Μηδία

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Μηδία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
region
Μηδία, χώρα ταῖς Κασπίαις παρακεκλιμένη πύλαις. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. ἀπὸ Μήδου υἱοῦ Μηδείας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μῆδος ὁμοφώνως τῷ πρωτοτύπῳ, καὶ θηλυκὸν Μηδίς, καὶ Μηδικός, καὶ Μήδειοι λέγονται. ὁ Μηδικὸς ὀπός, ἡ Μηδικὴ βοτάνη. Στράβων “φέρει δὲ σίλφιον ἡ χώρα, ἀφ´ ἧς ὁ Μηδικὸς καλούμενος ὀπός, οὐ πολὺ λειπόμενος τοῦ Κυρηναϊκοῦ”. καὶ πάλιν “καὶ τὴν βοτάνην τὴν μάλιστα τρέφουσαν τοὺς ἵππους ἣν μηδίκην καλοῦμεν.”

Media: a land lying beside the Caspian Gates. Hekataios in the Asia. From Medos son of Medeia. The ethnonym Medos, homophonous with the primitive, and feminine Medis, and Medikos, and they are called Medeioi. The Medic juice, the Medic herb. Strabo: "the land bears silphium, from which the so-called Medic juice, not much inferior to the Cyrenaic". And again: "and the herb that especially nourishes horses, which we call 'medike'."

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:439629f16cfaba3f
Translate as "Y is from 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON)
formula:8856d9e4780f3c74
Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON)
formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d
Translate as "X... after Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE)
formula:0a6d211492d74a05
Translate as "a X of the Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaτὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM)
formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3
Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossχώρα ἡ
gloss:54f628c16aa263ce
region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places)
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.152
char LCS 81 (25.3%) · word LCS 17 (27.4%)
Stephanos
Μηδία, χώρα ταῖς Κασπίαις παρακεκλιμένη πύλαις. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. ἀπὸ Μήδου υἱοῦ Μηδείας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μῆδος ὁμοφώνως τῷ πρωτοτύπῳ, καὶ θηλυκὸν Μηδίς, καὶ Μηδικός, καὶ Μήδειοι λέγονται. ὁ Μηδικὸς ὀπός, ἡ Μηδικὴ βοτάνη. Στράβων “φέρει δὲ σίλφιον ἡ χώρα, ἀφ´ ἧς ὁ Μηδικὸς καλούμενος ὀπός, οὐ πολὺ λειπόμενος τοῦ Κυρηναϊκοῦ”. καὶ πάλιν “καὶ τὴν βοτάνην τὴν μάλιστα τρέφουσαν τοὺς ἵππους ἣν μηδίκην καλοῦμεν.”
Herodian
…ον ἢ Γαδειρικόν». Ἑλληνικός, Ἑλλαδικός. Καρικός. Ἡρόδοτος ἐν πρώτῃ (c. 171) «τὸ Καρικὸν ἔθνος δοκιμώτατον». Λιβυστικός «Λιβυστικὰς πλάκας» Λυκόφρων (v. 648), ὅ τινες διὰ τοῦ 'γ' γράφουσι κακῶς. Μηδικός «ὁ Μηδικὸς ὀπός». Στράβων «φέρει δὲ σίλφιον ἡ χώρα, ἀφ´ ἧς ὁ Μηδικὸς καλούμενος ὀπός, οὐ πολὺ λειπόμενος τοῦ Κυρηναϊκοῦ». Πελασγικός «Πελασγικὸν Ἄργος ἔναιον» (Β 681). ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἐν Ἀθήναις τεῖχος «Πελαργικόν» ἤτοι Πελασγικόν ὡς ὁ κωμικὸς δηλοῖ ἐν τοῖς Ὄρνισιν (v. 832). «Ῥωσικὸς σκόπελος». Χαλυβδικός μετὰ τοῦ 'δ'. Λυκόφρων «Χαλυβδικῷ κν…