Ἄσφαξ - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἄσφαξ OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ἄσφαξ, ὡς Ἄτραξ, ἔθνος ἐποικίσαν τὴν Κύπρον. μή τις δὲ τὸ Ἄσφαξ τὸ ἔθνος καὶ τὸ Ἄτραξ τὸ κύριον σύνθετον οἰηθείη· ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστιν.

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Text Details

Entry	#508
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 140.22
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-06
Word count	24

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.43

char LCS 57 (56.4%) · word LCS 13 (54.2%)

Stephanos

Ἄσφαξ, ὡς Ἄτραξ, ἔθνος ἐποικίσαν τὴν Κύπρον. μή τις δὲ τὸ Ἄσφαξ τὸ ἔθνος καὶ τὸ Ἄτραξ τὸ κύριον σύνθετον οἰηθείη· ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστιν.

Herodian

ἀποσφάξ, διασφάξ, βλεφαροσπάξ καὶ φιτροβαστάξ καὶ νεκροβαστάξ. τὸ δὲ Ἄσφαξ βαρύνεται ὡς ἐθνικόν. μή τις δὲ Ἄσφαξ τὸ ἔθνος καὶ τὸ Ἄτραξ τὸ κύριον σύνθετον οἰηθείη. ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστιν. καὶ τὸ μὲν Ἄσφαξ ἐστὶν ἔθνος ἐποικίσαν τὴν Κύπρον. ὁ δὲ Ἄτραξ Πηνειοῦ καὶ Βούρας παῖς, ἀφ´ οὗ πόλις Θεσσαλίας κτισθεῖσα ἐκλήθη Ἄτραξ καὶ Ἀτρακία. καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἄτραξ ὁμοφωνεῖ τῇ πόλει. Λυκόφρων (v. 1309) «καὶ δευτέρου…