸν προσηγορικὸν καὶ ἔχει τὸ 'ο'. τὰ γὰρ εἰς 'η' λήγοντα θηλ…