Κύφος - Stephanos Ethnika

Κύφος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Entry #303
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 399.15 | Billerbeck: Κ303
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count: 44
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Λυκόφρων (Lycophron) 897
Entities: Κύφος (Kyphos) [place], Κύφος (Kyphos) [place], Κύφος (Kyphoi (two places named Kyphos)) [place], Περραιβία (Perrhaebia) [place], Γουνεύς (Guneus) [person], Περραιβός (Perrhaebus) [person], Παλληνεύς (Pallēneus (emended)) [person], Θεσσαλία (Thessaly) [place], Κυφαῖος (Kyphaean (demonym)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: From Kyphos, the child/son of Perrhaebus (of Pallene) — i.e. named after Kyphos, son of Perrhaebus.
Place: Cyphus
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Κύφος, πόλις Περραιβίας. “Γουνεὺς δ´ ἐκ Κύφου ἦγε δύω καὶ εἴκοσι νῆας”. ἀπὸ Κύφου τοῦ παιδὸς Περραιβοῦ τοῦ π... δύο δ´ εἰσὶ Κύφοι, ἡ μὲν Περραιβίας ἡ δὲ Θετταλίας. καὶ ποταμὸς Κύφος· ὁ πολίτης Κυφαῖος. Λυκόφρων “ἐν ᾗ Κυφαίων δύσμορον στρατηλάτην”.

Kyphos: a city of Perrhaebia. “And Goun(e)us from Kyphos led two-and-twenty ships” (Il. 2.748). [So called] from Kyphos, son of the Perrhaebian P[alleneus]. There are two Kyphoi: one in Perrhaebia and one in Thessaly. There is also a river Kyphos. The citizen is called Kyphaios. Lycophron (897): “where [there is] the ill-fated general of the Kyphaioi.”

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char LCS 35 (18.4%) · word LCS 9 (22.0%)

Stephanos

Κύφος, πόλις Περραιβίας. “Γουνεὺς δ´ ἐκ Κύφου ἦγε δύω καὶ εἴκοσι νῆας”. ἀπὸ Κύφου τοῦ παιδὸς Περραιβοῦ τοῦ π... δύο δ´ εἰσὶ Κύφοι, ἡ μὲν Περραιβίας ἡ δὲ Θετταλίας. καὶ ποταμὸς Κύφος· ὁ πολίτης Κυφαῖος. Λυκόφρων “ἐν ᾗ Κυφαίων δύσμορον στρατηλάτην”.

Herodian

…ς, γνόφος, γρῖφος, ψῆφος. τὸ δὲ κρυφός καὶ συφός ἔχει τὸ 'υ' βραχὺ σημαίνοντα τοπικὴν ἔννοιαν. τὸ δὲ κῦφος τὸ 'κυ' μακρόν, ὡς καὶ τὸ τῦφος. τὸ δὲ Κύφος παῖς Περραιβοῦ, ἀφ´ οὗ Κύφος πόλις Περραιβίας, ἔστι καὶ ποταμὸς Κύφος— «Γουνεὺς δ´ ἐκ Κύφου ἦγε δύω καὶ εἴκοσι νῆας» (Il. Β 748)— βραχὺ ἔχον τὸ 'υ' παροξύνεται. τὸ δὲ ἀλφός τὸ σωματικὸν πάθος καὶ πολφός ὄψον τι ἔχουσι τὸ 'λ' ὡς καὶ τὸ Δελφοί πόλις ἐπὶ τοῦ Παρνασσοῦ πρὸς τῇ Φωκίδι καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοφώνως τῇ πόλει—ἐκλήθησαν δὲ Δελφοί, …