Μίνῳα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μίνῳα, [πόλις] ἐν Ἀμοργῷ τῇ νήσῳ, μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. δευτέρα πόλις Σικελίας. τρίτη ἐν Σίφνῳ, μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. ἔχει δὲ καὶ Μίνῳαν κρήνην. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ ἡ Γάζα Μίνῳα· ἔστι καὶ Ἀραβίας, ἧς οἱ πολῖται Μινωῖται, ἀπὸ Μίνωος. ἔστι καὶ Κρήτης. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη νῆσος οὐ πόρρω Μεγάρων. καὶ ἡ Πάρος Μίνῳα· οἱ πολῖται Μινῷαι.

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Text Details

Entry	#193
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 454.5
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count	54

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μινώα	Minoa (Minoea) · place · corrected · Q38281285
Ἀμοργός	Amorgos · place · corrected · Q208587
Κυκλάδες	Cyclades · place · corrected · Q171132
Σικελία	Sicily · place · corrected · Q4951156
Σίφνος	Sifnos · place · corrected · Q95452882
Μινώα	Minoa (as a spring/name) · place · corrected · Q38281285
Γάζα	Gaza · place · corrected · Q1395229
Ἀραβία	Arabia · place · corrected · Q57751375
Μινῶται	Minotai (citizens/people) · people
Μίνως	Minos · person
Κρήτη	Crete · place · corrected · Q4752820
Μέγαρα	Megara · place · corrected · Q42307600
Πάρος	Paros · place · corrected · Q65040323
Μινῷοι	Minōioi (inhabitants) · people
Amorgos city Minoa	place · city · Amorgos (Cyclades) · explicit · wikidata: Q57477196 · candidate
Sicilian Minoa	place · city · Sicily · implicit · unresolved
Siphnos Minoa	place · city · Siphnos (Cyclades) · implicit · unresolved
Gaza called Minoa	place · city · Philistia / Palestine · explicit · wikidata: Q123754141 · candidate
Arabian Minoa	place · city · Arabia · explicit · unresolved
Cretan Minoa	place · city · Crete · explicit · unresolved
Unnamed island near Megara	place · island · near Megara · implicit · unresolved
Paros called Minoa	place · island · Cyclades · explicit · wikidata: Q20379949 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	There is also (a place) in Arabia, whose citizens are Minoitai, from Minos.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Gaza was also called Minoa.
Unclear Metalinguistic	And Paros (was called) Minoa.
Unclear Metalinguistic	There is also a Minoan spring.

Links

Place links	Minoa \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1487.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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
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 PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	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 · 3 occurrences
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
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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 1.303

char LCS 126 (52.5%) · word LCS 28 (51.9%)

Stephanos

Μίνῳα, [πόλις] ἐν Ἀμοργῷ τῇ νήσῳ, μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. δευτέρα πόλις Σικελίας. τρίτη ἐν Σίφνῳ, μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. ἔχει δὲ καὶ Μίνῳαν κρήνην. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ ἡ Γάζα Μίνῳα· ἔστι καὶ Ἀραβίας, ἧς οἱ πολῖται Μινωῖται, ἀπὸ Μίνωος. ἔστι καὶ Κρήτης. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη νῆσος οὐ πόρρω Μεγάρων. καὶ ἡ Πάρος Μίνῳα· οἱ πολῖται Μινῷαι.

Herodian

…τέλλει τὸ 'α' καὶ ἐκτείνει τὸ 'υ' καὶ προπαροξύνει, ἐναλλαγὴν τόνου καὶ χρόνου πεποιηκώς. Τὰ εἰς 'α' μακρὸν καθαρὸν τῷ 'ω' παραληγόμενα βαρύνεται, ὤα ἡ μηλωτή, Κριώα δῆμος τῆς Ἀντιοχίδος φυλῆς, ψοθώα ἡ ψώρα. ὡσαύτως καὶ Μινῴα πόλις ἐν Ἀμοργῷ τῇ νήσῳ μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. δευτέρα πόλις Σικελίας. τρίτη ἐν Σίφνῳ μιᾷ τῶν Κυκλάδων. ἔχει δὲ καὶ Μινῴαν κρήνην. ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ ἡ Γάζα Μινῴα, ὅτι Μίνως σὺν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς Αἰακῷ καὶ Ῥαδαμάνθυι ἰὼν ἐξ αὑτοῦ ταύτην ἐκάλεσεν. ἔστι καὶ Ἀραβίας. ἔστι καὶ Κρήτης. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη νῆσος οὐ πόρρω Μεγάρων καὶ ἡ Πάρος Μινῴα. ἠῴα, προθυρῴα, ὑπερῴα τριγενῆ. ταῦτα δὲ οὐ παρὰ …