Μαδυτός - Stephanos Ethnika

Μαδυτός OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Μαδυτός, πόλις Ἑλλησποντία. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ καὶ ἄλλοι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαδύτιος, ὡς Βηρύτιος Σήστιος, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Μάδυτα Μαδυτεύς.

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Text Details

Entry	#8
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 425.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count	18

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Εὐρώπῃ · FGrHist 1 F 165
Βηρύτιος (Berytius (Berutian))	—
Σήστιος (Sestius)	—

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μαδυτός	Madytus (Madytos) · place · corrected · Q6728889
Ἑλλήσποντος / Ἑλλησπόντιον	Hellespont · place · corrected · Q6514
Εὐρώπη	Europa / Europe · place
Μαδύτιος	Madytios (demonym) · people
Μάδυτα	Madytos (variant form) · place
Μαδυτεύς	Madytēs (demonym/person from Madytos) · people
Madytos in Hellespont	place · city · Hellespont · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
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).

Links

Place links	Madytos \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1218.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

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…