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Entry #217
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 383.21 | Billerbeck: Κ217
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-21
Word count: 123
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Sources: Ἀρχίλοχος (Archilochus) fr. 271 West²
Entities: Κρήτη (Crete) [place], Κουρής (Kouris) [person], Ζεύς (Zeus) [deity], Ἰδαία (Idaia (Idaea)) [deity], Ἑσπερίδες (Hesperides) [deity], Κρητός (Kretos) [person], Θρᾴκη (Thrace) [place], Χιτώνη (Chitone) [person], Εὐφρόνη (Euphrone) [person], Κρῆται (Cretans) [people], Κρής (Kres) [person], Κρῆτις (Kretis) [person], Κρῆσσα (Kressa) [person], Ἀερία (Aeria) [place], Χθονία (Chthonia) [place], Ἰδαία (Idaea) [place]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: Some say (the name comes) from the Kourēs: 'Kourētēn' and 'Krētēn' by syncope.; Morphological Composition: Formation by syncope (loss of a vowel/consonant) producing the form Κρήτην/Κρήτην.; Eponym Person: Others (derive the name) from Cretos, the son of Zeus and the Idaean nymph.; Eponym Person: Others (derive it) from Crete, one of the Hesperides.; Eponym Person: Others (derive it) from some native-born man named Cretos.; Morphological Composition: (The form) Κρήτη is preferable to Κρῆς/Κρητός, as with Θράκη, Χιτώνη, and Εὐφρόνη (discussion of preferred morphological form).; Morphological Composition: Also Κρηταιεύς and Κρήσιος (are formed) from Κρῆς (derivation of adjectival forms from the base name).; Morphological Composition: From the genitive Κρητός comes the form Κρήτις, and by the change of τ into σ the form Κρησίς (explanation of morphological alternation).
Place: Crete | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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Κρήτη, ἡ μεγίστη νῆσος, ἣν Κρεήτην ἔφη Ἀρχίλοχος κατὰ πλεονασμόν. οἱ μέν φασιν ἀπὸ τοῦ Κουρής Κουρήτην καὶ Κρήτην κατὰ συγκοπήν, οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ Κρητὸς τοῦ Διὸς καὶ Ἰδαίας νύμφης παιδός, οἱ δ´ ἀπὸ Κρήτης μιᾶς τῶν Ἑσπερίδων, οἱ δὲ ἀπό τινος γηγενοῦς Κρητός. ἄμεινον δὲ παρὰ τὸ Κρής Κρητός Κρήτη, ὡς Θρᾴκη καὶ Χιτώνη καὶ εὐφρόνη. λέγεται καὶ ποιητικῶς Κρῆται. λέγεται καὶ Κρής Κρητός καὶ Κρῆσσα· καὶ Κρηταῖος καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως· καὶ Κρητεύς καὶ Κρητῆος καὶ Κρητήιος κτητικόν· καὶ θηλυκὸν Κρητηιάς. καὶ Κρηταιεύς καὶ Κρήσιος ἀπὸ τοῦ Κρής, καὶ Κρησιάς θηλυκὸν καὶ Κρησία καὶ Κρήσιον. καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς Κρητός γενικῆς Κρῆτις, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ « τ » εἰς « σ » Κρησίς. καὶ τὸ κτητικὸν Κρητικός. καλεῖται δὲ ἡ νῆσος καὶ Ἀερία καὶ Χθονία καὶ Ἰδαία.

Aeria, Chthonia, Crrete, Idaia, Kourēten, ...+9 more">Crete: the largest island, which Archilochus called *Kreētēn* by pleonasm. Some say it was called *Kourētē* from the Kourēs, and *Krētē* by syncope; others, from Krētos, son of Zeus and the nymph Idaia; others, from Krētē, one of the Hesperides; others, from some earthborn Krētos. Better, however, [to derive it] from *Krēs, Krētos* → *Krētē*, as [one has] *Thraikē* and *Chitōnē* and *euphronē*. Poetically it is also said *Krētai*. One also says *Krēs, Krētos* and *Krēssa*; also *Krētaios* in the feminine and the neuter as well; and *Krēteus* and *Krētēos* and the possessive adjective *Krētēios*, with feminine *Krētēias*. Also *Krētaiēus* and *Krēsios* from *Krēs*, and the feminine *Krēsiās* and *Krēsia* and neuter *Krēsion*. And from the genitive *Krētos* [comes] *Krētis*, and by changing t to s, *Krēsis*. And the possessive adjective *Krētikos*. The island is also called *Aeria* and *Chthonia* and *Idaia*.

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Stephanos

Κρήτη, ἡ μεγίστη νῆσος, ἣν Κρεήτην ἔφη Ἀρχίλοχος κατὰ πλεονασμόν. οἱ μέν φασιν ἀπὸ τοῦ Κουρής Κουρήτην καὶ Κρήτην κατὰ συγκοπήν, οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ Κρητὸς τοῦ Διὸς καὶ Ἰδαίας νύμφης παιδός, οἱ δ´ ἀπὸ Κρήτης μιᾶς τῶν Ἑσπερίδων, οἱ δὲ ἀπό τινος γηγενοῦς Κρητός. ἄμεινον δὲ παρὰ τὸ Κρής Κρητός Κρήτη, ὡς Θρᾴκη καὶ Χιτώνη καὶ εὐφρόνη. λέγεται καὶ ποιητικῶς Κρῆται. λέγεται καὶ Κρής Κρητός καὶ Κρῆσσα· καὶ Κρηταῖος καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως· καὶ Κρητεύς καὶ Κρητῆος καὶ Κρητήιος κτητικόν· καὶ θηλυκὸν Κρητηιάς. καὶ Κρηταιεύς καὶ Κρήσιος ἀπὸ τοῦ Κρής, καὶ Κρησιάς θηλυκὸν καὶ Κρησία κα…

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…ἴτε μιν Ἀργείων χρὴ καλέειν Ἀάτην καὶ ἀπάτη, ἐλάτη, Ἑκάτη, Κρήτη ἡ μεγίστη νῆσος, ἣν Κρεήτην ἔφη Ἀρχίλοχος κατὰ πλεονασμόν. οἱ μέν φασιν ἀπὸ τοῦ Κουρής Κουρήτην καὶ Κρήτην κατὰ συγκοπήν, οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ Κρητὸς τοῦ Διός. οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ Κρήτης μιᾶς τῶν Ἑσπερίδων, οἱ δὲ ἀπό τινος γηγενοῦς Κρητός. ἄμεινον δὲ παρὰ τὸ Κρής Κρητός Κρήτη ὡς Θρᾴκη καὶ Χιτώνη καὶ εὐφρόνη. λέγεται καὶ ποιητικῶς Κρῆται (Od. ξ 99, π 61). Ἀρήτη, ἀρητή δὲ τὸ ἐπίθετον. ἀήτη. Λήτη πόλις Μακεδονίας ἀπὸ τοῦ πλησίον ἱδρυμένου Λητοῦς ἱεροῦ. Διαβήτη νῆσος δυσμικωτέρα Σαρδοῦς καὶ Κύρνου. εἰσὶ καὶ Διαβῆται νῆσοι περὶ Σύμην. Ὑπάτη πόλις Αἰνιάνων. …