Λιπάρα - Stephanos Ethnika

Λιπάρα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Entry #77
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 418.8 | Billerbeck: Λ77
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count: 23
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Entities: Λιπάρα (Lipara (island)) [place], Αἴολος (Aeolus) [deity], Μελιγουνίς (Meligunis (alternate name)) [place], Σικελία (Sicily) [place], Λίπαρος (Liparus (person)) [person], Αὔσων (Auson / Ausonus (person)) [person], Λιπαραῖος (Liparaean (ethnic name)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: Named from Liparus, son of Auson (i.e. the island is named after Liparus, the son of Auson).; Unclear Metalinguistic: Which was called Meligounis (i.e. the island bore the alternative name Meligounis).
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Λιπάρα, νῆσος μεγίστη τῶν ἑπτὰ τῶν Αἰόλου, ἣ Μελιγουνίς ἐκαλεῖτο, πλησίον Σικελίας, ἀπὸ Λιπάρου τοῦ Αὔσονος υἱοῦ. λέγεται καὶ πληθυντικῶς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λιπαραῖος.

Lipara: the largest island of the seven (islands) of Aiolos, which was called Meligounis, near Sicily, (named) from Liparos, son of Auson. It is also said in the plural. The ethnic (gentilic) is Liparaios.

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Stephanos

Λιπάρα, νῆσος μεγίστη τῶν ἑπτὰ τῶν Αἰόλου, ἣ Μελιγουνίς ἐκαλεῖτο, πλησίον Σικελίας, ἀπὸ Λιπάρου τοῦ Αὔσονος υἱοῦ. λέγεται καὶ πληθυντικῶς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λιπαραῖος.

Herodian

…βὰς παροξύνεται, Κυπάρα κρήνη Σικελίας, ἣ καὶ Ἀρέθουσα ἐλέγετο, Βατεράρα πόλις Λιγύων. Ἰνδάρα Σικανῶν πόλις. Θεόπομπος. Καμάρα πόλις Κρήτης, ἥτις Λατώ ἐλέγετο. Λιπάρα νῆσος μεγίστη τῶν ἑπτὰ τοῦ Αἰόλου, ἣ Μελιγουνὶς ἐλέγετο, πλησίον Σικελίας, ἀπὸ Λιπάρου τοῦ Αὔσονος υἱοῦ. λέγεται καὶ πληθυντικῶς. Μακκάραι χώρα ὑπὲρ Φάρσαλον. Θεόπομπος πέμπτῳ Φιλιππικῶν. * Τὰ εἰς 'ερα' δισύλλαβα μακροκατάληκτα βαρύνεται, ἔρα, Δέρα ὄνομα τόπου Λακωνικῆς, Μέρα ὄνομα πόλεως, δέρα, τοῦτο δὲ παρὰ τῷ ποιητῇ διὰ τῆς 'ει' διφθόγγου γράφ…