Κύθνος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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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 off Dryopis, one of the Cyclades, from Kythnos its founder. It was also called Ophioussa and Dryopis. The islander is a 'Kythnios'. Also 'Kythnios' cheese, and Kydias the painter.

Text Details

Entry#257
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 392.1 · Billerbeck Κ257
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count25
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚύθνοςKythnos · place
ΔρυοπίςDryopis · place
ΚυκλάδεςCyclades · place
ΚύθνοςKythnos · place
ὈφιοῦσσαOphiussa · place
ΔρυοπίςDryopis · place
ΚύνθιοςKynthian · person
ΚυδίαςKydias · person
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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)

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC