Μελαινεῖς

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Entry #121
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 441.12 | Billerbeck: Μ121
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 27
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus) fr. 84 Hollis = fr. 266 Pfeiffer
Entities: Μελαινεῖς (Melaines (deme/inhabitants)) [place], Ἀντιοχίς (Antiochis (tribe)) [people], Μελαινᾶς (Melainas (deme)) [place], Ἑκάλη (Hecale) [place], Μελαινεύς (Melaineus (male inhabitant)) [people], Μελαινηίς (Melainēis (female inhabitant)) [people], Μελαινεῖς (of the Melaines) [place]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: No explicit origin is given. The passage records: 'Melaines: a deme of the phyle Antiochis. Callimachus, however, calls the deme (or gives the form) Μελαινᾶς in Hecale. The demotic is likewise Μελαινεύς. The feminine is Μελαινής. The local (topical) forms from Μελαινέων to Μελαινέων / ἐν Μελαινέων.' This is a morphological/lexical description of forms, not an etymology deriving the name from a person, place, or non‑Greek source.
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Μελαινεῖς, δῆμος τῆς Ἀντιοχίδος φυλῆς. Καλλίμαχος δὲ Μελαινάς φησι τὸν δῆμον ἐν Ἑκάλῃ. ὁ δημότης ὁμοίως Μελαινεύς. τὸ θηλυκὸν Μελαινηίς. τὰ τοπικὰ ἐκ Μελαινῶν εἰς Μελαινῶν ἐν Μελαινῶν.

Melainéis: a deme of the tribe Antiochis. But Callimachus says that the deme is Melainás in the Hekalē. The demotic is likewise Melaineus; the feminine (sc. demotic) is Melainēis. The local cases: from Melainéōn, to/into Melainéōn, in Melainéōn.

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