Κάπαι - Stephanos Ethnika

Κάπαι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #65
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 355.16 | Billerbeck: Κ65
OCR: gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count: 11
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἀνδρότιος (Androtion) FGrHist 324 F 13, Ἀτθίς (Atthis) FGrHist 324 F 13 [Ἀτθίς]
Entities: Κάπαι (Kapai (Kapae)) [place], Ἑλλησποντία (Hellespontia) [place], Καπαῖος (Kapaios (ethnic of Kapai)) [people], Ναπαῖος (Napaios (ethnic)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: The ethnicon (demonym) is “Καπαῖος”, formed like “Ναπαῖος”.
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Κάπαι, πόλις Ἑλλησποντία. Ἀνδροτίων γʹ Ἀτθίδος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καπαῖος ὡς Ναπαῖος.

Kápai: a city of the Hellespontine region. Androtion, in book 3 of the Atthis. The ethnic (gentilic) is Kapaîos, as (sc. one says) Napaîos.

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Herodian 1.338

char LCS 40 (63.5%) · word LCS 7 (63.6%)

Stephanos

Κάπαι, πόλις Ἑλλησποντία. Ἀνδροτίων γʹ Ἀτθίδος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καπαῖος ὡς Ναπαῖος.

Herodian

…ς »Κώπας Εὔτρησίν τε« (Β 502) ἀπὸ Κωπέως τοῦ Πλαταιέως τοῦ Ὀγχηστοῦ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. σήπη, λώπη, γύπη, κύπη εἶδος πλοίου· ἔστι καὶ Σικελίας φρούριον Κύπη. Φίλιστος Σικελικῶν ἐνάτῳ. Ῥύπαι πόλις Ἀχαϊκή. λέγεται καὶ Ῥυπαίη. Κάπαι πόλις Ἑλλησποντία. Ἀνδροτίων γʹ Ἀτθίδος. τὸ δὲ τυπή ὀξύνεται καὶ τὸ ῥοπή καὶ τροπή καὶ ὀπή καὶ κλοπή. καὶ ῥιπή. τὸ δὲ Ῥίπη Ἀρκαδικὴ πόλις βαρύνεται εἰς ἰδιότητα »Ῥίπην τε Στρατίην τε« (Β 606). Τὰ εἰς 'πη' δισύλλαβα ἔχοντα τὴν πρὸ τέλους εἰς σύμφωνον καταλήγουσαν …