Αὔασις - Stephanos Ethnika

Αὔασις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Αὔασις, πόλις Αἰγύπτου. ταύτην δὲ καὶ Ὄασιν καλοῦσιν, ἐοικυῖαν παρδαλέᾳ· κατάστικτος γάρ ἐστιν, ἀνύδρῳ γῇ καὶ ἐρήμῳ τὰς οἰκήσεις ἔχουσα. τὰ τοιαῦτα αὐάσεις Αἰγύπτιοί φασι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Αὐασίτης καὶ Αὐασῖτις. Ἡρόδοτος δὲ καὶ Δοῦρις Μακάρων αὐτὴν ὠνόμασαν νῆσον.

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Text Details

Entry	#533
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 145.1
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-06
Word count	39

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS 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 1.102

char LCS 63 (29.7%) · word LCS 12 (31.6%)

Stephanos

Αὔασις, πόλις Αἰγύπτου. ταύτην δὲ καὶ Ὄασιν καλοῦσιν, ἐοικυῖαν παρδαλέᾳ· κατάστικτος γάρ ἐστιν, ἀνύδρῳ γῇ καὶ ἐρήμῳ τὰς οἰκήσεις ἔχουσα. τὰ τοιαῦτα αὐάσεις Αἰγύπτιοί φασι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Αὐασίτης καὶ Αὐασῖτις. Ἡρόδοτος δὲ καὶ Δοῦρις Μακάρων αὐτὴν ὠνόμασαν νῆσον.

Herodian

…ς πρὸς τῷ Φάσιδι ποταμῷ ἐν Κόλχοις. ἐκτίσθη δὲ ὑπὸ Μιλησίων. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλος ποταμὸς Φᾶσις ἐν τῇ Ταπροβάνῃ. Αὔασις πόλις Αἰγύπτου· ταύτην δὲ καὶ Ὄασιν καὶ Ὕασιν καλοῦσιν. «ἔστι δ´ ἐοικυῖα παρδαλέᾳ· κατάστικτος γάρ ἐστιν ἐν ἀνύδρῳ γῇ καὶ ἐρήμῳ τὰς οἰκήσεις ἔχουσα. τὰ τοιαῦτα αὐάσεις Αἰγύπτιοί φασι». Ἡρόδοτος δὲ (III 26) καὶ Δοῦρις Μακάρων αὐτὴν ὠνόμασαν νῆσον. Κύπασις πόλις περὶ Ἑλλήσποντον. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Καύκασις τὸ ὄρος ὃ καὶ Καύκασος λέγεται. Τὰ εἰς 'τις' δισύλλαβα ἔχοντα τὸ 'ο' μικρὸν ἤτοι μόνον ἢ σὺν ἑτέρ…