Μελαιναί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #120
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 441.6 | Billerbeck: Μ120
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 41
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Παυσανίας (Pausanias) (8,26,8), Ῥιανός (Rhianos (Rhiannos)) FGrHist 265 F 8 = fr. 20 Powell [Ἠλιακῶν], Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander) FGrHist 273 F 62 [Λυκιακοῖς]
Entities: Μελαιναί (Melainai / Melaina) [place], Ἀρκαδία (Arcadia) [place], Μελαινεύς (Melain(e)us (Melainēus)) [person], Λυκάων (Lycaon) [person], Μελαινεύς (Melain(e)us (citizen name)) [person], Ἡραία (Heraia / Heraea) [place], Ἡραιεύς (Heraean (inhabitant of Heraia)) [people], Γόρτυς (Gortyn / Gortys) [place], Μελαιναί (Melainai (acc. pl.)) [place], Λυκία (Lycia) [place], Μελαινίτης (Melainites (ethnic/demonym)) [people], Κελαινίτης (Kelainites (ethnic/demonym)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: from Melainēos son of Lykaon, according to Pausanias (8.26.8).; Morphological Composition: the citizen (demonym) 'Melainēus', like the citizen of Heraia 'Hēraieus'.; Unclear Metalinguistic: the ethnicon 'Melainitēs' may be (formed) as 'Kelainitēs'.; Unclear Metalinguistic: There are also cities Melainai in Lycia, according to Alexander 'Lycians'.
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Μελαιναί, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἀπὸ Μελαινέως τοῦ Λυκάονος, ὡς Παυσανίας. ὁ πολίτης Μελαινεύς, ὡς τῆς Ἡραίας Ἡραιεύς. Ῥιανὸς ἐν Ἠλιακῶν πρώτῳ “Γόρτυν´ Ἥραιάν τε πολυδρύμους τε Μελαινάς”. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ Λυκίας Μελαιναί πόλις, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος Λυκιακοῖς. δύναται τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μελαινίτης ὡς Κελαινίτης.

Melaenai: a city of Arcadia, named after Melaineus son of Lycaon, as Pausanias says. The citizen is Melaineus, just as from Heraia one has Herai(e)us. Rianos, in Book 1 of the Eleiaka: “Gortys and Heraia and the much-wooded Melaenai.” There are also Melaenai in Lycia, a city, as Alexander says in his Lykiaka. The ethnic may be Melainites, as (one says) Kelainites.

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Stephanos

Μελαιναί, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἀπὸ Μελαινέως τοῦ Λυκάονος, ὡς Παυσανίας. ὁ πολίτης Μελαινεύς, ὡς τῆς Ἡραίας Ἡραιεύς. Ῥιανὸς ἐν Ἠλιακῶν πρώτῳ “Γόρτυν´ Ἥραιάν τε πολυδρύμους τε Μελαινάς”. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ Λυκίας Μελαιναί πόλις, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος Λυκιακοῖς. δύναται τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μελαινίτης ὡς Κελαινίτης.

Herodian

…οίως δὲ καὶ τὸ ταρφειαί. Τὰ εἰς 'να' συνεσταλμένον ἔχοντα τὸ 'α' ἀπὸ τῆς γενικῆς τοῦ ἀρσενικοῦ σχηματιζόμενα προπαροξύνεται, μέλανος μέλαινα· τὸ δὲ Μελαιναί πόλις Ἀρκαδίας ὀξύνεται· ἀπὸ Μελανέως τοῦ Λυκάονος, ὡς Παυσανίας ( 8, 26, 8). Ῥιανὸς ἐν Ἠλιακῶν πρώτῳ »Γόρτυν´ Ἥραιάν τε πολυδρύμους τε Μελαινάς«. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ Λυκίας Μελαιναί πόλις, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος Λυκιακοῖς. καὶ Καλλίμαχος Μελαινάς φησι Μελαινεῖς τὸν δῆμον τῆς Ἀντιοχίδος φυλῆς ἐν Ἑκάλῃ. τάλανος τάλαινα, Λάκων Λάκαινα, δράκων δράκαινα, θεράπαινα, θέαινα, λέαινα. Ἔτι τὰ εἰς 'ρα' βραχὺ παρεσχηματισμένα, σωτήρ σώτειρα. ἔστι κα…