Ἀβυδών - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἀβυδών, Ἀβυδῶνος, χωρίον Μακεδονίας, ὡς Στράβων. “τηλόθεν ἐξ Ἀβυδῶνος ἀπ´ Ἀξίου εὐρὺ ῥέοντος”. ὀξύνεται δέ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀβυδώνιος ὡς Καλυδώνιος.

Abydon, Abydonos: a locality in Macedonia, as per Strabo: ‘from far away out of Abydon, from the Axios flowing broad.’ It is oxytone. The ethnonym is ‘Abydonios’, as in ‘Kalydonios’.

Text Details

Entry	#17
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 10.11
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-27
Word count	20
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	7 fr. 12e

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἀβυδών	Abydon · place
Μακεδονία	Macedonia · place
Ἀβυδών	Abydon · place
Ἀξιός	Axios (river) · place
Ἀβυδών	Abydon · place
Καλυδώνιος	Calydonian · other
Abydon in Macedonia	place · locality · Macedonia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Abydon (genitive Abydonos), a place in Macedonia, according to Strabo.
Morphological Composition	The ethnic name is Abydonius, formed in the same way as Kalydonius.

Links

Place links	Amydon \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol1_102.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + 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 · 3 occurrences
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

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

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