Κεκροπία χώρα καὶ Κεκροπὶς φυλή

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Entry #150
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 371.19 | Billerbeck: Κ150
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-20
Word count: 37
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Entities: Κεκροπία (Kekropia (Cecropia)) [place], Κεκροπίς (Kekropis (tribe)) [people], Κεκροπίς (Kekropis (place in Thrace)) [place], Κέκροπος (Cecrops) [person], Κεκρόπιος (Kekropios (ethnic/adjective)) [people], Κεκροπίτης (Kekropites (ethnic, masculine)) [people], Κεκροπίτις (Kekropitis (ethnic, feminine)) [people], Κεκροπίαθεν (from Kekropia (adverbial)) [other], Θρᾴκη (Thrace) [place], Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessalonike / Thessalonica) [place], Κεκρόπιος (Kekropioi (inhabitants, plural)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: From (the eponym) Kekrops (Cecrops).; Morphological Composition: It 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 Composition: The adverb formed from the place: 'Kekropiathen' (from Kekropia).; Morphological Composition: The demesmen are called 'Kekropioi' — formation of the demotic from the place name.
Place: Kekropia (Pauly-Wissowa)
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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 phylē (tribe): from Kekrops. One also says Kekropios and Kekropia; and the ethnic is Kekropitēs, with feminine Kekropitis, and the local adverb (formed from the place-name) Kekropiathen. There is also a Kekropis, a region of Thrace. There is also a dēmos of Thessalonikē; the demotai are called Kekropioi.

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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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