Κασσίτερα - Stephanos Ethnika

Κασσίτερα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Entry #114
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 365.19 | Billerbeck: Κ114
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count: 25
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Διονύσιος (Dionysius) fr. 10 Livrea = p. 61 Heitsch [Βασσαρικοῖς], 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
Entities: Κασσίτερα (Kassitera (Cassitera) — island) [place], Ὠκεανός (Ocean (Oceanus)) [place], Ἰνδική (the Indian (Sea/region) / India) [place]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: But against these the Kassoploi themselves say the same, perhaps wrongly.
Place: Kassitera, Rhodope | 📍 Map
Source: e9783110219630_i0314.jpg
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Κασσίτερα, νῆσος ἐν τῷ ὠκεανῷ, τῇ Ἰνδικῇ προσεχής, ὡς Διονύσιος ἐν Βασσαρικοῖς. ἐξ ἧς ὁ κασσίτερος.

Kassitera: an island in the Ocean, close to India, as Dionysios says in the Bassarika. From it comes cassiteros (tin).

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