Κύδνα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Κύδνα, πόλις Μακεδονίας. Θεαγένης ἐν Μακεδονικοῖς. ἣ κατὰ παραφθορὰν Πύδνα λέγεται. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Πυδναῖος. ἔστι καὶ Κύδνος ποταμὸς Κιλικίας.

Kydna, a city of Macedonia. Theagenes in his Makedonika. It is, through a corruption of the name, called Pydna. The ethnic adjective is Pydnaios. There is also the Kydnos, a river of Cilicia.

Text Details

Entry#249
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 390.8 · Billerbeck Κ249
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-21
Word count19
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Θεαγένης (Theagenes)Μακεδονικοῖς · FGrHist 774 F 5
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΠύδναPydna · place
ΜακεδονίαMacedonia · place
ΠύδναPydna · place
ΠυδναῖοςPydnaean (ethnicon) · people
ΚύδνοςKydnos (river) · place
ΚιλικίαCilicia · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionOr, by paraphora (a phonetic/formal alteration), it is called Pydna.
Morphological CompositionThe ethnicon (demonym) is Pydnaios.
Unclear MetalinguisticThere is also the river Kydnos in Cilicia.

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Herodian overlaps

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC