Κῶς

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Κῶς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Entry #314
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 402.8 | Billerbeck: Κ314
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-24
Word count: 33
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Κῶς (Kos (island)) [place], Κόρινθος (Corinth) [place], Κῶς (Kos (alt. form)) [place], Κῶες (the people of Kos) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: It is also called Kôos, and 'kōes' are those brought up in it. For 'kōous' they called the hollows of the earth and all caves.
Place: Kos | 📍 Map | Pleiades
Source: e9783110219630_i0959.jpg
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Κῶς, τὸ ὄρυγμα τὸ ἐν Κορίνθῳ, οὗ καθείργνυον τοὺς φῶρας καὶ τοὺς δραπέτας. λέγεται καὶ κῶος, κῶες δὲ οἱ ἐν αὐτῷ ἀνατραφέντες. κώους γὰρ τὰ κοιλώματα τῆς γῆς καὶ πάντα τὰ σπήλαια ἔλεγον.
Kōs: the trench in Corinth, where they used to confine thieves and runaways. It is also called Kōos, and “kōes” are those brought up in it. For they used to call the hollows of the earth and all caves “kōoi.”

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.404
char LCS 132 (89.8%) · word LCS 28 (84.8%)
Stephanos
Κῶς, τὸ ὄρυγμα τὸ ἐν Κορίνθῳ, οὗ καθείργνυον τοὺς φῶρας καὶ τοὺς δραπέτας. λέγεται καὶ κῶος, κῶες δὲ οἱ ἐν αὐτῷ ἀνατραφέντες. κώους γὰρ τὰ κοιλώματα τῆς γῆς καὶ πάντα τὰ σπήλαια ἔλεγον.
Herodian
Κορίνθῳ, οὗ καθείργνυον τοὺς φῶρας καὶ τοὺς δραπέτας. λέγεται καὶ κῶος, κῶες δὲ οἱ ἐν αὐτῷ ἀνατραφέντες. κώους γὰρ τὰ κοιλώματα τῆς γῆς καὶ πάντα τὰ σπήλαια ἔλεγον. Τλῶς ὁ Τρεμίλητος καὶ Πραξιδίκης νύμφης καὶ ἀπ´ αὐτοῦ Τλῶς πόλις Λυκίας. ἔστι καὶ Τλῶς τὸ ἐθνικόν. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Τλῶς πόλις Πισιδίας. Λῶς νῆσος περὶ Θετταλίαν. Ἀρτεμίδωρος. χωρὶς τοῦ ζώς «ἦ κε ζὼς ἀμενηνὸς ἔα χαλκοῖο τ…
Herodian 1.403
char LCS 15 (10.2%) · word LCS 5 (15.2%)
Stephanos
Κῶς, τὸ ὄρυγμα τὸ ἐν Κορίνθῳ, οὗ καθείργνυον τοὺς φῶρας καὶ τοὺς δραπέτας. λέγεται καὶ κῶος, κῶες δὲ οἱ ἐν αὐτῷ ἀνατραφέντες. κώους γὰρ τὰ κοιλώματα τῆς γῆς καὶ πάντα τὰ σπήλαια ἔλεγον.
Herodian
…ς, ἀφ´ οὗ τὸ παρ´ Ὁμήρῳ τοπικὸν «καί μιν ἔπειτα Κόωνδ´ εὐναιομένην ἀπένεικας» (Il. Ξ 255). λέγεται καὶ Κόος διὰ δύο 'οο'. ἔοικεν οὖν τὸ πρωτότυπον Κῶς. οὕτως γὰρ καὶ ὁ κτίστης. ἔστι καὶ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ πόλις Κῶς. ἔστι δὲ καὶ κῶς τὸ ὄρυγμα τὸ ἐν