Κύναιθα

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city
Entry #262
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 393.3 | Billerbeck: Κ262
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count: 30
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Κύναιθα (Kynaitha) [place], Ἀρκαδία (Arcadia) [place], Κυναῖθος (Kynaithos) [person], Λυκάων (Lycaon) [person], Κυναιθεύς (Kynaetheus (demonym)) [other], Κυναιθαιεύς (Kynaitha(e)us (demonym variant)) [other], Κυναίθαια (Kynaithaia (variant of the place-name)) [place], Ἰθάκη (Ithaca) [place], Νήριτον (Neriton (mountain)) [place]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: from Kynaithos, one of the sons/children of Lycaon; Morphological Composition: the ethnicon is Kynaitheus. And Kynaitha(e)us is from the four‑syllabled form Κυναίθαια
Place: Cynaetha | 📍 Map
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Κύναιθα, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἀπὸ Κυναίθου ἑνὸς τῶν Λυκάονος παίδων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κυναιθεύς. καὶ Κυναιθαιεύς καὶ Κυναιθαεύς ἀπὸ τοῦ τετρασυλλάβου τοῦ Κυναίθαια· ἔστι καὶ Κύναιθα πόλις Ἰθάκης ὑπὸ τῷ Νηρίτῳ ὄρει.
Kynaintha: a city of Arcadia, named from Kynaithos, one of the sons of Lykaon. The ethnic (gentilic) is Kynaitheus; also Kynaithaieus and Kynaithaieus, derived from the tetrasyllabic form Kynaithaia. There is also Kynaintha, a city of Ithaka, beneath Mount Nēritos.

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.253
char LCS 40 (23.8%) · word LCS 9 (30.0%)
Stephanos
Κύναιθα, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἀπὸ Κυναίθου ἑνὸς τῶν Λυκάονος παίδων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κυναιθεύς. καὶ Κυναιθαιεύς καὶ Κυναιθαεύς ἀπὸ τοῦ τετρασυλλάβου τοῦ Κυναίθαια· ἔστι καὶ Κύναιθα πόλις Ἰθάκης ὑπὸ τῷ Νηρίτῳ ὄρει.
Herodian
…ον, Ἔρθα πόλις Παρθίας ἐπὶ τῷ Εὐφράτῃ, ὡς Γλαῦκος ἐν Ἀραβικῶν δευτέρῳ. ἄκανθα, κολόκυνθα ἡ Ἀττικῶς κολοκύντη. Λύκαιθα πόλις Ἀρκαδίας παρὰ Μενελάῳ, ἣν Θεόπομπος Λύκαιάν φησι. Κύπαιθα πόλις Λιβύης, Κύναιθα πόλις Ἀρκαδίας· ἔστι καὶ Κύναιθα πόλις Ἰθάκης ὑπὸ τῷ Νηρίτῳ ὄρει. Σύμαιθα πόλις Θετταλίας. Ζάκανθα πόλις Ἰβηρίας, ἣν καθεῖλεν Ἀννίβας, ὡς Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν χρονικῶν τρίτῳ. Σάργανθα πόλις Ἰβηρίας. * Τὰ εἰς 'κα' βαρύνεται, Ὄγκα ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ κατὰ Φοίνικας. Σάλμυκα πόλις πρὸς τὰς Ἡρακλείας στήλα…

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