Μένουθις

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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village
Entry #145
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 445.7 | Billerbeck: Μ145
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 24
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Μένουθις (Menouthis) [place], Αἰγυπτία (Aigyptia (village)) [place], Κάνωπος (Canopus) [place], Αἰθιοπία (Aethiopia (Ethiopia)) [place], Μενουθιά (Menouthias) [place], Μενουθίτης (Menouthis, inhabitant (ethnic)) [people], Μενουθιεὺς (Menouthieus, inhabitant (ethnic)) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: The ethnicon 'Μενουθίτης' (Menouthites), of Menouthis, [is so] because of the character/feature of the country (i.e. derived from the nature of the place).; Morphological Composition: And (the ethnicon) of Menouthias is 'Μενουθιεύς' (Menouthieus).
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Μένουθις, Αἰγυπτία κώμη πρὸς τῷ Κανώβῳ. καὶ νῆσος Αἰθιοπίας Μενουθιάς· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μενουθίτης τοῦ Μένουθις διὰ τὸν τῆς χώρας χαρακτῆρα, τοῦ δὲ Μενουθιάς Μενουθιεύς.
Menouthis: an Egyptian village near Kanōbos. Also an island of Aithiopia, (called) Menouthias. The ethnic adjective is Menouthitēs from Menouthis, on account of the character of the region; but from Menouthias (it is) Menouthieus.

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Herodian 1.88
char LCS 19 (14.1%) · word LCS 5 (20.8%)
Stephanos
Μένουθις, Αἰγυπτία κώμη πρὸς τῷ Κανώβῳ. καὶ νῆσος Αἰθιοπίας Μενουθιάς· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μενουθίτης τοῦ Μένουθις διὰ τὸν τῆς χώρας χαρακτῆρα, τοῦ δὲ Μενουθιάς Μενουθιεύς.
Herodian
…ς, κολοκυνθίς, ἀγαθίς. Ἠμαθίς χώρα ἡ νῦν Μακεδονία. Ἀσπαλαθίς νῆσος Λυκίας. λέγεται οὕτω διὰ τὰς ἐν αὐτῇ πεφυκυίας ἀσπαλάθους. Ἀψυνθίς χώρα. Ἐρυμανθίς, Οἰανθίς, Τιρυνθίς, Παρνηθίς, Πεπαρηθίς. τὸ δὲ Ταμίαθις καὶ Μένουθις κώμη πρὸς τῷ Κανώβῳ καὶ Τερένουθις, Θέρμουθις, Ἔλβονθις πόλις μεταξὺ Αἰγύπτου καὶ Κυρήνης, Φενέβηθις, Ἕρμωνθις πόλεις Αἰγύπτου βαρύνονται. Τὰ εἰς 'κις' δισύλλαβα ὀξύνεται, Φωκίς χώρα περὶ τὸν Παρνασόν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Φώκου τινός. κερκίς,…

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