Κάττουζα - Stephanos Ethnika

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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 in Thrace, in which the Pygmies lived. The inhabitants are 'Kattouzoi'. From there the cranes set out, and the locality is called 'Rhakole'. By the Karians they were called 'Toussyloi'.

Text Details

Entry	#132
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 368.11
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count	25
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κάττουζα	Kattouza · place
Θρᾴκη	Thrace · place · corrected · Q41741
Πυγμαῖοι	Pygmies · people
Κάττουζος	inhabitants of Kattouza (Kattuzoi) · people
Ῥακώλη	Rhakōlē (Rhakole) · place
Κάροι	Carians · people
Τουσσύλοι	Tussyloi · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
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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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	οἰκήτωρ ὁ gloss:3810d98aa6c81247	inhabitant, resident, patron (of a brothel...? - κ123) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χωρίον τό gloss:619c2907ea980b25	locality; point (only in μέσα χωρία: ‘halfway point’) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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