Μαδυτός

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Entry #8
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 425.6 | Billerbeck: Μ8
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count: 18
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 165 [Εὐρώπῃ], Βηρύτιος (Berytius (Berutian)), Σήστιος (Sestius)
Entities: Μαδυτός (Madytus (Madytos)) [place], Ἑλλήσποντος / Ἑλλησπόντιον (Hellespont) [place], Εὐρώπη (Europa / Europe) [place], Μαδύτιος (Madytios (demonym)) [people], Μάδυτα (Madytos (variant form)) [place], Μαδυτεύς (Madytēs (demonym/person from Madytos)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: Hecataeus (and others) [derive the name] from Europa.; Morphological Composition: The ethnicon (demonym) is 'Madytios', like 'Berytios' and 'Sesti(os)' (formation of the demonym with the suffix -ιος).; Morphological Composition: And from Madyta (the place) comes 'Madyteús' (the demonym derived from the place).
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Μαδυτός, πόλις Ἑλλησποντία. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ καὶ ἄλλοι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαδύτιος, ὡς Βηρύτιος Σήστιος, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Μάδυτα Μαδυτεύς.
Madytós: a city of the Hellespont (region). Hekataios, in his *Europa*, and others (mention it). The ethnic adjective is *Madýtios*, as (one says) *Bērýtios* and *Sḗstios*; and from *Madyta* comes *Madyteús*.

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.221
char LCS 45 (44.1%) · word LCS 7 (38.9%)
Stephanos
Μαδυτός, πόλις Ἑλλησποντία. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ καὶ ἄλλοι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαδύτιος, ὡς Βηρύτιος Σήστιος, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Μάδυτα Μαδυτεύς.
Herodian
…αὶ τόπος, δι´ ἑνὸς 'τ' καὶ Μολοττός, ὀμοτός. τὸ μέντοι ἄροτος καὶ βίοτος προπαροξύνεται. Τὰ εἰς 'τος' ὑπερδισύλλαβα παραληγόμενα 'υ' βραχεῖ κύρια ὄντα βαρύνεται, Ἔρυτος, Ἄνυτος, Εὔρυτος Μελανέως πατήρ, Αἴπυτος, Ὄρνυτος, Μάδυτος πόλις Ἑλλησποντία. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ καὶ ἄλλοι. λέγεται καὶ Μάδυτα. Ὤκυτος. Ἄφυτος πόλις Θρᾴκης, ἣ καὶ Ἀφύτη καὶ Ἄφυτις, Ἄκυτος νῆσος περὶ Κυδωνίαν τῆς Κρήτης. πρόσκειται κύρια διὰ τὰ τριγενῆ ἁπλᾶ ὄντα, ἃ ὀξύνεται, φορυτός, πινυτός. τὸ δὲ ἄλυτος σύνθετον προπαροξύνε…

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