Μενέλαος

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Entry #144
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 445.3 | Billerbeck: Μ144
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 27
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Στράβων (Strabo) ιζ (17,1,23 [C 803,24])
Entities: Μενέλαος (Menelaus) [person], Αἴγυπτος (Egypt) [place], Μενελαΐτης (Menelaïtēs / Menelaite (region or people)) [other], Σπάρτη (Sparta) [place], Μενελάειον (Menelaeion) [place], Μενελαεύς (Menelaeüs (demonym)) [people], Κοτιάειον (Kotiáeion (place)) [place], Κοτιαεύς (Kotiaeus (demonym)) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: and the region (is called) Menelaitēs.; Morphological Composition: there is also a district/estate of Sparta called Menelaeion.; Morphological Composition: the ethnic/demonym Menelaeus, like 'Kotia(e)on' -> Koti(a)eus.; Morphological Composition: and the possessive adjective Menelaikós.; Morphological Composition: and of Egypt (the) Menelaitēs.
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Μενέλαος, πόλις Αἰγύπτου. Στράβων ἑπτακαιδεκάτῃ. καὶ ἡ χώρα Μενελαῗτις. ἔστι καὶ χωρίον Σπάρτης Μενελάειον· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μενελαεύς, ὡς Κοτιάειον Κοτιαεύς. καὶ κτητικὸν Μενελαϊκός. τῆς δ´ Αἰγυπτίας Μενελαΐτης.

Menelaos: a city of Egypt. Strabo book 17. And the district is (called) Menelaitēs. There is also a small place in Sparta, Menelaeion. The ethnic adjective is Menelaeus, as (from) Koti(a)eion (comes) Kotiaeus. The possessive/adjectival form is also Menelaikos. But that of Egypt is Menelaitēs.

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