Μάζακα

Μάζακα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #9
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 425.9 | Billerbeck: Μ9
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count: 19
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Μαζάκα (Mazaca) [place], Καππαδοκία (Cappadocia) [place], Καισάρεια (Caesarea (modern Kayseri)) [place], Μαζακηνός (Mazakenos (ethnic name, inhabitant of Mazaca)) [people], Μαζακεύς (Mazakeus / Mazacean (inhabitant of Mazaca)) [people], Τύανα (Tyana) [place], Τυανεύς (Tyaneus / Tyanean (inhabitant of Tyana)) [people], Μαζάκες (the Mazakes (people of Mazaca)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: It is also said to be from the Mazakes (i.e., named after the Mazakes).; Morphological Composition: It is also called 'Mazakeus', like Tyana 'Tyaneus' (showing the demonym formation with the suffix -εύς).; Morphological Composition: The ethnic/demonym is 'Mazakênos'.
Source: e9783110219630_i1218.jpg
Edit

Μάζακα, πόλις Καππαδοκίας, ἡ νῦν Καισάρεια· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαζακηνός. λέγεται καὶ Μαζακεύς, ὡς Τύανα Τυανεύς. λέγεται καὶ ἀπὸ Μαζάκων.

Mazaka: a city of Cappadocia, now Caesarea. The ethnic (gentilic) is Mazakēnos. It is also said (sc. the ethnic) Mazakeus, as (one says) Tyana—Tyaneus. It is also said (to be named) from the Mazakoi.

Herodian overlaps