Κωστάντεια

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Κωστάντεια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Entry #316
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 403.13 | Billerbeck: Κ316
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-24
Word count: 37
Translation blocked: Most differences are orthographic (accents, diacritics, punctuation) and mechanical (OCR vs editorial normalization) plus numeric-notational expansion (ιθ̅ → ἐννεακαιδεκάτῳ). Crucial substantive divergences: the cited formative letter (ι vs ν) and the resulting ethnicon (Κωσταντιάτης vs Κωσταντειάτης), and a morphological/case difference in the Καύκων/Καύκωνος sequence. These substantive points affect reference/derivation; the rest are mechanical.
Sources: Διονύσιος (Dionysios) (vol. 4, p. 312 Jacoby) [Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας], Jacoby (Jacoby) (vol. 4, p. 312 Jacoby)
Entities: Κωστάντεια (Konstanteia (Kostanteia)) [place], Κύπρος (Cyprus) [place], Σαλαμίς (Salamis) [place], Κώνσταντος (Konstantos / Constantine) [person], Μαρώνεια (Maroneia) [place], Μάρων (Maron) [person], Καύκων (Caucones) [people], Καυκώνεια (Cauconeia) [place], Βρεττία (Brettia (Brettia?)) [place], Κωσταντιάτης (Kostantiates (ethnic)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: is formed from the genitive of Κώνσταντος (i.e., from the personal name Konstantos); Eponym Person: as Maroneia from Maron (i.e., Maroneia is formed from the name Maron); Eponym Person: and Kaukōn (→) Kaukōneia (i.e., Kaukōneia formed from Kaukōn); Morphological Composition: it is also found through the (vowel) i (i.e., formation via the suffix -ι or -ια)
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Κωστάντεια, ἡ νῦν ἐν Κύπρῳ Σαλαμίς γίνεται δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Κώσταντος γενικῆς, ὡς Μαρώνεια ἀπὸ τῆς Μάρωνος, καὶ Καύκωνος Καυκώνεια. ἔστι καὶ Βρεττίας ἄλλη, ὡς Διονύσιος ἐννεακαιδεκάτῳ Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κωσταντειάτης. εὕρηται καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ν ».
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Herodian 1.274
char LCS 64 (31.2%) · word LCS 9 (24.3%)
Stephanos
Κωστάντεια, ἡ νῦν ἐν Κύπρῳ Σαλαμίς γίνεται δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Κώσταντος γενικῆς, ὡς Μαρώνεια ἀπὸ τῆς Μάρωνος, καὶ Καύκωνος Καυκώνεια. ἔστι καὶ Βρεττίας ἄλλη, ὡς Διονύσιος ἐννεακαιδεκάτῳ Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κωσταντειάτης. εὕρηται καὶ διὰ τοῦ « ν ».
Herodian
…. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ ἡ πόλις καὶ Ἄρνη τὸ ἀρχαῖον. ὅθεν καὶ Ὅμηρος τῇ ἀρχαιοτέρᾳ ἐχρήσατο ὀνομασίᾳ, καθότι Αἴγυπτον τὸν ποταμὸν εἶπεν, οὐ Νεῖλον. καὶ πανταχοῦ τοῖς ἀρχαιοτέροις ὀνόμασι χρῆται. Κωστάντεια ἡ νῦν ἐν Κύπρῳ Σαλαμίς· ἔστι καὶ Βρεττίας ἄλλη, ὡς Διονύσιος ἐννεακαιδεκάτῳ Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας. εὕρηται καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'ν'. Βυζάντεια ἡ χώρα. Αἴνεια τόπος Θρᾴκης ἀπὸ Αἰνείου. Θέων δ´ Αἰνειάδας ταύτην καλεῖ, ὑπομνηματίζων τὸν Λυκόφρονα (v. 1263) «Αἰνείας δὲ μετὰ τὴν Ἰλίου πόρθησιν εἰς Θρᾴκην παρεγένετο καὶ ἔκτισε πόλ…