Κυκνῖτις - Stephanos Ethnika

Κυκνῖτις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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

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Text Details

Entry	#258
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 392.5 · Billerbeck Κ258
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count	13

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Σοφοκλῆς (Sophocles)	Πηλεῖ · fr. 495 Radt
Σοφοκλῆς (Sophocles)	Ποιμέσι · fr. 499 Radt
Πηλεῖ (Pēlei (work title; probably 'Peleus'))	Πηλεῖ · fr. 495 Radt
Ποιμήσ(ι) / Ποιμένες (title) (Poimési (Shepherds))	Ποιμέσι · fr. 499 Radt

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κυκνῖτις	Kyknītis (Kyknitis) · place
Κύκνος	Cycnus · person

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	'Kyknitis' — of which (i.e., the place) Cycnus was king / where Cycnus reigned.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	Y (EPITHET) + X (DEITY) formula:e59d8efd6da15c82	Translate as "X Y" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	Χ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e	*Translate as "X, in book Y of his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

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…