Λυρνησσός - Stephanos Ethnika

Λυρνησσός OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #113
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 423.7 | Billerbeck: Λ113
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count: 23
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Αἰσχύλος (Aeschylus) (324) [Πέρσαις]
Entities: Λυρνήσσος (Lyrnessos (Lyrnessus)) [place], Τρῳάς (the Troad) [place], Λυρνήσσιος (Lyrnessian (ethnic)) [people], Λύρνα (Lyrna) [place], Λύρνη (Lyrne) [place], Λυρναῖος (Lyrnaios (ethnic)) [people]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: Aeschylus (Persians 324) says (the ethnicon) is from Lyrna or Lyrne (i.e., derived from the place-name Lyrna/Lyrne).
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Λυρνησσός, πόλις Τρωική, μία τῶν ἕνδεκα τῶν ἐν τῇ Τρῳάδι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λυρνήσσιος. Αἰσχύλος δὲ Πέρσαις ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ Λύρνα ἢ Λύρνη Λυρναῖος.

Lyrnēssos: a city in the Troad, one of the eleven cities in the Troad. The ethnic (gentilic) is Lyrnēssios. But Aeschylus, in the Persians (324), has Lyrnaios, as derived from Lyrna or Lyrnē.

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