Κύθνος - Stephanos Ethnika

Κύθνος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Κύθνος, νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Δρυοπίδι τῶν Κυκλάδων, ἀπὸ Κύθνου κτίσαντος. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ Ὀφίουσα καὶ Δρυοπίς· ὁ νησιώτης Κύθνιος. καὶ Κύθνιος τυρὸς καὶ Κυδίας ὁ ζωγράφος.

Dryopis, Kithnos, Kythnus, Kytnos, ...+1 more">Kythnos: an island near Dryopis, one of the Kyklades, named after Kythnos, who founded it. It used also to be called Ophiousa and Dryopis; the islander is 'Kythnios'. Also 'Kythnian' cheese, and Kydias the painter.

Text Details

Entry	#257
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 392.1
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count	25
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κύθνος	Kythnos · place · corrected · Q739779
Δρυοπίς	Dryopis · place
Κυκλάδες	Cyclades · place
Κύθνος	Kythnos · place · corrected · Q739779
Ὀφιοῦσσα	Ophiussa · place
Δρυοπίς	Dryopis · place
Κύνθιος	Kynthian · person
Κυδίας	Kydias · person
Κύθνος (island)	place · island · Cyclades / off Dryopis · explicit · wikidata: Q12879772 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	from Kythnos, who founded it (i.e. named after Kythnos the founder)
Unclear Metalinguistic	it was also called Ophioussa and Dryopis (alternate names given without further explanation)
Morphological Composition	the islander (demonym) Kythnios; and 'Kythnios' cheese (derivatives formed from the place-name)

Links

Place links	Kythnos \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0819.jpg
Review	Open review page

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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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

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.