Μελίτουσα

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Μελίτουσα, πόλις Ἰλλυρίας. Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μελιτουσαῖος ὡς Σκοτουσαῖος, καὶ Μελιτούσιος ὡς Σκοτούσιος.

Melitousa: a city of Illyria. Polybios, book 13. The ethnonym is 'Melitousaios', also 'Melitousios'.

Text Details

Entry#135
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 443.14 · Billerbeck Μ135
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count14
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Πολύβιος (Polybius)ιγ (13,10,11)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜελίτουσαMelitousa · place
ἸλλυρίαIllyria · place
ΜελιτουσαῖοςMelitousaean (ethnic) · people
ΣκοτουσαῖοςSkotousaean (ethnic) · people
ΜελιτούσιοςMelitousian (ethnic) · people
ΣκοτούσιοςSkotousian (ethnic) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionThe ethnicon (demonym) Μελιτουσαῖος is (formed) like Σκοτουσαῖος, and Μελιτούσιος like Σκοτούσιος.

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Herodian overlaps

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC