Λυχνιδός

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Λυχνιδός, πόλις Ἰλλυρίας ἀρσενικῶς λεγομένη καὶ λίμνη θηλυκῶς. Ἡρωδιανὸς Λυχνιτὸν αὐτόν φησι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λυχνίδιος καὶ Λυχνιδία λίμνη. καὶ Λυχνίτης. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἀρμενίας Λυχνῖτις χώρα.

Lychnidos: a city of Illyria, spoken of in the masculine, and a lake in the feminine. Herodian says that it is 'Lychniton'. The ethnonym is 'Lychnidios', and 'Lychnidia' as a lake. Also 'Lychnites'. There is also in Armenia a district Lychnitis.

Text Details

Entry#116
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 423.14 · Billerbeck Λ116
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count26
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἡρωδιανός (Herodian (the author))(2,547,16)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΛυχνιδόςLychnidos · place
ἸλλυρίαIllyria · place
ΛυχνιτόςLychnitos (variant of Lychnidos) · place
ΛυχνίδιοςLychnidios (ethnic name) · people
ΛυχνιδίαLychnidia (lake) · place
ΛυχνίτηςLychnites (inhabitant/ethnic) · people
ἈρμενίαArmenia · place
ΛυχνῖτιςLychnitis (region in Armenia) · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear MetalinguisticA city of Illyria called (grammatically) masculine, and the lake (called) feminine.
Unclear MetalinguisticHerodian calls it 'Lychniton'.
Unclear MetalinguisticThe ethnic (adjective) 'Lychnidios' and 'Lychnidia' (for the lake); and 'Lychnites'.
Unclear MetalinguisticThere is also a region in Armenia called 'Lychnitis'.

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Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC