Μαίναλος

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Entry #17
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 426.6 | Billerbeck: Μ17
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count: 32
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Μαῖναλος (Mainalos (Mainalon)) [place], Ἀρκαδία (Arcadia) [place], Μαῖναλος (Mainalos) [person], Λυκάων (Lycaon) [person], Μαιναλίος (Mainalian (demonym)) [people], Μαιναλία (Mainalia / Mainalian (feminine)) [people], Μαιναλίτης (Mainalites (demonym)) [people], Ἴναχος (Inachos (river/river-god)) [place], Ἰναχίτης (Inachites (demonym)) [people], Μαιναλεύς (Mainaleus (demonym)) [people], Σουνιεύς (Sounieus (demonym)) [people], Μαῖναλον (Mainalon (mountain)) [place], Γαλατία (Galatia) [place]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: from Mainalos, son of Lycaon.; Morphological Composition: the ethnic (demonym) Mainalios and the feminine Mainalia and Mainalites, like Inachos → Inachites (showing formation of demonyms).; Place Transfer: Mainaleus, like Sounieus, (formed or located) by the mountain Mainalon (derivation/association from the mountain).; Place Transfer: There is also a Mainalia, a city of Galatia (the Galatian city bears the same name — name transferred).
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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.

Maenalos: a city of Arcadia, named after Maenalos the son of Lykaon. The ethnikon is Mainalios, with feminine Mainalia, and (also) Mainalites, as (e.g.) Inachos → Inachites. Also Mainaleus, as Sounieus, from the mountain Maenalos. There is also (a) Mainalia, a city of Galatia.

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