Μάγαρσος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Μάγαρσος, μέγιστος ὄχθος ἐν Κιλικίᾳ πρὸς τῇ Μαλλῷ. τὸ τοπικὸν Μαγάρσιος, καὶ Μαγαρσία Ἀθηνᾶ ἐκεῖ ἵδρυται, ὡς Λυρνησσός Λυρνήσσιος.

Magarsos: a very large mound in Kilikia, near Mallos. The locative is 'Magarsios'; and Magarsian Athena is established there.

Text Details

Entry#1
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 424.6 · Billerbeck Μ1
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count19
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜάγαρσοςMagarsos · place
ΚιλικίαCilicia · place
ΜάλλοςMallus · place
ΜαγάρσιοςMagarsios (local name) · other
ΜαγαρσίαMagarsia (epithet) · other
ἈθηνᾶAthena · deity
ΛυρνησσόςLyrnessos · place
ΛυρνησσίοςLyrnessios (ethnic) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionMagarsos; (it is) the greatest hill in Cilicia near Mallus. The local demonym is Magarsios, and an Athena called Magarsia was established there (i.e. Athena bearing an epithet formed from the place name).
Morphological Composition'as Lyrnessos (gives) Lyrnessios' — a parallel showing the formation of an adjectival/demonymic from a place name.

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Herodian overlaps

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