Μῆνιγξ - Stephanos Ethnika

Μῆνιγξ OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Μῆνιγξ, νῆσος περὶ τὰς Σύρτεις καὶ πόλις. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μηνίγγιος.

Menigx: an island near the Syrtes, and a city. The ethnonym is 'Meniggios'.

Text Details

Entry	#178
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 451.1 · Billerbeck Μ178
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count	10
AI translation	legacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μήνιγξ	Meninx (island and city) · place
Σύρτις	the Syrtes (coastal shoals/gulfs) · place
Μηνίγγιος	Meninx (demonym) · people

Links

Place links	Djerba \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1462.jpg
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.44

char LCS 27 (52.9%) · word LCS 6 (60.0%)

Stephanos

Μῆνιγξ, νῆσος περὶ τὰς Σύρτεις καὶ πόλις. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μηνίγγιος.

Herodian

Θρέϊξ καὶ Θρῆϊξ καὶ κατὰ συναλοιφὴν Θρῇξ, ἆϊξ, κῶδιξ, ἧλιξ, πάλλιξ, μάστιξ, χάλιξ, χόλιξ, ἕλιξ, κύλιξ, ἄδδιξ μέτρον τετραχοίνικον, Μαγίστριξ ἔθνος τῶν Ταυρίσκων τοῖς Γερμανοῖς ὁμοροῦν. μῆνιγξ τὸ προσηγορικὸν καὶ νῆσος περὶ τὰς Σύρτεις καὶ πόλις. ὄστλιγξ ὃ παρὰ μὲν Ἀπολλωνίῳ καὶ Φιλητᾷ διὰ τοῦ 'α', σάλπιγξ, σύριγξ· σημαίνει τὴν ὀπὴν τῶν μουσικῶν αὐλῶν καὶ πάθος καὶ τὴν δορατοθήκην. ἔστι δὲ κατὰ μίμησιν τοῦ γινομένου ἤχου. ὄρνιξ οἱ Δωριεῖς λέγουσι τὸ ὄρνις. ὁμοί…