Κύναιθα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

All Letters / Κ Kappa / Κύναιθα
Κύναιθα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
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.

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry#262
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 393.3 · Billerbeck Κ262
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count30

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚύναιθαKynaitha · place · corrected · Q12879790
ἈρκαδίαArcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
ΚυναῖθοςKynaithos · person
ΛυκάωνLycaon · person · corrected · Q5016671
ΚυναιθεύςKynaetheus (demonym) · other
ΚυναιθαιεύςKynaitha(e)us (demonym variant) · other
ΚυναίθαιαKynaithaia (variant of the place-name) · place
ἸθάκηIthaca · place · corrected · Q187471
ΝήριτονNeriton (mountain) · place · corrected · Q25016169
Kynaita in Arkadiaplace · city · Arkadia · explicit · unresolved
Kynaita in Ithakeplace · city · Ithake · explicit · unresolved
Browse all people and deities

Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Personfrom Kynaithos, one of the sons/children of Lycaon
Morphological Compositionthe ethnicon is Kynaitheus. And Kynaitha(e)us is from the four‑syllabled form Κυναίθαια

Links

Place linksCynaetha | 📍 Map | Pleiades
Page scanse9783110219630_i0829.jpg
ReviewOpen review page

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 PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON)
formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d
Translate as "X... after Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE)
formula:0a6d211492d74a05
Translate as "a X of the Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formulaτὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM)
formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3
Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Browse all translation guidance rules

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…

Canonical URL: headword_7218.html

Last updated: 2026-05-28 10:50:27 UTC