Καυλωνία - Stephanos Ethnika

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city

Καυλωνία, πόλις Ἰταλίας, ἣν Αὐλωνίαν Ἑκαταῖος καλεῖ, διὰ τὸ μέσην αὐλῶνος εἶναι. ἀπὸ γὰρ τῆς Αὐλῶνος ὕστερον μετωνομάσθη Καυλωνία, ὡς ἀπὸ Μετάβου ἥρωος τὸ Μεταπόντιον καὶ Ἐπίδαυρος Ἐπίταυρος καὶ αἱ Κλαζομεναί Πλαζομεναί. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Σικελίας. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Λοκρῶν. ὁ πολίτης Καυλωνιάτης ὡς Ἀπολλωνιάτης, καὶ θηλυκὸν Καυλωνιᾶτις, καὶ Καυλώνιος.

Kaulonia: a city in Italy, which Hekataios calls Aulonia, because it is in the middle of an aulon. For Kaulonia was later renamed from the form 'Aulon', just as 'Metapontion' is from the hero Metabos, and 'Epidauros' as 'Epitaurus', and 'Klazomenai' as 'Plazomenai'. There is also another city in Sicily. There is also another in the territory of the Lokrians. A citizen is a 'Kauloniates', as in 'Apolloniates', and the feminine is 'Kauloniatis', and also 'Kaulonios'.

Text Details

Entry	#138
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 369.15
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count	50
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	FGrHist 1 F 84

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Καυλωνία	Caulonia · place · corrected · Q4291630
Ἰταλία	Italy · place
Αὐλωνία	Aulonia · place
Μέταβος	Metabus · person
Μεταπόντιον	Metapontion (Metapontum) · place · corrected · Q1058770
Ἐπίδαυρος	Epidaurus · place · corrected · Q233576
Ἐπίδαυρος	Epitaurus (variant of Epidaurus) · place · corrected · Q233576
Κλαζομεναί	Clazomenae · place · corrected · Q536598
Κλαζομεναί	Plazomenai (variant of Clazomenae) · place · corrected · Q536598
Σικελία	Sicily · place · corrected · Q4951156
Λοκροί	Locrians · people · corrected · Q3354839
Καυλωνιάτης	Cauloniate (male citizen of Caulonia) · other
Ἀπολλωνιάτης	Apolloniate (citizen of Apollonia) · other
Καυλωνιᾶτις	Cauloniatis (female citizen of Caulonia) · other
Καυλώνιος	Caulonios (demonym) · other
Kaulonia (Italy)	place · city · Italy · explicit · wikidata: Q1292498 · candidate
Kaulonia in Sicily	place · city · Sicily · implicit · wikidata: Q1292498 · candidate
Kaulonia of the Locrians	place · city · Locrians / Lokris · implicit · wikidata: Q1292498 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	Hecataeus calls it Aulōnia, because it is in the middle of a 'aulōn' (valley/valley-like hollow).
Morphological Composition	For later it was renamed Kaulōnia from the 'aulōn' (i.e. named from the valley).
Eponym Person	As (an example), Metapontion is from the hero Metabōn (i.e. named after the hero Metabōn).

Links

Place links	Caulonia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0355.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 3 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 · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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