Κατακεκαυμένη

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Κατακεκαυμένη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Entry #125
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 367.6 | Billerbeck: Κ125
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count: 33
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Στράβων (Strabo) 13,4,11 [C 628,14]; Str. 13,4,11 [C 628,16]
Entities: Κατακεκαυμένη (Katakekaumenē (the 'Burned Land')) [place], Ἔφεσος (Ephesus) [place], Κατακεκαυμενίτης (Katakekaumenites (inhabitant of Katakekaumene)) [people], Ἐρυθρά θάλασσα (Red Sea) [place]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: The name 'Κατακεκαυμένη' (literally 'burnt' — perfect participle from κατακαίω 'to burn'), i.e. formed from Greek elements meaning 'burnt/destroyed by fire'.; Folk Etymology Narrative: "Some conjecture that it was caused by lightning-strikes and (other) burnings/attacks." — a folk explanation that the name derives from incidents of burning (e.g. by lightning).
Place: Katakekaumene | 📍 Map
Source: e9783110219630_i0335.jpg
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Κατακεκαυμένη, χώρα τῆς Ἐφεσίας. Στράβων τρισκαιδεκάτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κατακεκαυμενίτης “ἄδενδρος ἅπασα πλὴν τῆς ἀμπέλου τῆς τὸν Κατακεκαυμενίτην φερούσης οἶνον. εἰκάζουσι δέ τινες ἐκ κεραυνοβολιῶν καὶ πρηστήρων συμβῆναι”. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος ἐν τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ.
Katakekaumenē: a district of the Ephesian territory. Strabo, book 13. The ethnic (gentilic) is Katakekaumenitēs: “entirely treeless, except for the vine that produces the wine called Katakekaumenitēs. Some conjecture that this came about as a result of lightning-strikes and fiery blasts”. There is also an island in the Erythraean Sea.

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