Μάζακα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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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 Kaisareia. The ethnonym is 'Mazakenos'. It is also called 'Mazakeus'. It is also said to be from the Mazakoi.

Text Details

Entry#9
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 425.9 · Billerbeck Μ9
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count19
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜαζάκαMazaca · place
ΚαππαδοκίαCappadocia · place
ΚαισάρειαCaesarea (modern Kayseri) · place
ΜαζακηνόςMazakenos (ethnic name, inhabitant of Mazaca) · people
ΜαζακεύςMazakeus / Mazacean (inhabitant of Mazaca) · people
ΤύαναTyana · place
ΤυανεύςTyaneus / Tyanean (inhabitant of Tyana) · people
Μαζάκεςthe Mazakes (people of Mazaca) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym PersonIt is also said to be from the Mazakes (i.e., named after the Mazakes).
Morphological CompositionIt is also called 'Mazakeus', like Tyana 'Tyaneus' (showing the demonym formation with the suffix -εύς).
Morphological CompositionThe ethnic/demonym is 'Mazakênos'.

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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.

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC