Κορομάνη

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Κορομάνη, πόλις πρὸς τὸν Περσικὸν κόλπον. Μαρκιανὸς ἐν περίπλῳ αὐτοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κορομανηνός διὰ τὸν τύπον τῶν Περσῶν· Παραιτακηνοί γὰρ τῆς Παραιτάκης.

Koromane: a city on the Persian Gulf. Markianos in his Periplous. The ethnonym is 'Koromanenos', in accordance with the pattern of the Persians: for the Paraitakenoi are of Paraitake.

Text Details

Entry#168
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 375.3 · Billerbeck Κ168
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-20
Word count22
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Μαρκιανός (Marcian (Marcianus))Περίπλῳ · 1,18 [GGM 1,528,12]
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚορομάνηKoromane (Coromane) · place
Περσικός κόλποςPersian Gulf · place
Κορομανηνόςdemonym Koromane(nos) (inhabitant of Koromane) · people
ΠέρσεςPersians · people
ΠαραιτακηνοίParaetakenoi (inhabitants of Paraetaka) · people
ΠαραιτάκηParaetaka (region) · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Folk Etymology NarrativeThe ethnicon 'Koromane(n)ós' (inhabitant of Korománē) [is so] because of the 'type' (appearance/form) of the Persians.
Place TransferFor they are 'Paraitakenoi' from Paraitake (i.e., named after Paraitake).

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