Κόσσυρος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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island
Entry #186
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 378.15 | Billerbeck: Κ186
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-20
Word count: 27
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Κόσσυρος (Kossyros (island; also city)) [place], Σελινοῦς (Selinus (river)) [place], Σικελία (Sicily) [place], Λιβύη (Libya) [place], Κόσσυρα (Kossyra (island)) [place], Κοσσύριος (Kossyrian (demonym)) [people], Κοσσυριακός (Kossyrian (possessive/demonym)) [people], Κοσσυρῖνος (Kossyrinos (demonym)) [people], Κοσσυραῖος (Kossyraios (demonym)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: “Kossyros: an island by the river Selinus of Sicily, and a city of the same name. And also an island Kossyra of Libya. The ethnicon of the first is Kossyrios, and the possessive/adjectival forms Kossyriakos or Kossyrinos, and of the second Kossyraios.”
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Κόσσυρος, νῆσος κατὰ Σελινοῦντα Σικελίας ποταμόν, καὶ πόλις ὁμώνυμος. καὶ Λιβύης νῆσος Κόσσυρα· τὸ ἐθνικὸν τῆς πρώτης Κοσσύριος, καὶ κτητικὸν Κοσσυριακός ἢ Κοσσυρῖνος, τῆς δὲ δευτέρας Κοσσυραῖος.
Kossyros: an island opposite the river Selinous in Sicily, and a homonymous city. Also, in Libya, the island Kossyra. The ethnic name from the former is Kossyrios, and the possessive adjective Kossyriakos or Kossyrinos; from the latter, Kossyraios.

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.200
char LCS 59 (36.4%) · word LCS 9 (33.3%)
Stephanos
Κόσσυρος, νῆσος κατὰ Σελινοῦντα Σικελίας ποταμόν, καὶ πόλις ὁμώνυμος. καὶ Λιβύης νῆσος Κόσσυρα· τὸ ἐθνικὸν τῆς πρώτης Κοσσύριος, καὶ κτητικὸν Κοσσυριακός ἢ Κοσσυρῖνος, τῆς δὲ δευτέρας Κοσσυραῖος.
Herodian
Σκυθῶν δὲ ἀκτή. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Κόσσυρος νῆσος κατὰ Σελινοῦντα Σικελίας ποταμὸν καὶ πόλις ὁμώνυμος. Κίνυρος Κουρέως πατήρ. Λάμυρος ποταμὸς Λυκίας. Λίγυρος ποταμὸς Ἰβηρίας. Λίμυρος ποταμὸς Λυκίας. Λευκόσυρος ποταμὸς Κιλικίας ὁ ὕστερον Πύραμος. λέγονται καὶ Σύροι ἔθνος Λευκόσυροι. Στράβων ἑκκαιδεκάτῃ «δοκεῖ δὲ ἀπὸ Βαβυλων…

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