Μαρώνεια - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #81
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 434.12 | Billerbeck: Μ81
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count: 36
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 159
Entities: Μαρώνεια (Maroneia) [place], Κικονία (Kikonía / land of the Cicones) [people], Θρᾴκη (Thrace) [place], Ἰσμαρίς (Ismaris (Lake Ismaris)) [place], Μαρωνεῖτης (Maroneitēs (demonym)) [people], Μαρωνίς (Maronis (feminine demonym)) [people], Μάρων (Maron) [person], Μαρωναῖος (Maronaeios (adjectival/demonym)) [other], Μαρώνη (Marone / Marōnē) [other]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: Maroneia: a city of Cicones on the Thracian peninsula. 'in the lake Ismaris, and in Maroneia the city' (Hecataeus). The ethnic adjective Maroneites and feminine (Maronis) with -ι from the genitive of Maron (i.e. from the name Maron). And Maronaios, as from Marone (Μαρώνη).
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Μαρώνεια, πόλις Κικονίας κατὰ τὴν ἐν Θρᾴκῃ χερρόνησον. [Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ] “ἐν δὲ λίμνη Ἰσμαρίς, ἐν δὲ Μαρώνεια πόλις”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαρωνείτης καὶ θηλυκῶς διὰ τοῦ « ι », καὶ Μαρωνίς ἀπὸ τῆς Μάρωνος γενικῆς. καὶ Μαρωναῖος, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ Μαρώνη.

Marōneia: a city of the Kikones, on the Chersonese in Thrace. “And there is Lake Ismaris, and in it the city Marōneia”. The ethnic (gentilic) is Marōneitēs; and in the feminine it is formed with iota, and also Marōnis, from the genitive of Marōn. Also Marōnaios, as from Marōnēs.

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Stephanos

Μαρώνεια, πόλις Κικονίας κατὰ τὴν ἐν Θρᾴκῃ χερρόνησον. [Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ] “ἐν δὲ λίμνη Ἰσμαρίς, ἐν δὲ Μαρώνεια πόλις”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαρωνείτης καὶ θηλυκῶς διὰ τοῦ « ι », καὶ Μαρωνίς ἀπὸ τῆς Μάρωνος γενικῆς. καὶ Μαρωναῖος, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ Μαρώνη.

Herodian

…τοῦ κτίσμα, ὡς ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ Πτολεμαῖος ἀποφαίνεται· ἔστι καὶ τόπος ἐν τῇ Ἴδῃ τῇ Τρωϊκῇ Ἀλεξάνδρεια λεγόμενος, ἐν ᾧ φασι τὸν Πάριν διακρῖναι τὰς θεάς, ὡς Τιμοσθένης. Καυκώνεια χώρα τῶν Καυκώνων ἀπὸ τῆς Καύκωνος γενικῆς ὡς Μαρώνεια πόλις Κικονίας κατὰ τὴν ἐν Θρᾴκῃ χερρόνησον. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ «ἐν δὲ λιμὴν Ἰσμαρίς, ἐν δὲ Μαρώνεια πόλις». Χαιρώνεια πόλις πρὸς τοῖς ὅροις Φωκίδος. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ «ἐν δὲ Χαιρώνεια πόλις τὰ πρῶτα»....... «Ἀθηναῖοι καὶ οἱ μετ´ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τοὺς Ὀρχομενίζοντας τῶν Βοιωτῶν ἐπερχόμενοι καὶ Χαιρώνει…