Λητοῦς

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Λητοῦς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
Entry #50
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 414.1 | Billerbeck: Λ50
OCR: unknown
Word count: 29
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander) FGrHist 273 F 7 [Περὶ Αἰγύπτου]
Entities: Αἴγυπτος (Egypt) [place], Μέμφις (Memphis) [place], Λητώ (Leto) [deity], Λητοπολίτης (Letopolites (inhabitant of Letopolis)) [people], Πολύστρατος (Polystratos) [person], Ἀπολλώνιος (Apollonios) [person]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: A sanctuary (temple) of Leto. The ethnicon is 'Lētopolítēs' (i.e. inhabitants called after Leto); thus Polýstratos and Apollōnios the high priest are recorded with that name.
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Λητοῦς, πόλις Αἰγύπτου. ἔστι δὲ μοῖρα Μέμφιδος, καθ´ ἣν αἱ πυραμίδες. Λητοῦς ἱερόν. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τρίτῳ περὶ Αἰγύπτου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λητοπολίτης· οὕτως γὰρ Πολύστρατος καὶ Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς λεγόμενος ἀναγράφει.
Letous: a city of Egypt; it is a meris (district) of Memphis, in which are the pyramids. Sanctuary of Leto. [So says] Alexander in his *On Egypt*. The ethnic adjective is *Letopolites*; for thus Polystra(t)us and Apollonius, the one called “the high priest,” are recorded.

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