Μαίναλος

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Μαίναλος, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἀπὸ Μαινάλου τοῦ Λυκάονος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαινάλιος καὶ θηλυκὸν Μαιναλία καὶ Μαιναλίτης ὡς Ἴναχος Ἰναχίτης, καὶ Μαιναλεύς ὡς Σουνιεύς. παρὰ τὸ ὄρος τὸ Μαίναλον ἔστι καὶ Μαιναλία πόλις Γαλατίας.

Mainalos: a city of Arkadia, from Mainalos son of Lykaon. The ethnonym is 'Mainalios', and in the feminine 'Mainalia', and 'Mainalites'. Also 'Mainaleus', as 'Sounieus', from the mountain Mainalon. There is also Mainalia, a city of Galatia.

Text Details

Entry#17
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 426.6 · Billerbeck Μ17
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count32
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜαῖναλοςMainalos (Mainalon) · place
ἈρκαδίαArcadia · place
ΜαῖναλοςMainalos · person
ΛυκάωνLycaon · person
ΜαιναλίοςMainalian (demonym) · people
ΜαιναλίαMainalia / Mainalian (feminine) · people
ΜαιναλίτηςMainalites (demonym) · people
ἼναχοςInachos (river/river-god) · place
ἸναχίτηςInachites (demonym) · people
ΜαιναλεύςMainaleus (demonym) · people
ΣουνιεύςSounieus (demonym) · people
ΜαῖναλονMainalon (mountain) · place
ΓαλατίαGalatia · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Personfrom Mainalos, son of Lycaon.
Morphological Compositionthe ethnic (demonym) Mainalios and the feminine Mainalia and Mainalites, like Inachos → Inachites (showing formation of demonyms).
Place TransferMainaleus, like Sounieus, (formed or located) by the mountain Mainalon (derivation/association from the mountain).
Place TransferThere is also a Mainalia, a city of Galatia (the Galatian city bears the same name — name transferred).

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Herodian overlaps

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