Μάζακα - Stephanos Ethnika

Μάζακα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#9
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 425.9 · Billerbeck Μ9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count	19

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μαζάκα	Mazaca · place
Καππαδοκία	Cappadocia · place · corrected · Q217265
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
Μάζακα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q48338 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
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'.

Links

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

Herodian overlaps

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

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.