Μαγνησία

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Μαγνησία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Entry #6
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 424.19 | Billerbeck: Μ6
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count: 28
Translation blocked: The substantive lexical difference is the preposition πρὸς (Billerbeck) vs παρὰ (Meineke) before τῷ Μαιάνδρῳ, which alters the locative meaning. Remaining differences are punctuation/orthographic (interpunct vs comma; spacing before final period).
Sources: Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus) fr. 708 Pfeiffer, Παρθένιος (Parthenius) fr. 46 Lightfoot = SH 658, Σοφοκλῆς (Sophocles) fr. 1066 Radt
Entities: Μαγνησία (Magnesia) [place], Μαίανδρος (Maeander (river)) [place], Μάγνης (Magnes) [person], Μάγνης (Magnes) [person], Μάγνησσα (Magnessa (feminine/demonym)) [people], Μαγνησίς (Magnēsis (feminine/demonym)) [people], Μαγνῆτις (Magnētis (feminine/demonym)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: from Magnētos (i.e. named after Magnētos).; Eponym Person: the citizen 'Magnēs' is homonymous with the founder (i.e. shares the founder's name).; Morphological Composition: the feminine form 'Māgnessa' according to Callimachus, 'Magnēsis' according to Parthenios, and 'Magnētis' according to Sophocles (variant feminine forms of the place-name).
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Μαγνησία, πόλις παρὰ τῷ Μαιάνδρῳ καὶ χώρα, ἀπὸ Μάγνητος. ὁ πολίτης Μάγνης ὁμωνύμως τῷ οἰκιστῇ. τὸ θηλυκὸν Μάγνησσα παρὰ Καλλιμάχῳ καὶ Μαγνησίς παρὰ Παρθενίῳ καὶ Μαγνῆτις παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ.
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