Κυπαρισσήεις

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Κυπαρισσήεις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #279
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 395.3 | Billerbeck: Κ279
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count: 14
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ὅμηρος (Homer) (Β 593)
Entities: Κυπαρισσήεις (Kyparissēis) [place], Μεσσηνία (Messinia) [place], Κυπαρισσήεις (Kyparissēis (Homeric form)) [place], Ἀμφιγένεια (Amphigeneia) [place], Κυπαρισσηέντιος (Kyparissean (demonym)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: 'Kyparissēeis: a city of Messenia.' 'The ethnicon is Kyparissēentios.' (i.e. the name and its ethnic form are given, but no origin is explained.)
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Κυπαρισσήεις, πόλις τῆς Μεσσηνίας. Ὅμηρος “καὶ Κυπαρισσήεντα καὶ Ἀμφιγένειαν ἔναιον”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κυπαρισσηέντιος.
Kyparissēeis: a city of Messenia. Homer (Iliad 2.593): “and they inhabited Kyparissēeis and Amphigeneia.” The ethnic (gentilic) is Kyparissēentios.

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