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 (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 427.12
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count	56

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἡρακλείδης (Heraclides)	—

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μακεδονία	Macedonia · place · corrected · Q44233
Μακεδών	Makedon (eponymous founder) · person
Ζεύς	Zeus · deity · corrected · Q34201
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
Μακεδονία	place · explicit · wikidata: Q81734 · seeded_headword_alignment

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
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
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 · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high 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	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS 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 · 3 occurrences
Gloss	χώρα ἡ gloss:54f628c16aa263ce	region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

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…