Κάρπαθος - Stephanos Ethnika

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island

Entry #96
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 361.8 | Billerbeck: Κ96
OCR: gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count: 27
Sources: Ὅμηρος (Homer) Β 676–677, Διονύσιος (Dionysius) 500–501
Entities: Κάρπαθος (Karpathos) [place], Κῶς (Kos) [place], Κρήτη (Crete) [place], Καρπάθιος (Karpathios) [person], Καρπαθία (Karpathia) [person], Καρπάθιον (Karpathion) [person]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: (i.e.) the inhabitant Karpathios — and Karpathia, and Karpathion (i.e. the place is named from the eponymous inhabitant Karpathios).
Place: Karpathos | 📍 Map
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Κάρπαθος, νῆσος πλησίον τῆς Κῶ. Ὅμηρος [“Κράπαθόν τε Κάσον τε καὶ Κῶν”. Διονύσιος δὲ Κρήτης,] “Κάρπαθος αὖτ´ ἐπὶ τῇσι ποτὶ ζόφον, [ἐγγύθι δ´ αὐτῆς Κρήτη τιμήεσσα”.] ὁ οἰκήτωρ Καρπάθιος καὶ Καρπαθία, καὶ Καρπάθιον.

Karpathos: an island near Kos. Homer ("and Krapathos and Kasos and Kos"). Dionysius of Crete [says], “And Karpathos beyond them toward the west; and near it is Crete, worthy of honor.” The inhabitant is called Karpathios (masc.) and Karpathia (fem.), also Karpathion.

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char LCS 28 (17.2%) · word LCS 6 (18.2%)

Stephanos

Κάρπαθος, νῆσος πλησίον τῆς Κῶ. Ὅμηρος [“Κράπαθόν τε Κάσον τε καὶ Κῶν”. Διονύσιος δὲ Κρήτης,] “Κάρπαθος αὖτ´ ἐπὶ τῇσι ποτὶ ζόφον, [ἐγγύθι δ´ αὐτῆς Κρήτη τιμήεσσα”.] ὁ οἰκήτωρ Καρπάθιος καὶ Καρπαθία, καὶ Καρπάθιον.

Herodian

…ι τὸ Πάρθος, πόλις Ἰλλυρίας, λέγεται καὶ ἀρσενικῶς, ὡς Πολύβιος, καὶ τὸ ὄνθος. Τὰ εἰς 'αθος' μονογενῆ τρισύλλαβα ἀπὸ βραχείας ἀρχόμενα προπαροξύνεται, ἄμαθος, ψάμαθος, κύαθος, κάλαθος, λάπαθος, Σκίαθος νῆσος Εὐβοίας, Κράπαθος νῆσος πλησίον τῆς Κῶ. Ὅμηρος (Β 676) «Κράπαθόν τε Κάσον τε καὶ Κῶν», Μάραθος πόλις Ἀραδίας, ψίαθος. τὸ μέντοι ἀγαθός τριγενές. τὸ δὲ ὁρμαθός καὶ γυργαθός ὀξύνεται ἀπὸ μακρᾶς ἀρχόμενα.