Μακεδονία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μακεδονία, ἡ χώρα, ἀπὸ Μακεδόνος τοῦ Διὸς καὶ Θυίας τῆς Δευκαλίωνος, [ὥς φησιν Ἡσίοδος ὁ ποιητής ἡ δ´ ὑποκυσαμένη Διῒ γείνατο τερπικεραύνῳ υἷε δύω, Μάγνητα Μακηδόνα θ´ ἱππιοχάρμην, οἳ περὶ Πιερίην καὶ Ὄλυμπον δώματ´ ἔναιον. ἄλλοι δ´ ἀπὸ Μακεδόνος τοῦ Αἰόλου, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἱερειῶν πρώτῃ τῶν ἐν Ἄργει “καὶ Μακεδόνος [τοῦ] Αἰόλου οὕτω νῦν Μακεδόνες καλοῦνται, μόνοι μετὰ Μυσῶν τότε οἰκοῦντες”. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Μακεδονίας μοῖρα Μακετία ὡς Μαρσύας ἐν πρώτῳ Μακεδονικῶν “καὶ τὴν Ὀρεστείαν δὲ Μακετίαν λέγουσιν ἀπὸ τοῦ Μακεδόνος”. ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ὅλην Μακεδονίαν Μακετίαν οἶδεν ὀνομαζομένην Κλείδημος ἐν πρώτῳ Ἀτθίδος “καὶ ἐξῳκίσθησαν ὑπὲρ τὸν Αἰγιαλὸν ἄνω τῆς καλουμένης Μακετίας”.] τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μακεδών ὁμοφώνως τῷ κτιστῇ, κοινὸν τῷ γένει, καὶ Μακεδονίς θηλυκῶς, καὶ Μακεδών ἀντὶ τοῦ Μακεδονικός. λέγεται καὶ Μακεδόνιος καὶ Μακεδονικὴ ἡ χώρα. λέγεται καὶ Μακέτης ἀρσενικῶς καὶ Μακέτις γυνὴ καὶ Μάκεσσα ἐπιθετικῶς, ὡς Ἡρακλείδης, καὶ Μάκεττα διὰ δύο « ττ » καὶ δι´ ἑνὸς « τ ».

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Text Details

Entry	#25
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 427.12 · Billerbeck Μ25
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count	56
Translation status	Meineke contains a substantial bracketed insertion (quotations and alternate etymologies and citations — Hesiod, Hellanicus, Marsyas, Cleidemus) that Billerbeck's OCR excerpt omits; apart from that, most differences are orthographic/diacritic (accent, breathing) and minor punctuation/editorial-mark variants.

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἡρακλείδης (Heraclides)	—

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μακεδονία	Macedonia · place
Μακεδών	Makedon (eponymous founder) · person
Ζεύς	Zeus · deity
Θυία	Thuia · person
Δευκαλίων	Deucalion · person
Μακεδών	Makedon / the Macedonians (ethnonym) · people
Μακεδονίς	Macedonian (female ethnonym) · people
Μακεδόνιος	Macedonian · people
Μακεδονικός	Macedonian (feminine form) · people
Μακέτης	Maketēs (male) · people
Μακέτις	Makētis (female) · people
Μάκεσσα	Mákessa (adjectival/form) · people
Μάκεττα	Máketta · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From Makedon, (son) of Zeus and Thyia, (daughter) of Deucalion.
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnicon 'Μακεδών' is homophonous with the founder, common to the people/lineage.
Morphological Composition	And 'Μακεδονίς' (feminine), and 'Μακεδών' instead of 'Μακεδονικός'. The country is also called 'Μακεδόνιος' and 'Μακεδονική'. It is also said 'Μακέτης' (masculine) and 'Μακέτις' (woman) and 'Μάκεσσα' adjectivally, and 'Μάκεττα' with two taus and with one tau.

Links

Place links	Macedonia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1227.jpg
Review	Open review page

Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.250

char LCS 57 (7.3%) · word LCS 13 (8.8%)

Stephanos

…κετίας”.] τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μακεδών ὁμοφώνως τῷ κτιστῇ, κοινὸν τῷ γένει, καὶ Μακεδονίς θηλυκῶς, καὶ Μακεδών ἀντὶ τοῦ Μακεδονικός. λέγεται καὶ Μακεδόνιος καὶ Μακεδονικὴ ἡ χώρα. λέγεται καὶ Μακέτης ἀρσενικῶς καὶ Μακέτις γυνὴ καὶ Μάκεσσα ἐπιθετικῶς, ὡς Ἡρακλείδης, καὶ Μάκεττα διὰ δύο « ττ » καὶ δι´ ἑνὸς « τ ».

Herodian

… τὸ πέπειρος πέπειρα. Τὰ εἰς 'σα' ὑπερδισύλλαβα παρεσχηματισμένα προπαροξύνεται, εἰ μὴ κατὰ συναλοιφὴν εἴη ἀπὸ ὀξυτόνων εἰς 'ης', δαφνήεσσα, φωνήεσσα, τιμήεσσα, ἐρώεσσα, χαρίεσσα. Μάγνης Μάγνησσα παρὰ Καλλιμάχῳ, Μακέτης Μάκεσσα ἐπιθετικῶς, ὡς Ἡρακλείδης, καὶ Μάκεττα διὰ δύο 'ττ' καὶ δι´ ἑνὸς 'τ'. τὸ δὲ τεχνῆσσα ἀπὸ τοῦ τεχνήεσσα. καὶ τὰ ἀπὸ ὀξυτόνων καὶ περισπωμένων εἰς 'ης', χερνής χερνῆσσα, ἀργῆς ἀργῆσσα καὶ Κρής Κρητός Κρῆσσα, θής θῆσσα. οὕτω καὶ Θρᾷξ Θρᾷσσα καὶ Θρᾷττα Ἀττικῶς καὶ ἀπὸ Θρᾴκης δούλη καὶ εἶδος…