Κεκροπία χώρα καὶ Κεκροπὶς φυλή

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Κεκροπία, χώρα καὶ Κεκροπίς φυλή, ἀπὸ Κέκροπος. λέγεται καὶ Κεκρόπιος καὶ Κεκροπία καὶ Κεκροπίτης τὸ ἐθνικὸν καὶ θηλυκὸν Κεκροπῖτις, καὶ τὸ ἐκ τόπου ἐπίρρημα Κεκροπίαθεν. ἔστι καὶ Κεκροπίς χώρα Θρᾴκης. ἔστι καὶ δῆμος Θεσσαλονίκης. οἱ δημόται Κεκρόπιοι.

Kekropia: a region, and 'Kekropis', a tribe, after Kekrops. The ethnonym is also said as 'Kekropios', 'Kekropia', and 'Kekropites', and the feminine as 'Kekropitis'; the local adverb is 'Kekropiathen'. There is also a Kekropis, a region in Thrace. There is also a deme of Thessalonike; the demesmen are 'Kekropioi'.

Text Details

Entry#150
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 371.19
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-20
Word count37
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚεκροπίαKekropia (Cecropia) · place
ΚεκροπίςKekropis (tribe) · people
ΚεκροπίςKekropis (place in Thrace) · place
ΚέκροποςCecrops · person
ΚεκρόπιοςKekropios (ethnic/adjective) · people
ΚεκροπίτηςKekropites (ethnic, masculine) · people
ΚεκροπίτιςKekropitis (ethnic, feminine) · people
Κεκροπίαθενfrom Kekropia (adverbial) · other
ΘρᾴκηThrace · place · corrected · Q41741
ΘεσσαλονίκηThessalonike / Thessalonica · place · corrected · Q17151
ΚεκρόπιοςKekropioi (inhabitants, plural) · people
Kekropia in generalplace · region/district · unspecified (mythic/Greek) · explicit · unresolved
Kekropis in Thraceplace · region/district · Thrace · explicit · unresolved
Kekropis deme of Thessalonikeplace · deme · Thessalonike · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonFrom (the eponym) Kekrops (Cecrops).
Morphological CompositionIt is also called Kekropios, Kekropia, and Kekropites as the ethnic (masculine) and the feminine ethnic Kekropitis — formation of ethnic adjectives from the place/name.
Morphological CompositionThe adverb formed from the place: 'Kekropiathen' (from Kekropia).
Morphological CompositionThe demesmen are called 'Kekropioi' — formation of the demotic from the place name.

Links

Place linksKekropia (Pauly-Wissowa)
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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 · 3 occurrences
FormulaX (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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 · 1 occurrence
Formulaκαί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN)
formula:0af867b3dd6df580
Translate as "Y is also 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaτὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM)
formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3
Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Glossδῆμος ὁ
gloss:e4ad995bede3b3b3
deme
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἔθνος τό
gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8
people
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossφυλή ἡ
gloss:d443eaa1b875776d
tribe
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossχώρα ἡ
gloss:54f628c16aa263ce
region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places)
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 3 scan rows · 6 occurrences
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.98
char LCS 34 (16.3%) · word LCS 6 (16.2%)
Stephanos
Κεκροπία, χώρα καὶ Κεκροπίς φυλή, ἀπὸ Κέκροπος. λέγεται καὶ Κεκρόπιος καὶ Κεκροπία καὶ Κεκροπίτης τὸ ἐθνικὸν καὶ θηλυκὸν Κεκροπῖτις, καὶ τὸ ἐκ τόπου ἐπίρρημα Κεκροπίαθεν. ἔστι καὶ Κεκροπίς χώρα Θρᾴκης. ἔστι καὶ δῆμος Θεσσαλονίκης. οἱ δημόται Κεκρόπιοι.
Herodian
…ται, Ἰαπίς χαράδρα Ἀττικὴ εἰς Μέγαρα ἀπάγουσα ὡς Καλλίμαχος Ἑκάλῃ. Πριαπίς χώρα. τὸ δὲ Σάραπις νῆσος ἐν Ἰνδικῷ κόλπῳ βαρύνεται. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'οπις' πολυσύλλαβα μὴ ἔννοιαν ἔχοντα συνθέσεως ὀξύνεται, Κεκροπίς φυλή. ἔστι καὶ χώρα Θρᾴκης· ἔστι καὶ δῆμος Θεσσαλονίκης. Δρυοπίς, Αἰθιοπίς. Εὐριπίδης ἐν Ἀρχελάῳ «Αἰθιοπίδος γῆς ἡνίκ´ ἂν τακῇ χιών». Μεροπίς. οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο ἡ Κῶς πόλις ἀπὸ γηγενοῦς Μέροπος. Ἰοπίς παρὰ Χάρακι. τὸ φύλοπις δὲ προπαροξύνεται. * Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ωπις' πολυσύλλαβα ὀξ…

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