Καΰστριον

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Entry #140
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 370.8 | Billerbeck: Κ140
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count: 26
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Καύστριον (Kaustrion (plain)) [place], Ἔφεσος (Ephesus) [place], Καῦστρος (Kaustrus (river)) [place], Κατακεκαυμένη (Katakekaumenē ('Burnt Land')) [place], Καυστριανός (Kaustrianos (male ethnic)) [people], Καυστριανή (Kaustrianē (female ethnic)) [people], Καυστριοί (Kaustrians (ethnic plural)) [people]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: From the river Kaustrus (the plain is named after the river); Morphological Composition: Which (the river) was called so because it had the 'Katakekaumenē' (burnt) land nearby
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Καΰστριον πεδίον τῆς Ἐφεσίας, ἀπὸ Καΰστρου ποταμοῦ, ὃς διὰ τὸ ἔχειν τὴν Κατακεκαυμένην χώραν πλησίον ἐκλήθη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καϋστριανός καὶ Καϋστριανή τὸ θηλυκόν. λέγονται καὶ Καΰστριοι. ,
Caÿstrion: a plain (pedion) of the Ephesian territory, named from the river Caÿstros, which was so called because it has the Katakekaumenē (‘Burnt’) region nearby. The ethnic is Caÿstrianos, and the feminine Caÿstrianē. They are also called Caÿstrioi.

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.205
char LCS 28 (18.4%) · word LCS 5 (19.2%)
Stephanos
Καΰστριον πεδίον τῆς Ἐφεσίας, ἀπὸ Καΰστρου ποταμοῦ, ὃς διὰ τὸ ἔχειν τὴν Κατακεκαυμένην χώραν πλησίον ἐκλήθη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καϋστριανός καὶ Καϋστριανή τὸ θηλυκόν. λέγονται καὶ Καΰστριοι. ,
Herodian
…trabo 10, 484). Τάρανδρος χωρίον Φρυγίας. Βήριθρος πόλις Τρωϊκή. Ἄθυμβρος, οὗ κτίσμα Ἄθυμβρα πόλις Καρίας. Κέλαιθρος, ἀφ´ οὗ Κελαίθρα πόλις Βοιωτίας. Γάλαδρος Ἠμαθίου παῖς καὶ ὄρος. Κάϋστρος ποταμός, ὃς διὰ τὸ ἔχειν τὴν κεκαυμένην χώραν πλησίον ἐκλήθη. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Κάϋστρος υἱὸς Πενθεσιλείας τῆς Ἀμαζόνος, ὃς ἐν Ἀσκάλωνι ἔγημε τὴν Δερκετώ. καὶ ἐξ αὐτῆς ἔσχε τὴν Σεμίραμιν, ἥτις καὶ Βαβυλώνια τείχη κατεσκεύασεν. Τέγεστρος, ἀφ´ οὗ Τέγεστρα πόλις Ἰλλυρίας. τὸ δὲ Οἰνωτρός ἔ…

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