Μαιῶται - Stephanos Ethnika

Μαιῶται OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Μαιῶται, ἔθνος Σκυθικὸν μέγιστον καὶ πολυάνθρωπον. καὶ τὸ θηλυκόν, ὡς Μαιῶτις λίμνη, ἥν φασι κληθῆναι ἀπὸ [τοῦ μαῖαν εἶναι] τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου. ἔστι καὶ μαιώτης ἰχθῦς τις. λέγεται καὶ κτητικὸν Μαιωτικός.

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Text Details

Entry	#20
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 426.16
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count	31

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μαιῶται	Maeotians · people · corrected · Q1567892
Σκύθιοι	Scythians · people
Μαιῶτις (λίμνη)	Maeotian Lake (Maeotis; Sea of Azov) · place · corrected · Q35000
Εὔξεινος Πόντος	Euxine Sea (Black Sea) · place
Μαιώτης (ἰχθύς)	a Maeotian fish (Maiotes) · other
Μαιῶται	place · explicit · wikidata: Q1567892 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Folk Etymology Narrative	The feminine (name), as the lake Maeotis, which they say is called from its being the 'maia' (mother/nurse) of the Euxine Sea.

Links

Place links	Maeotae
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.106

char LCS 59 (35.8%) · word LCS 12 (38.7%)

Stephanos

Μαιῶται, ἔθνος Σκυθικὸν μέγιστον καὶ πολυάνθρωπον. καὶ τὸ θηλυκόν, ὡς Μαιῶτις λίμνη, ἥν φασι κληθῆναι ἀπὸ [τοῦ μαῖαν εἶναι] τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου. ἔστι καὶ μαιώτης ἰχθῦς τις. λέγεται καὶ κτητικὸν Μαιωτικός.

Herodian

…νις» ὡς ἀπὸ Πειρήτης ἀρσενικοῦ, πρωθῆβις. Μάγνης Μαγνῆτις παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ, Κουρής Κουρῆτις. Μασῆτις λίμνη, κώμη καὶ νῆσος. νησιώτης νησιῶτις, Ἀρδαλιῶτις, Ἑστιαιῶτις ἡ Θεσσαλικὴ μοῖρα. Ἰταλιῶτις. Μαιώτης ἔθνος Σκυθικὸν καὶ Μαιῶτις λίμνη, ἥν φασι κληθῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ μαῖαν εἶναι τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου. Μαρεῶτις λίμνη. Μασσαλιῶτις, Πελασγιῶτις, Φθιῶτις. χωρὶς τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς κοίτης καὶ πωλῶ· ταῦτα γὰρ προπαροξύνονται, ἄκοιτις, παράκοιτις, ἀρτόπωλις, λαχανόπωλις, ἀλφιτόπωλις. τὸ μέντοι δολόμητις οὐκ ἔστι θηλυκόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ …

Herodian 1.75

char LCS 36 (21.8%) · word LCS 5 (16.1%)

Stephanos

Μαιῶται, ἔθνος Σκυθικὸν μέγιστον καὶ πολυάνθρωπον. καὶ τὸ θηλυκόν, ὡς Μαιῶτις λίμνη, ἥν φασι κληθῆναι ἀπὸ [τοῦ μαῖαν εἶναι] τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου. ἔστι καὶ μαιώτης ἰχθῦς τις. λέγεται καὶ κτητικὸν Μαιωτικός.

Herodian

ἀγροιώτης, μονώτης καὶ μονώστης. Μαιώτης ἔθνος Σκυθικὸν μέγιστον καὶ πολυάνθρωπον. ἔστι καὶ μαιώτης ἰχθῦς τις. Ἀραχώτης ποταμὸς Ἰνδικός, ὃς καὶ Ἀραχωτός. Ἀζειώτης ἔθνος τῆς Τρῳάδος, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν τοῖς περὶ Λυδίαν λέγει. ἔοικε δὲ τὸ πρωτότυπον Ἄζεια εἶναι, ἵν´ ᾖ ὡς Μάρεια Μαρειώτης, Ῥάφεια Ῥαφειώτης…