Κορκυρίς

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Κορκυρίς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #165
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 374.16 | Billerbeck: Κ165
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-20
Word count: 15
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Κορκυρίς (Korkyris (Corcyris)) [place], Αἴγυπτος (Egypt) [place], Ψένυρις (Psenyris (an Egyptian village)) [place], Κορκυρίτης (Korkyrite (inhabitant of Korkyris)) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: 'as ἁλμυρίς ἀργυρὶς' — literally 'salt-/sea-silver' (linking the name to Greek elements meaning 'salty' and 'silver'); Unclear Metalinguistic: 'the Psēnyris, an Egyptian village' — mentions the place-name Ψένυρις as an Egyptian village but gives no clear origin explanation; Morphological Composition: 'the citizen: Κορκυρίτης' — formation of the demonym from the place-name Κορκυρίς (place → citizen-name)
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Κορκυρίς, πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ὡς ἁλμυρίς ἀργυρίς. ἡ δὲ Ψένυρις Αἰγυπτία κώμη βαρύνεται. ὁ πολίτης Κορκυρίτης.
Korkyris: a city of Egypt, with the accent as in Halmyris, Argyris. But Psenyris, an Egyptian village, is accented on the penult. The citizen (ethnic) is Korkyritēs.

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