Κατακεκαυμένη - Stephanos Ethnika

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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.

Katakekaumene: a region in Ephesian territory. Strabo, book 13. The ethnonym is 'Katakekaumenites': 'entirely devoid of trees except for the vine that bears the Katakekaumenite wine. Some conjecture that it came about from lightning-strikes and whirlwinds'. It is also an island in the Red Sea.

Text Details

Entry	#125
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 367.6 · Billerbeck Κ125
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count	33

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	13,4,11 [C 628,14]; Str. 13,4,11 [C 628,16]

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κατακεκαυμένη	Katakekaumenē (the 'Burned Land') · place
Ἔφεσος	Ephesus · place
Κατακεκαυμενίτης	Katakekaumenites (inhabitant of Katakekaumene) · people
Ἐρυθρά θάλασσα	Red Sea · place
Κατακεκαυμένη	place · explicit · wikidata: Q28135909 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
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).

Links

Place links	Katakekaumene \| 📍 Map
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0335.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 3 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χώρα ἡ gloss:54f628c16aa263ce	region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 4 scan rows · 4 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.