Κῶς - Stephanos Ethnika

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Κῶς, πόλις καὶ νῆσος. καὶ Ὅμηρος “καὶ Κῶν Εὐρυπύλοιο [πόλιν]”. ἣ Μεροπίς ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ γηγενοῦς Μέροπος. Κῶς δὲ ἀπὸ Κῶ τῆς Μέροπος θυγατρός. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ Καρίς· λέγεται καὶ Κώως διὰ δύο « ω », καὶ Κόως ἀφ´ οὗ τὸ παρ´ Ὁμήρῳ τοπικόν “καί μιν ἔπειτα Κόωνδ´ εὐναιομένην ἀπένεικας”. λέγεται καὶ Κόος διὰ δύο « οο ». ἔοικεν οὖν τὸ πρωτότυπον Κῶς οὕτως γὰρ καὶ ὁ κτιστής. τῆς Κέω τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κέιος, καὶ ἐκτάσει Κήιος, ὡς τῆς Τέω Τέιος καὶ Τήιος, καὶ Κεῖος διὰ διφθόγγου. τῆς δὲ Κῶ μονοσυλλάβου Κῷος καὶ Κώιος, ὡς Μινῷος. οὕτως δὲ ἐχρημάτιζον Ἱπποκράτης καὶ Ἐρασίστρατος ἰατροί. ἦν δὲ Ἱπποκράτης τῶν καλουμένων Νεβριδῶν· Νέβρος γὰρ ἐγένετο ὁ διασημότατος τῶν Ἀσκληπιαδῶν, ᾧ καὶ ἡ Πυθία ἐμαρτύρησεν· οὗ Γνωσίδικος, Γνωσιδίκου δὲ Ἱπποκράτης καὶ Αἴνειος καὶ Ποδαλείριος, Ἱπποκράτους Ἡρακλείδης, οὗ Ἱπποκράτης ὁ ἐπιφανέστατος, ὁ καὶ θαυμασίας συντάξεις καταλελοιπώς. ἔστι καὶ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ πόλις Κῶς.

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Text Details

Entry	#315
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 402.12 · Billerbeck Κ315
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-24
Word count	144

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ὅμηρος (Homer)	(Β 677); (Ξ 255 et Ο 28)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κῶς	Kos · place · corrected · Q11938500
Μερόπις	Meropis · person
Μέροπος	Merops · person
Κώ	Kō (daughter of Merops) · person · corrected · Q187027
Καρίς	Caris · person
Κώως	Kōōs (variant of Kos) · place
Κόως	Koos (variant of Kos) · place
Κόος	Koos (variant) · place
Κόων	Koōn (local Homeric form) · place
Κέα	Kea (Keos) · place · corrected · Q214109
Κέιος	Keios (ethnic/demonym of Kea) · other
Κήιος	Kēios (variant demonym) · other
Τέος	Teos · place
Τέιος	Teios (demonym) · other
Τήιος	Thieos / Tēios (variant demonym) · other
Κεῖος	Keios (diphthongal form) · other
Κῷος	Kōios (monosyllabic form of Kos demonym) · other
Κώιος	Kōios (variant demonym) · other
Μινῷος	Minōios (derived adjective) · other
Ἱπποκράτης	Hippocrates · person · corrected · Q5264
Ἐρασίστρατος	Erasistratus · person · corrected · Q377781
Νεβρίδαι (Νεβριδῶν)	the Nebrids (family/group name) · people
Νέβρος	Nebros · person
Ἀσκληπιάδαι	Asclepiadae · people
Πυθία	Pythia · person
Γνωσίδικος	Gnosidicus · person · corrected · Q11924426
Αἴνειος	Aineios · person
Ποδαλείριος	Podaleirius · person
Ἡρακλείδης	Heracleides · person · corrected · Q11925527
Αἴγυπτος	Egypt · place · corrected · Q11768
Kos (island and city, main lemma referent)	place · island · Dodecanese / Caria (Aegean) · explicit · wikidata: Q187027 · candidate
Kos in Egypt	place · city · Egypt · explicit · wikidata: Q187027 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	‘Meropis was called from the native Merops.’ (Meropis named after Merops)
Eponym Person	‘Kos (was named) from Ko, the daughter of Merops.’ (Kos named after the woman Ko)
Unclear Metalinguistic	‘It was also called Karis.’ (alternate name given, origin not explained)
Morphological Composition	‘It is said Κώως with two omega, and Κόως... it is also said Κόος with two omicron. Therefore the original seems to be Κῶς. From this comes the Homeric local form (Κόων) in the passage quoted.’ (Explanation of variant spellings and the original form)
Morphological Composition	‘Of Kéō the ethnic is Keios, and in composition Kēios, as of Téō Teios and Tēios, and Keios with a diphthong.’ (Explanation of formation of the ethnicon/demonym in different patterns)
Morphological Composition	‘But of the monosyllabic Kō the forms Kōios and Kōios (with -ιος) [are used], as Minōios.’ (Explanation of demonym formation for the monosyllabic form)

Links

Place links	Kos \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	[NO ANTECEDENT] + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:85dbc02f91e20d41	Translate as "as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (MASCULINE ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:04e9b95236efcdc4	Translate as "X... from/after whom is 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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 · 3 occurrences
Gloss	ἔκτασις ἡ gloss:d629af1a353df660	lengthening (of a vowel) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	τοπικά τά gloss:dc551500540a4364	locative term Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.403

char LCS 66 (9.4%) · word LCS 16 (11.3%)

Stephanos

Κῶς, πόλις καὶ νῆσος. καὶ Ὅμηρος “καὶ Κῶν Εὐρυπύλοιο [πόλιν]”. ἣ Μεροπίς ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ γηγενοῦς Μέροπος. Κῶς δὲ ἀπὸ Κῶ τῆς Μέροπος θυγατρός. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ Καρίς· λέγεται καὶ Κώως διὰ δύο « ω », καὶ Κόως ἀφ´ οὗ τὸ παρ´ Ὁμήρῳ τοπικόν “καί μιν ἔπειτα Κόωνδ´ εὐναιομένην ἀπένεικας”. λέγεται καὶ Κόος διὰ δύο « οο ». ἔοικεν οὖν τὸ πρωτότυπον Κῶς οὕτως γὰρ καὶ ὁ κτιστής. τῆς Κέω τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κέιος, καὶ ἐκτάσει Κήιος, ὡς τῆς Τέω Τέιος καὶ Τήιος, καὶ Κεῖος διὰ διφθόγγου. τῆς δὲ Κῶ μονοσυλλάβου Κῷος καὶ …

Herodian

… τοῦ σῶος ἢ ἐκ τοῦ σάος. Κρῶς ὄνομα ἥρωος ὁμοφωνοῦν τῇ πόλει, ἔστι δὲ Αἰγύπτου. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Ἀσίας. Γλῶς ὄνομα ἥρωος, Κῶς πόλις καὶ νῆσος. καὶ Ὅμηρος «καὶ Κῶν Εὐρυπύλοιο πόλιν» (Β 677). λέγεται καὶ Κώως διὰ δύο 'ωω' καὶ Κόως, 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

Herodian 1.31

char LCS 22 (3.5%) · word LCS 5 (4.1%)

Stephanos

…ὁ διασημότατος τῶν Ἀσκληπιαδῶν, ᾧ καὶ ἡ Πυθία ἐμαρτύρησεν· οὗ Γνωσίδικος, Γνωσιδίκου δὲ Ἱπποκράτης καὶ Αἴνειος καὶ Ποδαλείριος, Ἱπποκράτους Ἡρακλείδης, οὗ Ἱπποκράτης ὁ ἐπιφανέστατος, ὁ καὶ θαυμασίας συντάξεις καταλελοιπώς. ἔστι καὶ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ πόλις Κῶς.

Herodian

…λών καὶ καμηλών ὡς περιεκτικὰ ὀξύνεται· τὸ Βαβυλών ἀρσενικῶς, ἀφ´ οὗ καὶ ἡ πόλις. ἔστι γὰρ κτίσμα Βαβυλῶνος παιδὸς Βήλου παλαίτατον, οὐχ ὡς Ἡρόδοτος ὑπὸ Σεμιράμιδος· ταύτης γὰρ ἦν ἀρχαιοτέρα ἔτεσι χιλίοις δύο, ὡς Ἑρέννιος. ἔστι καὶ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ πόλις. ὁμοίως καὶ τὸ μιμαλλών θηλυκόν, ἤτοι μαινάς. οὕτω Καλλίμαχος. Τὰ εἰς 'μων' μὴ ὄντα τοπικὰ ἢ ὁπότε μὴ ἐπὶ καιροῦ λαμβάνοιτο ἢ ἔχοι πρὸ τέλους τὸ 'υ' ἐκτεταμένον, βαρύνεται, Ἕρμων, Ἄλμων ἢ Σάλμων, πόλις Βοιωτίας, ἣν Ἑλλά…