Κρῶμνα - Stephanos Ethnika

Κρῶμνα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Κρῶμνα, πόλις Παφλαγονίας, ἡ νῦν Ἄμαστρις ὡς εἴρηται. τινὲς δέ φασι χωρίον Ἀμάστριδος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κρωμνίτης καὶ Κρωμναῖος καὶ Κρωμναιεύς. ἔστι καὶ Πελοποννήσου πόλις ἀρσενικῶς καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ ἑνικῶς καὶ πληθυντικῶς. ἀπὸ Κρώμνου τοῦ Λυκάονος.

Kromna: a city in Paphlagonia, the present Amastris, as has been said. Some say it is a locality of Amastris. The ethnonym is 'Kromnites', also 'Kromnaios' and 'Kromnaieus'. There is also a city in the Peloponnese, used as masculine and feminine, and as singular and plural. It is named after Kromnos son of Lykaon.

Text Details

Entry	#237
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 388.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-21
Word count	35
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κρῶμνα	Kromna · place · corrected · Q5392510
Παφλαγονία	Paphlagonia · place · corrected · Q622032
Ἄμαστρις	Amastris · place · corrected · Q455458
Ἄμαστρις	Amastris · place · corrected · Q455458
Κρωμνίτης	Kromnite (inhabitant of Kromna) · people
Κρωμναῖος	Kromnaean (inhabitant of Kromna) · people
Κρωμναιεύς	Kromnaieus (inhabitant of Kromna) · people
Πελοπόννησος	Peloponnese · place
Κρῶμνος	Kromnos · person
Λυκάων	Lycaon · person · corrected · Q5016671
Kromna in Paphlagonia / Amastris	place · city · Paphlagonia · explicit · wikidata: Q17057722 · candidate
Kromna as district of Amastris	place · district · Amastris (Paphlagonia) · explicit · wikidata: Q125396200 · candidate
Kromna in the Peloponnese	place · city · Peloponnese · explicit · wikidata: Q125396200 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	from Kromnos, son (or descendant) of Lycaon
Eponym Person	now (called) Amastris. But some say (it is) a village of Amastris (i.e. named after Amastris)

Links

Place links	Cromna \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0746.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χωρίον τό gloss:619c2907ea980b25	locality; point (only in μέσα χωρία: ‘halfway point’) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.