Καρύα - Stephanos Ethnika

Καρύα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Καρύα, χωρίον τῆς Λακωνικῆς. Θεόπομπος νεʹ. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Καρυάτης καὶ θηλυκὸν Καρυᾶτις καὶ Καρυαῖος καὶ Καρυεύς. καὶ Καρυᾶτις μέλισσα ἀντὶ τοῦ Λακωνική. Καρύα γὰρ αὐτόθι τόπος.

Karya: a locality in Lakonike. Theopompos, book 55. The inhabitant is 'Karyates', and the feminine 'Karyatis', and 'Karyaios' and 'Karyeus'. Also 'Karyatis bee' instead of 'Lakonian'; for Karya is a place there.

Text Details

Entry	#101
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 362.5
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count	26
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Θεόπομπος (Theopompus)	FGrHist 115 F 238

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Καρύα	Karyai (Caryae) · place · corrected · Q59148716
Λακωνική	Laconia · place · corrected · Q11931074
Καρυάτης	Karyates (inhabitant of Karyai) · people
Καρυᾶτις	Karyatis (female inhabitant of Karyai) · people
Καρυαῖος	Karyaîos (Karyaean) · people
Καρυεύς	Karyeus (Karyaean) · people
Καρύα	place · place · explicit · wikidata: Q59148716 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	the inhabitant/founder 'Karyates' (i.e. an eponymous person Karyates)
Morphological Composition	and the feminine/demonym forms 'Karyatis' and 'Karya(e)os' and 'Karyeus' — derivational forms from the place-name
Unclear Metalinguistic	For Karya is (a) place there.

Links

Place links	Karyai \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0287.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "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 (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	οἰκήτωρ ὁ gloss:3810d98aa6c81247	inhabitant, resident, patron (of a brothel...? - κ123) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χωρίον τό gloss:619c2907ea980b25	locality; point (only in μέσα χωρία: ‘halfway point’) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.