Καπύα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #70
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 357.4 | Billerbeck: Κ70
OCR: gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count: 14
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 62 [Εὐρώπῃ]
Entities: Καπύα (Capua) [place], Ἰταλία (Italy) [place], Εὐρώπη (Europe) [place], Κάπυος (Capys) [person], Τρῶες (the Trojans) [people], Καπυανός (Capuan (demonym)) [other], Ἀσιανός (Asian (demonym)) [other]
Etymologies: 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).
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Καπύα, πόλις Ἰταλίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Κάπυος τοῦ Τρωικοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καπυανός ὡς Ἀσιανός.

Kapya: a city of Italy. Hekataios in his *Europe*. [So called] from Kapys the Trojan. The ethnic (gentilic) is *Kapyānos*, as [one says] *Asiānos*.

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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…