Κώρυκος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Κώρυκος, πόλις Κιλικίας. Παρθένιος προπεμπτικῷ. παρ´ ᾗ τὸ Κωρύκιον ἄντρον νυμφῶν, ἀξιάγαστον θαῦμα, ᾧ ὁμώνυμον ἐν Παρνασσῷ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κωρύκιος. ἐκεῖ δὲ τὴν πόλιν Κωρύκειάν φησι. λέγεται καὶ Κωρυκιώτης, καὶ ἴσως παρὰ τὸ Κωρύκιον ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ Κωρυκία. ἔστι καὶ Κώρυκος ὄρος ἀρσενικῶς λεγόμενον ὑψηλὸν πλησίον Τέω τῆς Ἰωνίας καὶ Ἐρυθρῶν, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. καὶ λιμὴν ὁμώνυμος καὶ νησίον ὁμώνυμον, οὗ κατὰ τὸν παράπλουν λῃστήριόν τι μέγα τῶν Κωρυκαίων ὠτακουστούντων ἐν τοῖς αὐτόθι λιμέσι [τὰ κατὰ] τοὺς φόρτους καὶ τοὺς πλοῦς τῶν ἐμπόρων καὶ οὕτως αὐτοῖς ἐπιβουλευόντων, ὅθεν ἡ παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν περιεργαζομένων τὰ ἀπόρρητα “τοῦ δ´ ἆρ´ ὁ Κωρυκαῖος ἠκροάζετο”. ἔστι καὶ ἀκρωτήριον Κρήτης Κωρυκία καὶ λιμὴν Αἰθιοπίας.

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Text Details

Entry	#313
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 401.18 · Billerbeck Κ313
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count	110

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Παρθένιος (Parthenius)	Προπεμπτικῷ · fr. 26 Lightfoot = SH 639
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Ἀσίᾳ · FGrHist 1 F 231
Ζηνόβιος (Zenobius)	Zen. 4,75 [I 104,20 Leutsch/Schneidewin]

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κώρυκος	Korykos (Korycus) · place · corrected · Q2167586
Κιλικία	Cilicia · place · corrected · Q620864
Κωρύκιον	Corycian (Corycian Cave) · place
Παρνασσός	Parnassus · place · corrected · Q105261
Κωρύκιος	Korykios (ethnic name) · people
Κωρυκεια	Korykeia (city) · place
Κωρυκιώτης	Korykiotes (inhabitant/demonym) · people
Κωρυκία	Korykia (cape/island) · place
Τέος	Teos · place · corrected · Q17586
Ἰωνία	Ionia · place · corrected · Q620874
Ἐρυθραί	Erythrae · place
Ἀσία	Asia · place
Κωρυκαῖος	the Korykaians · people
Κωρυκαῖος	Korykaïos · people
Κρήτη	Crete · place · corrected · Q4752820
Αἰθιοπία	Aethiopia · place · corrected · Q410453
Korykos, city of Cilicia	place · city · Cilicia · explicit · unresolved
Korykos, mountain near Teos and Erythrai	place · mountain · Ionia (near Teos and Erythrai) · explicit · unresolved
Korykos, harbour	place · harbour · unspecified coastal locality in the same Korykos tradition · explicit · unresolved
Korykos, islet	place · island/islet · unspecified coastal locality in the same Korykos tradition · explicit · unresolved
Korykia, cape of Crete	place · cape · Crete · explicit · unresolved
Harbour of Ethiopia	place · harbour · Ethiopia · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	perhaps from the Kōrykion (the cave — τὸ Κωρύκιον ἄντρον νυμφῶν is mentioned just before)
Eponym Person	or from Kōrykias / Kōrykía (i.e. from a personal name, ‘from Korykias’)

Links

Place links	Corycus \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0956.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON) formula:e1b19e84652cc7be	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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 · 1 occurrence
Formula	X... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ 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
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	λιμή ὁ gloss:6f81c31b2d09b3f3	lake, harbor Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ὁμωνύμως/ὁμώνυμος -ον gloss:0fbae2a88778c0fa	homonymous, having the same name Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Gloss	ὄρος ὁ gloss:184051ff413f789d	mountain, mount (X ὄρος = 'Mount X') Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.