Κῶπαι

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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city
Κῶπαι, πόλις Βοιωτική. Ὅμηρος “Κώπας Εὔτρησίν τε”. ἀπὸ Κωπέως τοῦ Πλαταιέως τοῦ Ὀγχηστοῦ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. ὁ πολίτης Κωπαΐτης, ὡς Ἐπαφρόδιτος. ἔστι δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ Κωπαῖος, ὡς Ἀθηναῖος Ἀθηναΐτης, λέγεται δὲ καὶ Κωπαία λίμνη. καὶ Κωπαιεύς. καὶ ἡ λίμνη Κωπαΐς, ἣ ἐλέγετο Λευκωνίς.

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Text Details

Entry#312
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 401.12 · Billerbeck Κ312
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count42

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἐπαφρόδιτος (Epaphroditus)fr. 18 Braswell/Billerbeck = fr. 19 Lünzner
Ὅμηρος (Homer)Iliad (Β 502) · Β 502
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚῶπαιCopae (Kopai) · place · corrected · Q5168569
ΚῶπαιCopae (acc. form) · place · corrected · Q5168569
ΕὔτρησιςEutresis · place · corrected · Q1378952
ΚωπαῖοςKopaios (eponym) · person
ΠλαταιεύςPlataeus · person
ὈγχέστηςOnchestus · place · corrected · Q3063303
ΠοσειδῶνPoseidon · deity · corrected · Q41127
ΚωπαΐτηςCopaean (citizen) · person
ΚωπαῖοςKopaios · person
Κωπαία(Lake) Copae (Kopaia) · place
ΚωπαιεύςKopaieus (demonym/eponym) · person
ΚωπαΐςLake Copais · place · corrected · Q1234240
ΛευκωνίςLeukonis · place
Kopai (Boiotian city)place · city · Boiotia · explicit · wikidata: Q1999850 · candidate
Lake Kopais / Kopaiaplace · lake · Boiotia · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonFrom Kopēos, the Plataean of Onchestos (of Poseidon).
Morphological CompositionAnd it is from (the form) Kōpaîos, as 'Athenaios' is from 'Athēnai'.

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
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 · 1 occurrence
Formulaὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC)
formula:9b2896a329a36c7e
Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:bcd70ae781e7b205
Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formulaὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:7163e35f4bd326d9
Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Glossλιμή ὁ
gloss:6f81c31b2d09b3f3
lake, harbor
Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.338
char LCS 45 (20.8%) · word LCS 8 (19.0%)
Stephanos
Κῶπαι, πόλις Βοιωτική. Ὅμηρος “Κώπας Εὔτρησίν τε”. ἀπὸ Κωπέως τοῦ Πλαταιέως τοῦ Ὀγχηστοῦ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. ὁ πολίτης Κωπαΐτης, ὡς Ἐπαφρόδιτος. ἔστι δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ Κωπαῖος, ὡς Ἀθηναῖος Ἀθηναΐτης, λέγεται δὲ καὶ Κωπαία λίμνη. καὶ Κωπαιεύς. καὶ ἡ λίμνη Κωπαΐς, ἣ ἐλέγετο Λευκωνίς.
Herodian
…ὴν εἰς φωνῆεν λήγουσαν μὴ τὸ 'ο' ἢ 'ι' βαρύνεται, νάπη· ἔστι καὶ Νάπη πόλις Λέσβου, ἣν Λάπην ὀνομάζει Ἑλλάνικος ἐν δευτέρῳ Λεσβιακῶν. λύπη, σκέπη, κώπη· εἰσὶ καὶ Κῶπαι πόλις Βοιωτιακή. Ὅμηρος »Κώπας Εὔτρησίν τε« (Β 502) ἀπὸ Κωπέως τοῦ Πλαταιέως τοῦ Ὀγχηστοῦ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. σήπη, λώπη, γύπη, κύπη εἶδος πλοίου· ἔστι καὶ Σικελίας φρούριον Κύπη. Φίλιστος Σικελικῶν ἐνάτῳ. Ῥύπαι πόλις Ἀχαϊκή. λέγεται καὶ Ῥυπαίη. Κάπαι πόλις Ἑλλησποντία. Ἀνδροτίων γʹ Ἀτθίδος. τὸ δὲ τυπή ὀξύνεται καὶ τὸ ῥοπή καὶ…

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