Μένδη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #140
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 444.15 | Billerbeck: Μ140
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 14
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἀπολλόδωρος (Apollodorus) FGrHist 244 F 195
Entities: Μένδη (Mende) [place], Θρᾴκη (Thrace) [place], Μένδη (Mende (female eponym)) [person], Μένδη (Mende) [place], Μενδαῖος (Mendaean (ethnic)) [people]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: from Mende (a woman) — named after a woman called Mende.; Unclear Metalinguistic: Apollodorus (FGrHist 244 F 195) says it (the city) is 'Mendin' (gives the form/name Mendin).; Unclear Metalinguistic: the ethnicon (demonym) 'Mendaíos'.
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Μένδη, πόλις Θρᾴκης, ἀπὸ Μένδης γυναικός. Ἀπολλόδωρος Μένδιν αὐτήν φησι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μενδαῖος οἶνος.

Mendē: a city of Thrace, named after a woman Mendē. Apollodorus says that she herself was Mendis. The ethnic is Mendaîos; (there is) Mendaean wine.

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char LCS 48 (59.3%) · word LCS 7 (50.0%)

Stephanos

Μένδη, πόλις Θρᾴκης, ἀπὸ Μένδης γυναικός. Ἀπολλόδωρος Μένδιν αὐτήν φησι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μενδαῖος οἶνος.

Herodian

προσηγορικὰ ὄντα ὀξύνεται, χορδή, σπονδή. τὸ μέντοι Χόνδη κύριον βαρύνεται καὶ τὸ Μένδη πόλις Θρᾴκης ἀπὸ Μένδης γυναικός. Ἀπολλόδωρος Μένδαν αὐτήν φησι, καὶ τὸ Τίνδη Θρᾴκης Χαλκιδικὴ πόλις καὶ τὸ ἄλδη. Τὰ εἰς 'δη' προσηγορικὰ μακρᾷ παραληγόμενα ὀξύνεται, ᾠδή, ἀοιδή, σπουδή, ἐδωδή, αὐδή. τὸ μέντοι Λήδη κύριον, καὶ Ἴδη Τροίας ὄρος. Ὅμηρος (Il. Γ 276) »Ἴδηθεν…