Κύθνος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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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, its founder. It used also to be called Ophiusa and Dryopis. The islander is 'Kythnios'. Also 'Kythnian' cheese, and Kydias the painter.

Text Details

Entry#257
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 392.1
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count25
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚύθνοςKythnos · place · corrected · Q739779
ΔρυοπίςDryopis · place
ΚυκλάδεςCyclades · place
ΚύθνοςKythnos · place · corrected · Q739779
ὈφιοῦσσαOphiussa · place
ΔρυοπίςDryopis · place
ΚύνθιοςKynthian · person
ΚυδίαςKydias · person
Κύθνος (island)place · island · Cyclades / off Dryopis · explicit · wikidata: Q12879772 · candidate
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Etymologies

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

Links

Place linksKythnos | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX... + 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
Formulaκαί + 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
Glossκαλεῖται/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
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Herodian overlaps

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Last updated: 2026-08-26 23:06:05 UTC