Μάκαλλα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Μάκαλλα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Entry #22
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 427.4 | Billerbeck: Μ22
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count: 15
Translation blocked: Most differences are orthographic/diacritic and punctuation (accents, breathing marks, and a middot vs comma), but there is a substantive lexical substitution in the ethnic name: Billerbeck gives Ἀγυλλαῖος while Meineke gives Γογγυλαῖος.
Entities: Μάκαλλα (Makalla (Macalla)) [place], Ἰταλία (Italy) [place], Φιλοκτήτης (Philoctetes) [person], Μακαλλαῖος (Makallaean (inhabitant of Makalla)) [people], Ἀγυλλαῖος (Agyllaean (inhabitant of Agylla/Caere)) [people]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: It is called from (the fact) that Philoctetes was ‘softened’ there (i.e. 'μαλακισθῆναι'—to be made soft).
Source: e9783110219630_i1227.jpg
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Μάκαλλα, πόλις Ἰταλίας. κέκληται ἀπὸ τοῦ μαλακισθῆναι ἐν αὐτῇ Φιλοκτήτην. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μακαλλαῖος ὡς Γογγυλαῖος.
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