Μάκιστος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μάκιστος, πόλις τῆς Τριφυλίας, ἣν ᾤκησαν Καύκωνες, ἀπὸ Μακίστου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Φρίξου, ἀφ´ οὗ καὶ ἡ Φρίξα πόλις, ἐπ´ ὄρους ὑψηλοῦ κειμένη πρὸς ἕω τῆς Λεπρεατικῆς. ὁ πολίτης Μακιστεύς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μακίστιος καὶ Μακιστία. εὕρηται καὶ Μακέστιος διὰ τοῦ « ε » ψιλοῦ.

Phrixa">Makistos: a city in Triphylia, which the Kaukones settled, named after Makistos, the brother of Phrixos, after whom also is the city Phrixa, situated on a high mountain east of Lepreatis. A citizen is a 'Makisteus'. The ethnonyms are 'Makistios' and 'Makistia'. The form 'Makestios', with plain ε, is also found.

Text Details

Entry	#26
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 428.11
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count	41
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μάκιστος	Makistos (Macistus) · place · corrected · Q18224132
Τριφυλία	Triphylia · place · corrected · Q472032
Καύκωνες	Caucones (Kaukones) · people
Μάκιστος	Makistos · person · corrected · Q18224132
Φρίξος	Phrixus · person
Φρίξα	Phrixa · place · corrected · Q5505071
Λέπρεα	Leprea (region of Lepreatai) · place
Μακιστεύς	Makisteus (a citizen of Makistos) · person
Μακίστιος	Makistios (ethnic/demonym) · people
Μακιστία	Makistia (ethnic/demonym, fem.) · people
Μακέστιος	Makestios (variant ethnicon) · people
Makistos in Triphylia	place · city · Triphylia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	(named) from Makistos, the brother of Phrixus
Eponym Person	from whom (Phrixus) also the city Phrixa (is named)
Morphological Composition	the form Μακέστιος is also found, by insertion/through the (letter) epsilon

Links

Place links	Athena temple of Skillountia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1239.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	[NO ANTECEDENT] + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:85dbc02f91e20d41	Translate as "as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (MASCULINE ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:04e9b95236efcdc4	Translate as "X... from/after whom is 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (NEUTER ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:36c80425f64385f6	Translate as "X... from which is Y" or "X... as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 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 · 1 occurrence
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	διὰ τοῦ + «X» (GREEK LETTER) + [FORM OF γράφειν] formula:93bec21ca1d8a38f	Translate as "writes/write/wrote/is written with X" Domain: SPELLING & PROSODY Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.