Λάδεστα ἢ Λάδεστον

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Λάδεστα ἢ Λάδεστον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
island
Entry #10
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 405.16 | Billerbeck: Λ10
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-24
Word count: 17
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Θεόπομπος (Theopompus) FGrHist 115 F 131 [Φιλιππικῶν]
Entities: Λάδεστος (Ladesta (island)) [place], Λάδεστος (Ladeston (alternate form of Ladesta)) [place], Λιβυρνίδες (Liburnians (Liburnian islands)) [people], Λαδεστανός (Ladestanos (ethnic)) [people], Αὔγουστα (Augusta) [place], Αὐγουστανός (Augustanos (ethnic of Augusta)) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: The ethnic name 'Λαδεστανός' (Ladestanós), formed like 'Αὐγουστανός' is formed from 'Αὐγούστα' (Augusta) — i.e., the ethnicon is formed by adding -ανός as in 'Αὐγουστανός'
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Λάδεστα ἢ Λάδεστον, μία τῶν Λιβυρνίδων νήσων. Θεόπομπος καʹ Φιλιππικῶν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λαδεστανός, ὡς τῆς Αὐγούστας Αὐγουστανός.
Ladesta or Ladeston: one of the Liburnian islands. Theopompos, in book 21 of the *Philippika*. The ethnic (gentilic) is *Ladestanos*, as (one says) *Augustanos* from *Augousta*.

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