Κυκνῖτις - Stephanos Ethnika

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place

Entry #258
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 392.5 | Billerbeck: Κ258
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count: 13
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Σοφοκλῆς (Sophocles) fr. 495 Radt [Πηλεῖ], Σοφοκλῆς (Sophocles) fr. 499 Radt [Ποιμέσι], Πηλεῖ (Pēlei (work title; probably 'Peleus')) fr. 495 Radt [Πηλεῖ], Ποιμήσ(ι) / Ποιμένες (title) (Poimési (Shepherds)) fr. 499 Radt [Ποιμέσι]
Entities: Κυκνῖτις (Kyknītis (Kyknitis)) [place], Κύκνος (Cycnus) [person]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: 'Kyknitis' — of which (i.e., the place) Cycnus was king / where Cycnus reigned.
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Κυκνῖτις, .... ἧς ὁ Κύκνος ἐβασίλευσε. Σοφοκλῆς ἐν Πηλεῖ. καὶ ἐν Ποιμέσι “βοὴν κυκνῖτιν”.

Cycnītis: (the place) over which Cycnus was king. Sophocles in *Peleus*, and in *Shepherds*: “a Cycnitian shout.”

Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.105

char LCS 66 (100.0%) · word LCS 13 (100.0%)

Stephanos

Κυκνῖτις, .... ἧς ὁ Κύκνος ἐβασίλευσε. Σοφοκλῆς ἐν Πηλεῖ. καὶ ἐν Ποιμέσι “βοὴν κυκνῖτιν”.

Herodian

… τοῦ ἀγυιέως ἀγυιάτιδες θεραπεῖαι λέγονται, Αὐσονῖτις Λυκόφρων (v. 44) «ὁ τῆς θαλάσσης Αὐσονίτιδος μυχούς». Αἰανῖτις διὰ διφθόγγου. Σοφοκλῆς δὲ Ἀανῖτιν γράφει δίχα τοῦ 'ι'. Ζεφυρῖτις Ἀφροδίτη καὶ Ἀρσινόη, ὡς Καλλίμαχος. Κυκνῖτις ἧς ὁ Κύκνος ἐβασίλευσε. Σοφοκλῆς ἐν Πηλεῖ. καὶ ἐν Ποιμέσι «βοὴν κυκνῖτιν». Ἀσκαλωνῖτις, Ναρβωνῖτις, Καρκινῖτις, πόλις Σκυθική, Λυχνῖτις Ἀρμενίας χώρα. Μενελαῖτις χώρα Αἰγύπτου, Ποταμῖτις γυνὴ Βήλου ἣ καὶ Ἀερία· οὕτω δ´ ἐκλήθη καὶ ἡ Αἴγυπτος. Πιτανῖτις χώρα καὶ νύμφη. Πορφυρῖτις πόλις Ἀραβίας…