Καφηρεύς - Stephanos Ethnika

Καφηρεύς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Καφηρεύς, ἐπίνειον Εὐβοίας, ὅς τις Καθηρεύς ἐκαλεῖτο, ὅτι τοὺς πλέοντας ἐκεῖ καθῄρουν οἱ Εὐβοεῖς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοφώνως. καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Καφηρίς, καὶ κτητικὸν Καφήριος.

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Text Details

Entry	#141
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 370.12 · Billerbeck Κ141
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count	23

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Καφηρεύς	Kaphereus (harbour/cape) · place · corrected · Q1982478
Εὔβοια	Euboea · place · corrected · Q173096
Καθηρεὺς	Kathereus (variant of Καφηρεύς) · place
Εὐβοεῖς	Euboeans · people
Καφηρίς	Kapheris (feminine ethnicon/demonym) · people
Καφήριος	Kaphērios (possessive/demonym) · people
Καφηρεύς	place · place · explicit · wikidata: Q1982478 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Folk Etymology Narrative	“which was called Kathereus, because the Euboeans there used to kathēroun the voyagers (i.e. they used to [perform an action on/for] those sailing there).”

Links

Place links	Cape Kafireas \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0363.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐπίνειον τό gloss:46afdab8fb7d9415	harbour Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.241

char LCS 73 (54.1%) · word LCS 8 (33.3%)

Stephanos

Καφηρεύς, ἐπίνειον Εὐβοίας, ὅς τις Καθηρεύς ἐκαλεῖτο, ὅτι τοὺς πλέοντας ἐκεῖ καθῄρουν οἱ Εὐβοεῖς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοφώνως. καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Καφηρίς, καὶ κτητικὸν Καφήριος.

Herodian

…τιακῶν πρώτῃ. Ἐταιεῖς διὰ διφθόγγου ὡς Διπαιεῖς. ἔστι δὲ πόλις Λακωνική. Ἰμφεῖς ἔθνος προσεχὲς τοῖς Περραιβοῖς. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ »Ἰμφέες, Περραιβοί«. Ἰουλεῖς οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι ἀπὸ βασιλέως, ἀφ´ οὗ καὶ ὁ μήν, ἢ ἀπὸ Ἰουλίδος. Καφαρεύς ἐπίνειον Εὐβοίας, ὅστις Καθηρεύς ἐκαλεῖτο, ὅτι τοὺς πλέοντας ἐκεῖ καθῄρουν οἱ Εὐβοιεῖς. Λητωεύς δῆμος ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ, ὡς Τρύφων ἐν τῷ περὶ παρωνύμων, ὅτι παρὰ τὸ Λητῷος κτητικὸν σχηματίζεται. Μαλιεύς πόλις ἐπώνυμος τῶν Μαλιέων ἀπὸ Μάλου τοῦ Ἀμφικτύονος υἱοῦ ἢ Ἀμύρου τοῦ Βοιωτοῦ. Μωριεῖς ἔθνος Ἰνδικὸν …