Κασταναία

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Κασταναία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #119
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 366.11 | Billerbeck: Κ119
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count: 25
Sources: Εὔδοξος (Eudoxus) fr. 356 Lasserre, Λυκοφρῶν (Lycophron) Lyc. 907, Lasserre (Lasserre (editor)) fr. 356 Lasserre
Entities: Κασταναία (Kastanaia (Castanaea)) [place], Κασταναῖος (Kastanaean (demonym)) [people], Καστανία (Kastania) [place], Τάρας (Taras (Tarentum/Taranto)) [place], Καστανιάτης (Kastaniates (demonym)) [people]
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Κασταναία, [πόλις Θετταλίας.] Εὔδοξος δὲ διὰ τοῦ « θ » φησί. [Λυκόφρων] “καὶ Κασταναίαν ἀκτέριστον ἐν πέτραις”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κασταναῖος. ἔστι καὶ Καστανία διὰ τοῦ « ι » πόλις πλησίον Τάραντος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καστανιάτης.
Kastanaia, [a city of Thessaly]. Eudoxus, however, says it is to be written with theta. [Lycophron:] “and Kastanaia, unburied among the rocks.” The ethnic (gentilic) is Kastanaios. There is also Kastania, written with iota, a city near Tarentum; the ethnic is Kastaniatēs.

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