Μασσαλία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #89
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 435.18 | Billerbeck: Μ89
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count: 50
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 55 [Εὐρώπῃ], Τίμαιος (Timaeus) FGrHist 566 F 72
Entities: Μασσαλία (Massalia (ancient Marseille)) [place], Λιγυστική (Liguria / the Ligurian region) [place], Κελτική (the Celtic (land/region) / Celts) [people], Φωκαεῖς (Phocaeans) [people], Εὐρώπη (Europe) [place], Αἰολεῖς (Aeolians) [people], Μασσαλιώτης (Massaliote (inhabitant of Massalia)) [people], Μασσαλιεύς (Massalian (male inhabitant)) [people], Μασσαλιώτις (Massalian woman (female inhabitant)) [people]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: Timaeus says that while sailing the commander, seeing a fisherman, ordered 'mássai' the shore rope; for the Aeolians say 'mássai' means to fasten/tie; and therefore it was named from the fisherman and from 'mássai'.; Morphological Composition: For the Aeolians say 'mássai' means to fasten/bind.
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Μασσαλία, πόλις τῆς Λιγυστικῆς κατὰ τὴν Κελτικήν, ἄποικος Φωκαέων. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Τίμαιος δέ φησιν ὅτι προσπλέων ὁ κυβερνήτης καὶ ἰδὼν ἁλιέα ἐκέλευσε μάσσαι τὸ ἀπόγειον σχοινίον· μάσσαι γὰρ τὸ δῆσαί φασιν Αἰολεῖς· ἀπὸ γοῦν τοῦ ἁλιέως καὶ τοῦ μάσσαι ὠνόμασται. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μασσαλιώτης καὶ Μασσαλιεύς καὶ Μασσαλία καὶ Μασσαλιῶτις γυνή.

Massalia: a city of Ligystikē in the region of Keltikē, a colony of the Phokaioi. Hekataios, in his Europa. But Timaios says that, as the helmsman was sailing in, and saw a fisherman, he ordered him to ‘māssein’ the stern-rope; for Aiolians say ‘māssein’ for ‘to tie’. Accordingly it has been named from the fisherman and from the word ‘māssein’. The ethnic is Massaliōtēs and Massalieus; also (the feminine) Massalia, and Massaliōtis (a woman).

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Stephanos

Μασσαλία, πόλις τῆς Λιγυστικῆς κατὰ τὴν Κελτικήν, ἄποικος Φωκαέων. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Τίμαιος δέ φησιν ὅτι προσπλέων ὁ κυβερνήτης καὶ ἰδὼν ἁλιέα ἐκέλευσε μάσσαι τὸ ἀπόγειον σχοινίον· μάσσαι γὰρ τὸ δῆσαί φασιν Αἰολεῖς· ἀπὸ γοῦν τοῦ ἁλιέως καὶ τοῦ μάσσαι ὠνόμασται. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μασσαλιώτης καὶ Μασσαλιεύς καὶ Μασσαλία καὶ Μασσαλιῶτις γυνή.

Herodian

…ραχῖνι. Θεσσαλία ἀπὸ Θεσσαλοῦ ἡ πρότερον Πελασγία. Παραλία τῆς Ἀττικῆς. Χαλία πόλις Βοιωτίας. Θεόπομπος μεʹ «τὴν δὲ Χαλίαν καὶ τὴν καλουμένην Ὑρίαν, ἥ περ ἐστὶν ἐφεξῆς ἐκείνης, τῆς Βοιωτίας....» Μαιναλία πόλις Γαλατίας. Μασσαλία πόλις τῆς Λιγυστικῆς κατὰ τὴν Κελτικήν, ἄποικος Φωκαέων. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Τίμαιος δέ φησιν ὅτι προσπλέων ὁ κυβερνήτης καὶ ἰδὼν ἁλιέα ἐκέλευσε μάσσαι τὸ ἀπόγειον σχοινίον· μάσσαι γὰρ τὸ δῆσαί φασιν Αἰολεῖς· ἀπὸ γοῦν τοῦ ἁλιέως καὶ τοῦ μάσσαι ὠνόμασται. Κασταλία πόλις Κιλικίας. Ἀλλαλία πόλις ἐν Κύρνῳ τῇ νήσῳ κτίσμα Φωκαέων, ὡς Ἡρόδοτος (I 165). Παυταλία μοῖρα Θρᾴκης. εἰ δὲ μὴ οὕτως, ὀξύνεται, ἀμυγδαλιά, φυταλιά, λαλιά, καλιά. τὸ δὲ ἀσπαλία ἡ ἁλεία βαρύνεται. Τὰ εἰς 'α…