Κάττουζα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Κάττουζα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #132
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 368.11 | Billerbeck: Κ132
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count: 25
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Κάττουζα (Kattouza) [place], Θρᾴκη (Thrace) [place], Πυγμαῖοι (Pygmies) [people], Κάττουζος (inhabitants of Kattouza (Kattuzoi)) [people], Ῥακώλη (Rhakōlē (Rhakole)) [place], Κάροι (Carians) [people], Τουσσύλοι (Tussyloi) [people]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: From the fact that they used to seize/capture the cranes, the place was called Rhakollēn.; Unclear Metalinguistic: But by the Karones they were called Tysusiolan (Τυσουσιόλαν).
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Κάττουζα, πόλις Θρᾴκης, ἐν ᾗ κατῴκουν οἱ Πυγμαῖοι. οἱ οἰκήτορες Κάττουζοι. ὅθεν δὲ τὰς γεράνους ὁρμᾶν, τὸ χωρίον Ῥακώλην προσαγορεύεσθαι. ὑπὸ δὲ Καρῶν Τουσσύλοι ἐκαλοῦντο.
Kattouza: a city of Thrace, in which the Pygmies dwelt. The inhabitants are called Kattouzoi. And from the fact that the cranes set out from there, the place is said to be called Rakōlē. But by the Carians they were called Tussyloi.

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