Molyvdoskepastos
Molyvdoskepastos
Μολυβδοσκέπαστος | |
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  Molyvdoskepastos Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 40°3′46″N 20°34′14″E / 40.06278°N 20.57056°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Konitsa |
| Municipal unit | Konitsa |
| Elevation | 501 m (1,644 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 45 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Molyvdoskepastos (Greek: Μολυβδοσκέπαστος, lit. 'Lead–covered', before 1929: Δεπαλίτσα, Depalitsa)[2][3] is a village located in the municipality of Konitsa, in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece.[4] It has a population of 45 people (2021) and is the birthplace of former Greek President Karolos Papoulias. Although traditionally included in the historical region of Pogoni, it is not a part of the municipality of Pogoni.[5]
The village is located on the eastern side of Mt. Dousko, on the left bank of the Aoos river, and is 1.5km west-southwest from its confluence with the Sarantaporos river.[6]
Name
The village is recorded as Dipalitza in the chronicle of Mount Athos (1585), while in the 19th century the scholar Panagiotis Aravantinos used the same form, and the scholar Ioannis Lambridis wrote it as Dipalitsa and described it as meaning 'water mill'.[6]
The linguist Kostas Oikonomou stated the toponym is Albanian, a compound derived from the Albanian numeral dy 'two' and the appellative palic/ë, -a.[6] This comes from the noun pal/ë, -a meaning 'aspect, district, side' and is combined with the Albanian diminutive suffix -icë and -ica, which stems from the Slavic -ica, while the Albanian y became i in Greek.[7] In this toponym, the word pal/ë, -a is used as a geographical term.[8] The village was renamed after the Monastery of Panagia Molyvdoskepastos.[6]
References
- ↑ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ↑ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Depalitsa – Molyvdoskepastos". Pandektis. Archived from the original on 19 February 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government. "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών: Δεπαλίτσα – Μολυβδοσκέπαστον" [Administrative Changes of Settlements: Depalitsa – Molyvdoskepaston]. EETAA (in Greek). Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ↑ Κοκολάκης, Μιχάλης. "Η τουρκική στατιστική (σαλναμές) της Ηπείρου του 1895" (PDF) (in Greek). p. 7 of the PDF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-02.
- 1 2 3 4 Oikonomou 2002, p. 98.
- ↑ Oikonomou 2002, pp. 98–99.
- ↑ Oikonomou, Kostas E. (2002). Τα οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων. Γλωσσολογική εξέταση [The oikonyms of the prefecture of Ioannina. A linguistic examination] (PDF) (in Greek). Nomarchiaki Aftodioikisi Ioanninon. p. 99. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.