Λάπηθος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #41
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 412.6 | Billerbeck: Λ41
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count: 22
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἐφέσιος (Alexander of Ephesus) SH 34
Entities: Λάπηθος (Lapethos (Lapethus)) [place], Κύπρος (Cyprus) [place], Βήλος (Belus (Bēlos)) [place], Κίτιον (Kition) [place], Λαπήθιος (Lapethios (demonym)) [people], Λαπηθεύς (Lapetheus (demonym)) [people]
Place: Lapathus | 📍 Map
Source: e9783110219630_i1073.jpg
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Λάπηθος, πόλις Κύπρου, ὕφορμον ἔχουσα καὶ νεώρια. Ἀλέξανδρος Ἐφέσιος “Βήλου δ´ αὖ Κίτιόν τε καὶ ἱμερόεσσα Λάπηθος”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λαπήθιος καὶ Λαπηθεύς.

Lapēthos: a city of Cyprus, possessing an anchorage and shipyards. Alexander of Ephesus (SH 34): “and again of Belos: Kition too and lovely Lapēthos.” The ethnic (gentilic) is Lapēthios and Lapētheus.

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char LCS 52 (43.3%) · word LCS 10 (45.5%)

Stephanos

Λάπηθος, πόλις Κύπρου, ὕφορμον ἔχουσα καὶ νεώρια. Ἀλέξανδρος Ἐφέσιος “Βήλου δ´ αὖ Κίτιόν τε καὶ ἱμερόεσσα Λάπηθος”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λαπήθιος καὶ Λαπηθεύς.

Herodian

… 'ι' ἢ 'υ' ἢ καὶ φύσει μακρᾷ προπαροξύνεται· εἰ δέ τι ὀξύνεται, ἐπιθετικόν ἐστιν. Λάπιθος ἀφ´ οὗ Λαπίθης, λέκιθος, ἔριθος, Μίκυθος, ἄκυθος ἡ μὴ τίκτουσα, μαμμάκυθος ὁ μωρός, Αἴνηθος ὄρος. Αἰσχύλος. Λάπηθος πόλις Κύπρου. Ἀλέξανδρος Ἐφέσιος «Βήλου δ´ αὖ Κίτιόν τε καὶ ἱμερόεσσα Λάπηθος». Πεπάρηθος νῆσος τῶν Κυκλάδων ὁμώνυμον ἔχουσα πόλιν. Σεσάρηθος πόλις Ταυλαντίνων, ὥς φησιν Ἑκαταῖος. Κάνηθος, Ὄρηθος, Σέβηθος ὄνομα ποταμοῦ. ἐπίληθος «νηπενθές τ´ ἄχολόν τε, κακῶν ἐπίληθον ἁπάντων» (Od. δ 221). Ναύαιθο…