Λητή - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #49
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 413.19 | Billerbeck: Λ49
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Word count: 26
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Sources: Θεόγνησις Μακεδονικός (Theognisis the Macedonian (Theognis Macedonian)) FGrHist 774 F 6, Νέαρχος (Nearchus the Lētaean)
Entities: Μακεδονία (Macedonia) [place], Ληττός (Lyttos (Lyttus)) [place], Ληταῖος ((the) Lētaeans / of Lyttos (ethnic)) [people], Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας (Alexander the Great) [person]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: from the nearby established temple of Lyttos; Morphological Composition: the ethnicon (demonym) is 'Lētaîos'; thus Nearchus Lētaios is recorded
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Λητή, πόλις Μακεδονίας, ἀπὸ τοῦ πλησίον ἱδρυμένου Λητοῦς ἱεροῦ, ὡς Θεαγένης Μακεδονικοῖς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ληταῖος· οὕτως γὰρ ἱστορεῖται Νέαρχος Ληταῖος, τῶν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τῷ μεγάλῳ συστρατευσαμένων ὁ διασημότατος.

A city of Macedonia, named from the nearby sanctuary of Letto that had been founded there, as Theognēsis the Macedonian relates. The ethnic is Lētaios; for thus one finds recorded Nearchos the Lētaios, the most violent of those who campaigned with Alexander the Great.

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char LCS 52 (30.4%) · word LCS 9 (33.3%)

Stephanos

Λητή, πόλις Μακεδονίας, ἀπὸ τοῦ πλησίον ἱδρυμένου Λητοῦς ἱεροῦ, ὡς Θεαγένης Μακεδονικοῖς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ληταῖος· οὕτως γὰρ ἱστορεῖται Νέαρχος Ληταῖος, τῶν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τῷ μεγάλῳ συστρατευσαμένων ὁ διασημότατος.

Herodian

… 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. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Ὕπατα. ἔστι καὶ χώρα πλησίον Σαγγάρου ποταμοῦ. Ἰωταπάτη πόλις Συρίας, ἣ καὶ Ἰωτάπατα. Ναπάται πόλις…