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title: Geographical Fragments on Europe
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῆς Εὐρώπης
author: Hecataeus of Miletus the Historian
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# Geographical Fragments on Europe

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῆς Εὐρώπης*

**Author:** Hecataeus of Miletus the Historian

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## Text

### 145 bis a.(l1)

HERODIANOS Καθολικὴ προσωιδία 7, Cod. Vindob. Hist. Gr.

### 145 bis a.(l1)

10 fol. 6 r. ed. H. Hunger, Jahrb. Österr. Byz. Gesellsch. 16, 1967, 16 (10): ... ταῦτα μὲν ἔφαμεν παροξύνεσθαι, λέγω δὲ τὸ ‘ἁπλόοσ‘, ‘διπλόοσ‘, ‘τριπλόοσ‘ καὶ ὅσα ἐστὶ τοιαῦτα. ὅτι γὰρ οὐκ ἐστὶ σύνθετα, ἐν τῆι εἰς ‘—ουσ‘ καταλήξει ἐροῦμεν. τὰ μέτοι κύρια, εἰ καὶ σπάνια εὑρέθη, προπαροξύνεται, ὥσπερ ἔχει τὸ ‘Σίγγοοσ‘· ἐστὶ δὲ πόλις, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος Περιηγήσει Εὐρώπη ς.

### 145bisb.(l1)

ETYM. MAGN. 613, 3o Gaisf. (‘Herodian.‘ I 127, 14 Lentz [hier σίστοος]): τὰ διὰ τοῦ ‘—οοσ‘ ὀνόματα προπαροξύνεται, οἷον ‘Σίγδοοσ‘, ‘Πείροοσ‘.

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