Κασσίτερα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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island
Κασσίτερα, νῆσος ἐν τῷ ὠκεανῷ, τῇ Ἰνδικῇ προσεχής, ὡς Διονύσιος ἐν Βασσαρικοῖς. ἐξ ἧς ὁ κασσίτερος.

Kassitera: an island in the Ocean, near India, as Dionysios in his Bassarika. From which tin.

Text Details

Entry#114
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 365.19 · Billerbeck Κ114
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count25
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Διονύσιος (Dionysius)Βασσαρικοῖς · fr. 10 Livrea = p. 61 Heitsch
Βασσαρικοῖς ((work title) Bassarikois (Βασσαρικοῖς))fr. 10 Livrea = p. 61 Heitsch
Livrea (Livrea (editor))fr. 10 Livrea = p. 61 Heitsch
Heitsch (Heitsch (editor))fr. 10 Livrea = p. 61 Heitsch
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚασσίτεραKassitera (Cassitera) — island · place
ὨκεανόςOcean (Oceanus) · place
Ἰνδικήthe Indian (Sea/region) / India · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear MetalinguisticBut against these the Kassoploi themselves say the same, perhaps wrongly.

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Herodian overlaps

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC