Κασπία θάλασσα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #110
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 365.3 | Billerbeck: Κ110
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count: 55
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Favorinus (Favorinus) fr. 95a Amato = fr. 82 Barigazzi, Amato (Amato (editor)), Barigazzi (Barigazzi (editor))
Entities: Κασπία (Caspian (Sea)) [place], Κάσπιος (Caspian(s) (people)) [people], Κάσπιον ὄρος (Caspian Mountain) [place], Κασπία γῆ (Caspian land) [place], Ὑρκανία (Hyrcania) [place], Ὠκεανός (Ocean (Oceanus)) [place], Ἀσία (Asia) [place], Ἕλλην (Greeks) [people], Ἀτλαντικὸν πέλαγος (Atlantic Sea (Atlantic Ocean)) [place], Κασπιανός (Caspian (ethnic/adjectival)) [people], Καρδιανός (Kardianos (analogy)) [other]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: The Caspian Sea; those from it are the Caspians, and Mount Caspion, Caspian men, Caspian land and Caspian — i.e. these names are derived from the sea.; Place Transfer: It is also called Hyrcanian Caspia (i.e. Caspia associated with Hyrcania).; Morphological Composition: 'Caspian' is formed from 'Kaspias' in the same way as 'Kardianos' (i.e. the adjective is derived from the place-name).
Place: Caspian Sea | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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Κασπία θάλασσα, οἱ ἐξ αὐτῆς Κάσπιοι καὶ Κάσπιον ὄρος καὶ Κάσπιοι ἄνδρες καὶ Κασπία γῆ καὶ Κάσπιον. λέγεται καὶ Ὑρκανία ἡ Κασπία. τινὲς δὲ ταύτας διακρίνουσι. “φασὶ δὲ τὴν ἔξω θάλατταν οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν βαρβάρων ὠκεανόν, οἱ δὲ τὴν Ἀσίαν οἰκοῦντες μεγάλην θάλατταν, οἱ δ´ Ἕλληνες Ἀτλαντικὸν πέλαγος ....” γίνεται δὲ Κασπιανός ἐκ τοῦ Κασπία ὡς Καρδιανός.

Caspian Sea: those from it are the Caspians (Κάσπιοι); and there is also Mount Caspion (Κάσπιον ὄρος), and Caspian men (Κάσπιοι ἄνδρες), and the Caspian land (Κασπία γῆ), and (the place called) Caspion (Κάσπιον). The Caspian is also called Hyrcania (Ὑρκανία); but some distinguish these from one another. “Most of the barbarians call the outer sea Ocean, those who inhabit Asia (call it) the Great Sea, and the Greeks (call it) the Atlantic sea <***>”. And the adjective Caspianus (Κασπιανός) is formed from Caspia (Κασπία), as Cardianus (Καρδιανός) (is formed from Cardia).

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char LCS 59 (21.3%) · word LCS 11 (19.6%)

Stephanos

Κασπία θάλασσα, οἱ ἐξ αὐτῆς Κάσπιοι καὶ Κάσπιον ὄρος καὶ Κάσπιοι ἄνδρες καὶ Κασπία γῆ καὶ Κάσπιον. λέγεται καὶ Ὑρκανία ἡ Κασπία. τινὲς δὲ ταύτας διακρίνουσι. “φασὶ δὲ τὴν ἔξω θάλατταν οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν βαρβάρων ὠκεανόν, οἱ δὲ τὴν Ἀσίαν οἰκοῦντες μεγάλην θάλατταν, οἱ δ´ Ἕλληνες Ἀτλαντικὸν πέλαγος ....” γίνεται δὲ Κασπιανός ἐκ τοῦ Κασπία ὡς Καρδιανός.

Herodian

…δίας. Ὅμηρος «Ἰαρδάνου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα» (Il. Η 135), ἃ προπαροξύνονται. «τὸ δὲ 'ε' πρὸ τοῦ 'α'» διὰ τὸ ὠκεανός ὁ ποταμὸς ὁ περιέχων τὴν γῆν. Φαβωρῖνος ἐν ταῖς παντοδαπαῖς ἱστορίαις «προσαγορεύουσι δὲ τὴν ἔξω θάλατταν ἐκεῖ μὲν οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν βαρβάρων Ὠκεανόν, οἱ δὲ τὴν Ἀσίαν οἰκοῦντες μεγάλην θάλασσαν, οἱ δὲ Ἕλληνες Ἀτλαντικὸν πέλαγος». ἐκλήθη δὲ οὕτως παρὰ τὸ ὠκέως νάειν, ὅ ἐστι ῥεῖν. καὶ «τὸ 'υ' πρὸ τοῦ 'α'» διὰ τὸ πυανός καὶ κυανός. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ανος' τριγενῆ ὀξύνεται, στεγανός ὁ πυκνός, πιθανός ὁ πρᾷος, ἱκανός…