Κοσύτη

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Κοσύτη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Κοσύτη, πόλις Ὀμβρική. Κτησίας τρίτῃ περιηγήσεως. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κοσυταῖος ὡς Μοτυαῖος τῆς Μοτύης [Σικελίας πόλις].

Kosyte: a city of Umbria. Ktesias, book 3 of his Periegesis. The ethnonym is 'Kosytaios'.

Text Details

Entry#187
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 378.19 · Billerbeck Κ187
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-20
Word count15
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Κτησίας (Ktesias)Περιήγησις · FGrHist 688 F 59
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚοσύτηKosyte (city) · place
ὈμβρικήOmbrikē (place) · place
Κοσυταῖοςethnicon: inhabitant of Kosyte (Kosutaean) · people
Μοτυαῖοςethnicon: inhabitant of Motya (Motyaean) · people
ΜοτύηMotya (city in Sicily) · place
ΣικελίαSicily · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionThe ethnicon (demonym) 'Kosytaîos' (Κοσυταῖος), like 'Motyaios' (Μοτυαῖος) of Motyē (Μοτύη, a city of Sicily).

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