Καβησός

Kabesos, Cabesus

Translated by Anne Mahoney25 Jun 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning] a city [of that name]. Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] *kabhso/qen, [meaning] from the city of Kabesos.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καβησός· πόλις. καὶ Καβησόθεν, ἀπὸ Καβησοῦ πόλεως.

Betacode

*kabhso/s: po/lis. kai\ *kabhso/qen, a)po\ *kabhsou= po/lews.

In Cappadocia (Barrington Atlas map 64 grid C4); sometimes spelled -ssos, and/or with alpha as second vowel.
For *kabhso/qen, used of the Trojan ally Othryoneus, see Homer, Iliad 13.363 (quoted by Strabo 13.1.40); and generally Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Kabassos.