Καπύα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Καπύα, πόλις Ἰταλίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Κάπυος τοῦ Τρωικοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καπυανός ὡς Ἀσιανός.

Kapua: a city in Italy. Hekataios in Europe. It is named after Kapys the Trojan. The ethnonym is 'Kapyanos', as in 'Asianos'.

Text Details

Entry	#70
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 357.4 · Billerbeck Κ70
OCR	gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count	14
AI translation	legacy_scholarly v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Εὐρώπῃ · FGrHist 1 F 62

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Καπύα	Capua · place · corrected · Q3136685
Ἰταλία	Italy · place
Εὐρώπη	Europe · place
Κάπυος	Capys · person
Τρῶες	the Trojans · people
Καπυανός	Capuan (demonym) · other
Ἀσιανός	Asian (demonym) · other
Καπύα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q3136685 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From Kapys the Trojan (i.e. the city was named after Kapys, a Trojan).
Morphological Composition	The ethnic (demonym) Καπυανός, formed like Ἀσιανός (i.e. by the suffix -ανός).

Links

Place links	ancient Capua \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0245.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (DAT. NUMBER) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	"X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	"X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · low confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (GEN. ETYMON) + Y (NOM. DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	"Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (NOM. DERIVED NOUN) + Y (NOM. ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	"'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (NOM. PROPER NOUN) + X (GEN. PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	"X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (NOM.) + ὡς + Y (NOM. HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	"'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (GEN. PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	"A X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (GEN. REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	"A X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (NOM. ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	"The ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	"as per X," Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (DEF. ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (NOM. DERIVED NOUN) formula:bcd70ae781e7b205	"as 'Y' is from the name X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (NOM. ETYMON) + Y (NOM. DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	"(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.303

char LCS 51 (67.1%) · word LCS 9 (64.3%)

Stephanos

Καπύα, πόλις Ἰταλίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Κάπυος τοῦ Τρωικοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καπυανός ὡς Ἀσιανός.

Herodian

… κληθεῖσα ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις Λυκίας. Κρύα πόλις Λυκίας. Ἀρτεμίδωρος. Ἁλικύαι πόλις Σικελίας. Θεόπομπος. μεταξὺ κειμένη Ἐντέλλης καὶ Λιλυβαίου. Καφύαι πόλις Ἀρκαδίας ἀπὸ Κάπυος τοῦ πατρὸς Ἀγχίσου ἢ ἀπὸ Κηφέως. Καπύα πόλις Ἰταλίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Κάπυος τοῦ Τρωϊκοῦ. Τραμπύα πόλις τῆς Ἠπείρου πλησίον Βουνείμων. Φλεγύα πόλις Βοιωτίας ἀπὸ Φλεγύου τοῦ Ἄρεως καὶ Χρυσῆς παιδός. Σιγγύα πόλις Παμφυλίας. Μαντύα πόλις Ῥωμαίων. γράφεται δὲ καὶ Μάντουα τῷ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἔθει. ἰγνύα, ὀρύα. Ἀρίσταρχο…