Κύβος

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Κύβος, [ἢ Κυβώ], πόλις Ἰώνων ἐν Λιβύῃ Φοινίκων. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει αὐτῆς “καὶ λιμήν που ἄκρη καὶ Κυβώ”. ὁ πολίτης Κυβοίτης, ὡς Σαβοίτης τῆς Σαβοῦς, ἢ Κυβίτης, ὡς τῆς Βούτου Βουτίτης.

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Text Details

Entry#246
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 389.13 · Billerbeck Κ246
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-21
Word count28

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)Περιήγησις · FGrHist 1 F 343
Περιήγησις (Periegesis (Periegesis/Periplus))—
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚύβοςKybos (city) · place
ἼωνεςIonians · people
ΛιβύηLibya · place · corrected · Q2370577
ΦοίνικεςPhoenicians · people · corrected · Q41642
ΚύβοςKybos (variant form) · place
ΚυβοῖτηςKuboite (citizen of Kybos) · people
ΣαβοῖτηςSaboite (citizen of Sabous) · people
ΣαβοῦςSabous (place) · place
ΚυβίτηςKybitēs (alternate demonym of Kybos) · people
ΒοῦτοςBoutos (place) · place
ΒουτίτηςBoutite (citizen of Boutos) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionThe citizen (demonym) Κυβοῖτης, like Σαβοῖτης of Σαβοῦς, or Κυβῖτης, like Βουτίτης of Βούτου (i.e. two alternative demonym formations for the place name).
Unclear MetalinguisticHecataeus in his Periegesis of it: "and a harbour [lacuna] a promontory and Kybô." (i.e. attestation of the form Κυβώ alongside Κύβος; text is partially lacunose).

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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 · 3 occurrences
FormulaX (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 · 4 occurrences
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE)
formula:0a6d211492d74a05
Translate as "a X of the Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
Formulaὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC)
formula:9b2896a329a36c7e
Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME)
formula:d915b1886270056c
Translate as "as per X"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:bcd70ae781e7b205
Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Formulaὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:7163e35f4bd326d9
Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Glossἄκρον τό
gloss:e28240a1e2cb325b
cape (when on the coast, sgl.), headlands (when on the coast, plu.); peak (when inland)
Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.348
char LCS 56 (39.4%) · word LCS 10 (33.3%)
Stephanos
Κύβος, [ἢ Κυβώ], πόλις Ἰώνων ἐν Λιβύῃ Φοινίκων. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει αὐτῆς “καὶ λιμήν που ἄκρη καὶ Κυβώ”. ὁ πολίτης Κυβοίτης, ὡς Σαβοίτης τῆς Σαβοῦς, ἢ Κυβίτης, ὡς τῆς Βούτου Βουτίτης.
Herodian
… δή φασιν εἶναι χώραν ἀπέχουσαν Αἰθιοπίας ἡμερῶν πέντε καλουμένην Ψεβώ«. Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν ὀγδόῳ γεωγραφουμένων λίμνην εἶναί φησι. Ψενακώ κώμη τῆς Ἀθριβίτου νομοῦ, ὡς Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν ὀγδόῳ γεωγραφουμένων. Κυβώ, ἣ καὶ Κύβος, πόλις Ἰώνων ἐν Λιβύῃ Φοινίκων. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει αὐτῆς »καὶ λιμήν, Ἵππου ἄκρη καὶ Κυβώ«. Χορτασώ πόλις Αἰγύπτου· ἀπὸ μέλλοντος ὁ σχηματισμός· ὡς γὰρ τοῦ καλύψω ἡ Καλυψώ, οὕτω καὶ τοῦ χορτάσω Χορτασώ. ἱστοροῦσι γὰρ Κλεοπάτραν εἰς πόλεμον μὴ ἔχειν σιτία· τοὺς δ´ οἰκοῦντας τὸν τόπον τοσα…
Herodian 1.138
char LCS 29 (20.4%) · word LCS 6 (20.0%)
Stephanos
Κύβος, [ἢ Κυβώ], πόλις Ἰώνων ἐν Λιβύῃ Φοινίκων. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει αὐτῆς “καὶ λιμήν που ἄκρη καὶ Κυβώ”. ὁ πολίτης Κυβοίτης, ὡς Σαβοίτης τῆς Σαβοῦς, ἢ Κυβίτης, ὡς τῆς Βούτου Βουτίτης.
Herodian
…ς, φλοῖσβος, θάμβος τὸ μονογενές, τάρβος. λέμβος, βόμβος, τύμβος, ῥύμβος, στίβος, τρίβος. Στρόβος πόλις Μακεδονίας. Τάβος ἥρως, ἀφ´ οὗ Τάβαι πόλις Λυδίας. Θράμβος ἀκρωτήριον Μακεδονίας. Ἴσβος Ἰσαυρίας πόλις, Κύβος ἢ καὶ Κυβώ, πόλις Ἰώνων ἐν Λιβύῃ Φοινίκων, Ὄμβοι πόλις Αἰγύπτου πρὸς τῇ Λιβύῃ. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν πρώτῳ Αἰγυπτιακῶν. Σάβοι ἔθνος Φρυγίας. λέγονται καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ βάκχοι παρὰ Φρυξίν. Σάμβος πόλις Ἀράβων καὶ οἱ πολῖται Σάμβοι. Βοῖβος Γλαφύρου υἱός, ἀφ´ οὗ Βοίβη πόλις Θε…

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