Κρῶς - Stephanos Ethnika

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city

Entry #239
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 388.12 | Billerbeck: Κ239
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-21
Word count: 17
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 315 [Περιηγήσει Ἀσίας]
Entities: Κρῶς (Kros) [place], Κρῶς (Krois (variant of Kros)) [place], Αἴγυπτος (Egypt) [place], Ἀσία (Asia) [place], Ἄραβες (Arabs) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: Kros: a city of Egypt. Hecataeus in his Periegesis of Asia (FGrHist 1 F 315).; Morphological Composition: The inhabitant (demonym) Kroites, and the nomos (district) Kroites.; Unclear Metalinguistic: There is also Kros, a city of the Arabs.
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Κρῶς, πόλις Αἰγύπτου. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Ἀσίας. ὁ πολίτης Κρωίτης, καὶ νομὸς Κρωίτης. ἔστι καὶ Κρῶις Ἀράβων πόλις.

Krōs: a city of Egypt. Hekataios, in the *Periēgēsis of Asia*. The citizen is called Krōitēs, and there is also a Krōitēs nome. There is also Krōis, a city of the Arabs.

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