Καρδαμύλη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #75
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 357.15 | Billerbeck: Κ75
OCR: gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count: 34
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ὅμηρος (Homer) I 150 et 292 [Iliad], Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus) 8,73,2 [Histories]
Entities: Καρδαμύλη (Cardamyle) [place], Καρδαμύλη (Cardamyle) [place], Καρδαμυλίτης (Cardamylites (demonym)) [people], Σκαρδαμυλίτης (Skardamylites (local demonym)) [people], Καρδαμυλησσός (Kardamylessos (village)) [place], Ἐνόπη (Enopē) [place], Μεσσηνία (Messene / Messinia) [place], Χίος (Chios) [place], Σινωπίτης (Sinopites (person from Sinope)) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: The ethnonym (demonym) 'Kardamylites' is like 'Sinopites' (i.e. formed with the suffix -ίτης), indicating formation of the demonym; Unclear Metalinguistic: According to the locals it is said to be 'Skardamylites' (local variation with initial s-), i.e. a local form of the name
Place: Kardamyle | 📍 Map
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Καρδαμύλη, [πόλις Μεσσηνίας.] Ὅμηρος “Καρδαμύλην Ἐνόπην τε”. Ἡρόδοτος δὲ Λακ��νικὴν αὐτήν φησιν. ἔοικε δ´ ἑτέρα εἶναι πλησίον Χίου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καρδαμυλίτης ὡς Σινωπίτης. παρὰ δὲ τῶν ἐγχωρίων Σκαρδαμυλίτης λέγεται. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Καρδαμυλησσός κώμη.

Kardamylē: a city of Messenia. Homer (Iliad 9.150 and 9.292): “Kardamylē and Enopē.” Herodotus, however, says that it is Laconian. Yet it seems that there is another (Kardamylē) near Chios. The ethnic is Kardamylitēs, as (one says) Sinōpitēs. But among the local inhabitants it is called Skardamylitēs. There is also a village Kardamylēssos.

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char LCS 47 (23.9%) · word LCS 8 (22.9%)

Stephanos

Καρδαμύλη, [πόλις Μεσσηνίας.] Ὅμηρος “Καρδαμύλην Ἐνόπην τε”. Ἡρόδοτος δὲ Λακ��νικὴν αὐτήν φησιν. ἔοικε δ´ ἑτέρα εἶναι πλησίον Χίου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καρδαμυλίτης ὡς Σινωπίτης. παρὰ δὲ τῶν ἐγχωρίων Σκαρδαμυλίτης λέγεται. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Καρδαμυλησσός κώμη.

Herodian

…ὰ τοῦ 'υλη' ὑπερδισύλλαβα βαρύνονται· κορδύλη, κοτύλη, γογγύλη, κρωβύλη, ἀρβύλη, ἡδύλη, Κροκύλη, Βραχύλη πόλις Κερήτων. Βαβύλη πόλις ἐν Ὀδρύσαις. Καβύλη πόλις Θρᾴκης οὐ πόρρω τῆς τῶν Ἀστῶν χώρας. Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῃ. Καρδαμύλη πόλις Μεσσηνίας. Ὅμηρος »Καρδαμύλην Ἐνόπην τε« (Il. Ι 150). Ἡρόδοτος ( 8, 73) δὲ Λακωνικὴν αὐτήν φησιν. ἔοικε δ´ ἑτέρα εἶναι πλησίον Χίου. Μοτύλαι Σικελίας φρούριον. παρὰ τὴν Μοτύην. Φίλιστος Σικελικῶν πέμπτῳ. Τριφύλη ἡ Κλυτίου μήτηρ. Παμφύλη θυγάτηρ Ῥακίου καὶ Μαν…