Μεσυγίς

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Μεσυγίς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
mountain
Entry #164
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 448.5 | Billerbeck: Μ164
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count: 14
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Στράβων (Strabo) (14,1,47 [C 650,23])
Entities: Μεσυγίς (Mesugis / Mesygis) [place], Λυδία (Lydia) [place], Μεσυγίτης (Mesygites (resident of Mesugis)) [people], Ἀρομεύς (Aromeus) [other]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: “Mesygis: a mountain of Lydia. The local adjective Mesygitēs. Strabo 14.1.47: 'whence the excellent Mesygitis wine, the Aromeus.'” — The passage names the place, gives its ethnic adjective, and notes that excellent wine (called Mesygitis/Aromeus) comes from it, but it does not provide an origin or derivation of the toponym.
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Μέσσωγις, ὄρος Λυδίας. τὸ τοπικὸν Μεσσωγίτης. Στράβων τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ “ὅθεν ἄριστος Μεσσωγίτης οἶνος ὁ Ἀρομεύς”.
Mesygis: a mountain of Lydia. The local/ethnic adjective is Mesygitēs. Strabo, book 14: “from which comes the best Mesygitēs wine, the Aromēus.”

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