Ἀβρότονον - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἀβρότονον, Λύκος ὁ Ῥηγῖνος χωρίον οἴεται εἶναι, Στράβων δὲ ἐν ἑπτακαιδεκάτῳ βιβλίῳ πόλιν φησί, καὶ ἄλλοι. πόλις δὲ Λιβυφοινίκων. καλεῖται δὲ καὶ Νεάπολις, ὡς Ἔφορος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν χρήσει, ἡ τέχνη δ´ ἐπινοεῖ ἐξ ὁμοιότητος. ὡς γὰρ Ἅθμονον Ἁθμονεύς καὶ Γάργαρον Γαργαρεύς καὶ Σούνιον Σουνιεύς καὶ Σιγειεύς καὶ Ἰλιεύς καὶ Λευκωνιεύς καὶ Παντικαπαιεύς καὶ Δουλιχιεύς, οὕτως Ἀβροτονεύς. ὁ δὲ τῶν οὐδετέρων τύπος ἔσθ´ ὅτε τὸ ἐθνικὸν διὰ τοῦ « ηνος » ἔχει, ὡς Πέργαμον Περγαμηνός, εἰ μὴ ἀπὸ θηλυκοῦ τοῦ Πέργαμος, ὡς Κύζικος Κυζικηνός. δυνατὸν δὲ καὶ ἐξ Ἀβροτόνου φάναι τὸ ἐθνικόν. πολλὰ γὰρ τοιαῦτα, μάλιστα ἐν τοῖς δήμοις τῶν Ἀθηναίων, ὡς ἐξ Οἴου δημότης καὶ ἐκ Κηδῶν, ὡς δειχθήσεται.

Abrotonon: Lykos the Rhegian thinks it is a locality, but Strabo, in the seventeenth book, says it is a city, and so do others. It is a city of the Libyphoinikes. It is also called Neapolis, as per Ephoros. The ethnonym is not in common usage, but the technical art devises it by analogy. For as 'Athmoneus' is from 'Athmonon', 'Gargareus' from 'Gargaron', 'Sounieus' from 'Sounion', and 'Sigeieus', 'Ilieus', 'Leukonieus', 'Pantikapaieus', and 'Doulichieus', so too 'Abrotoneus'. The pattern of neuters sometimes has the ethnonym with 'ηνος', as 'Pergamenos' from 'Pergamon', unless it is from the feminine 'Pergamos', as 'Kyzikenos' from 'Kyzikos'. It is possible also to say that the ethnonym is from 'Abrotonos'. For there are many such cases, especially among the demes of the Athenians, as a deme-member from 'Oion' and from 'Kedai', as will be shown.

Text Details

Entry	#15
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 9.7
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-27
Word count	110
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Λύκος (Lykos of Rhegion)	FGrHist 570 F 12
Στράβων (Strabo)	Geography · 17,3,18 [C 835,8]
Ἔφορος (Ephorus)	FGrHist 70 F 170

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἀβρότονον	Abrotonum · place
Ῥήγιον	Rhegion (modern Reggio Calabria) · place
Λιβυφοίνικες	Libyphoenicians · people
Νεάπολις	Neapolis · place
Ἄθμονον	Athmonon · place
Γάργαρον	Gargaron · place
Σούνιον	Sounion · place
Σίγειον	Sigeion · place
Ἴλιον	Ilion (Troy) · place
Λευκώνιον	Leukonion · place
Παντικάπαιον	Pantikapaion · place
Δουλίχιον	Dulichion · place
Πέργαμον	Pergamon · place
Πέργαμος	Pergamos · place
Κύζικος	Kyzikos (Cyzicus) · place
Ἀβρότονον	Abrotonum · place
Ἀθῆναι	Athens · place
Οἶον	Oion · place
Κηδοί	Kedoi · people
Abrotonon, Libyphoenician city	place · city · Libyphoenicia / North Africa · explicit · unresolved
Athmonon	place · deme or locality · Attica · explicit · unresolved
Gargaron	place · mountain or locality · Troad / Asia Minor · explicit · unresolved
Sounion	place · promontory · Attica · explicit · unresolved
Sigeion	place · promontory · Troad / Asia Minor · implicit · unresolved
Ilion	place · city · Troad / Asia Minor · implicit · unresolved
Leukonion	place · locality · uncertain · implicit · unresolved
Pantikapaion	place · city · Cimmerian Bosporus / Crimea · implicit · unresolved
Doulichion	place · island or locality · Ionian Sea / western Greece · implicit · unresolved
Pergamon	place · city · Mysia / Asia Minor · explicit · unresolved
Pergamos, feminine place-name	place · city or locality · uncertain · explicit · unresolved
Kyzikos	place · city · Mysia / Asia Minor · explicit · unresolved
Oion	place · deme · Attica · explicit · unresolved
Kedai	place · deme · Attica · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Borrowing Non Greek	It is a city of the Liby-Phoenicians, and it is also called Neapolis, according to Ephorus.
Morphological Composition	The ethnic name is not actually in use; grammatical usage invents it by analogy: just as from Athmon one gets Athmoneus, from Gargaron Gargareus, from Sunion Sunieus, and similarly the other examples, so from Abrotonon one gets Abrotoneus.
Morphological Composition	Sometimes the neuter form has the ethnic name in -ēnos, as Pergamon gives Pergamenos—unless it derives from the feminine form Pergamos, as Cyzicus gives Cyzikenos.
Morphological Composition	It is also possible to form the ethnic name from Abrotonon itself. There are many such cases, especially among the demes of the Athenians: for example, ‘a demesman from Oion’ and ‘from Kedoi,’ as will be demonstrated.

Links

Place links	Archaeological Site of Sabratha \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol1_100.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	Χ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e	*Translate as "X, in book Y of his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + 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
Gloss	δῆμος ὁ gloss:e4ad995bede3b3b3	deme Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	δημότης ὁ gloss:47f8a94e343c05a7	deme-member Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Gloss	ἐπιχώριος -α -ον (κατὰ τὸν ἐπιχώριον) gloss:a5a8d4938aac5b47	local (in the local form) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	προπαροξύνω gloss:73cd528e5d0d8546	accent with acute on the antepenult Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χρῆσις ἡ gloss:17be259c20c17d03	common usage Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χωρίον τό gloss:619c2907ea980b25	locality; point (only in μέσα χωρία: ‘halfway point’) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.