Καρύα

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Entry #101
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 362.5 | Billerbeck: Κ101
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count: 26
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Θεόπομπος (Theopompus) FGrHist 115 F 238
Entities: Καρύα (Karyai (Caryae)) [place], Λακωνική (Laconia) [place], Καρυάτης (Karyates (inhabitant of Karyai)) [people], Καρυᾶτις (Karyatis (female inhabitant of Karyai)) [people], Καρυαῖος (Karyaîos (Karyaean)) [people], Καρυεύς (Karyeus (Karyaean)) [people]
Etymologies: 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.
Place: Karyai | 📍 Map
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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.

Karyai: a village of Laconia. Theopompos, book 55. The inhabitant is (called) Karyatēs; the feminine (form) Karyatis; also Karyaïos and Karyeus. And “Karyatis bee” (means) in place of “Laconian (bee)”; for Karyai is a place there.

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