Κάσος - Stephanos Ethnika

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island

Entry #107
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 364.3 | Billerbeck: Κ107
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count: 47
Entities: Κάσος (Kasos (island)) [place], Κυκλάδες (Cyclades) [place], Νίσυρος (Nisyros) [place], Κράπαθος (Karpathos) [place], Ἄχνη (Achnē) [place], Ἀστράβη (Astrabē) [place], Κάσος (Kasos (mythic eponym)) [person], Κλέοχος (Kleochos) [person], Συρία (Syria) [place], Κάσιος (Mount Kasios (Casius)) [place], Περσίς (Persis / Persia) [place], Κάσιος (Kasios (demonym)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: It is said to be named after Kasos, son of Cleochus (i.e. named for that eponymous person).; Place Transfer: Also the mountain in Syria called Kasios is (said to be) from the island (i.e. the name was transferred from the island to the mountain).; Unclear Metalinguistic: It was called Ache and Astrabe (alternative names are given, without a stated origin).; Unclear Metalinguistic: There is also another Persian village and the ethnicon (demonym) Kasios (mentions other place-names/demonyms without explaining origin).
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Κάσος, μία τῶν Κυκλάδων. “οἳ δ´ ἄρα Νίσυρόν τ´ εἶχον Κράπαθόν τε Κάσον τε”. ἐκαλεῖτο δ´ Ἄμφη καὶ Ἀστράβη· κέκληται δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ Κάσου τοῦ Κλεόχου πατρός. ἀπῴκισται δὲ τῆς νήσου καὶ τὸ ἐν Συρίᾳ ὄρος Κάσιον. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Περσίδος καὶ πόλις. καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κάσιος.

Kasos: one of the Cyclades. 'And those who held Nisyros and Karpathos and Kasos'. It used to be called Amphe and Astrabe; it is now named after Kasos, the father of Kleochos. Mount Kasios in Syria was also settled from this island. There is another Kasos in Persia which is a city, and the ethnonym is 'Kasios'.

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char LCS 50 (24.8%) · word LCS 13 (27.7%)

Stephanos

Κάσος, μία τῶν Κυκλάδων. “οἳ δ´ ἄρα Νίσυρόν τ´ εἶχον Κράπαθόν τε Κάσον τε”. ἐκαλεῖτο δ´ Ἄμφη καὶ Ἀστράβη· κέκληται δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ Κάσου τοῦ Κλεόχου πατρός. ἀπῴκισται δὲ τῆς νήσου καὶ τὸ ἐν Συρίᾳ ὄρος Κάσιον. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Περσίδος καὶ πόλις. καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κάσιος.

Herodian

… Καλαβρός ὁ οἰκήτωρ τῆς Καλαβρίας ὡς τῆς Κανταβρίας Κανταβρός. τὸ δὲ Ἴνσοβρος ἔθνος Ἰταλικὸν Πολύβιος ιϛʹ βαρύνεται. Τὰ εἰς 'σος' διβράχεα βαρύνεται, Θάσος νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Θρᾴκῃ ἀπὸ Θάσου. Κάσος Κλεόχου υἱὸς καὶ ἀπ´ αὐτοῦ μία τῶν Κυκλάδων «οἱ δ´ ἄρα Νίσυρόν τ´ εἶχον Κράπαθόν τε Κάσον τε» (Β 676). ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Περσίδος πόλις. Ἄσος πολίχνιον Κρήτης. νόσος, δρόσος, πίσος τὸ ὄσπριον, μέσος, ἴσος, πόσος, ὅσος, τόσος.