Κόραξ - Stephanos Ethnika

Κόραξ OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

mountain

Entry #157
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: - | Billerbeck: Κ157
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-20
Word count: 14
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Πολύβιος (Polybius) κ (20,11,11)
Entities: Κόραξ (Korax) [place], Καλλιπόλις (Callipolis) [place], Ναύπακτος (Naupactus (Naupaktos)) [place], Κοράκιος (Korakios (demonym)) [people], Ἄτραξ (Atrax) [place], Ἀτράκιος (Atrakios (demonym)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: The ethnic/demonym is 'Korakios', just as 'Atrax' has 'Atrakios'.
Place: Korakas | 📍 Map
Source: e9783110219630_i0503.jpg
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Κόραξ, ὄρος μεταξὺ Καλλιπόλεως καὶ Ναυπάκτου. Πολύβιος εἰκοστῷ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κοράκιος, ὡς Ἄτραξ Ἀτράκιος.

Korax: a mountain between Kallipolis and Naupaktos. Polybios, book 20. The ethnic (gentilic) is Korakios, as (from) Atrax, Atrakios.

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Herodian 1.42

char LCS 53 (62.4%) · word LCS 8 (57.1%)

Stephanos

Κόραξ, ὄρος μεταξὺ Καλλιπόλεως καὶ Ναυπάκτου. Πολύβιος εἰκοστῷ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κοράκιος, ὡς Ἄτραξ Ἀτράκιος.

Herodian

… 'ας' ΛΗΓΟΝΤΩΝ ΟΝΟΜΑΤΩΝ. ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ βʹ.}1 Πᾶν ὄνομα εἰς 'αξ' λῆγον ὑπὲρ μίαν συλλαβὴν βαρύνεται, εἰ μὴ παρὰ ῥῆμα εἴη συντεθειμένον, καὶ μίαν συλλαβὴν φυλάττοι τοῦ ῥήματος καὶ ἐπιθετικὸν ὑπάρχοι, μὴ ἐθνικόν, κόραξ, ἔστι καὶ Κόραξ ὄρος μεταξὺ Καλλιπόλεως καὶ Ναυπάκτου. Πολύβιος εἰκοστῷ· κόλαξ, φύλαξ, ἄναξ, βόαξ, νέαξ, φέναξ, κόρδαξ, ἅρπαξ, κέκραξ, λάλαξ, λάταξ, χάραξ, ἔστι καὶ Χάραξ Ἀλεξάνδρου τόπος περὶ Κελαινὰς τῆς Φρυγίας, ἔνθα Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ τοῦ Φιλίππου ἐστρατοπεδεύσατο. ἔστι καὶ Καρίας ἄλλη πόλις …