Μυλαί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μυλαί, πόλις Σικελίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ὁ πολίτης Μυλαΐτης, ὡς τῶν Θηβῶν Θηβαΐτης, Ἀθῆναι Ἀθηναΐτης. εἰσὶ γὰρ οἳ οὕτω λέγονται. καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Μυλαῗτις. εἰσὶ δὲ Μυλαί καὶ Θετταλίας, ἧς τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μυλαῖος.

Mylai: a city of Sicily. Hekataios in the Europe. The citizen Mylaites, as of 'Thebai' 'Thebaites', 'Athenai' 'Athenaites'. For there are those who are so called. And the feminine Mylaitis. There are also Mylai of Thessaly, whose ethnic is Mylaios.

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.

Text Details

Entry	#234
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 461.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count	32

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Εὐρώπῃ · FGrHist 1 F 79

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μύλαι	Mylai · place · corrected · Q487929
Σικελία	Sicily · place · corrected · Q4951156
Θῆβαι	Thebes · place
Θηβαῖος	Theban (citizen of Thebes) · people
Ἀθῆναι	Athens · place
Ἀθηναῖος	Athenian (citizen of Athens) · people
Μυλαῖτης	Mylaitian (male inhabitant of Mylai) · people
Μυλαῖτις	Mylaitian (female inhabitant of Mylai) · people
Θετταλία	Thessaly · place · corrected · Q1247568
Μυλαῖος	Mylaios (ethnic adjective/inhabitant) · people
Μυλαί of Sicily	place · city · Sicily · explicit · wikidata: Q9033098 · candidate
Μυλαί of Thessaly	place · city · Thessaly · explicit · wikidata: Q11883640 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	'The citizen [is] Μυλαΐτης, like of Thebes Θηβαΐτης, of Athens Ἀθηναΐτης. For there are those who are so called.' (i.e. explanation of the demonym formation for inhabitants of Mylai)
Morphological Composition	'And the feminine [form] Μυλαῖτις. And there are Mylai also of Thessaly, whose ethnicon is Μυλαῖος.' (noting the feminine form and an alternative ethnicon for another place named Mylai)

Links

Place links	Milazzo \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1546.jpg
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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 · 2 scan rows · 5 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 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
Formula	ὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:bcd70ae781e7b205	Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.320

char LCS 32 (19.6%) · word LCS 5 (15.6%)

Stephanos

Μυλαί, πόλις Σικελίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ὁ πολίτης Μυλαΐτης, ὡς τῶν Θηβῶν Θηβαΐτης, Ἀθῆναι Ἀθηναΐτης. εἰσὶ γὰρ οἳ οὕτω λέγονται. καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Μυλαῗτις. εἰσὶ δὲ Μυλαί καὶ Θετταλίας, ἧς τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μυλαῖος.

Herodian

Ἀναδράμωμεν ἐπὶ τὸ προκείμενον, παραθέμενοι τὸ τύλη, ὅπερ οὐκ ἦν παρ´ Ἀττικοῖς. ἀλλὰ μέμνηται Σαπφὼ ἐν δευτέρῳ ἐγὼ δ´ ἐπὶ μαλθάκαν τύλαν κασπολέω μέλεα καὶ ἀσάμενον τύλᾳ κασπολέω. οὐ γὰρ ὁ τέ σύνδεσμος. μύλη καὶ Μύλαι πόλις Σικελίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. καὶ Θετταλίας. πύλη. ἔστι καὶ τόπος Ἀρκαδίας Πύλαι, ὃς καὶ Πυλαία. σύλη ἐν Σαμίων ὥροις. »καὶ οὐδένα κατέδησεν ὦν τῆς σύλης μετασχεῖν«. Λύλη πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ὕλη καὶ Ὕλη πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος (Β 500) »οἵ τ´ Ἐλεῶν´ εἶχο…