Ἀφύτη ἢ Ἄφυτις ἢ Ἄφυτος

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Ἀφύτη ἢ Ἄφυτις ἢ Ἄφυτος, πόλις πρὸς τῇ Παλλήνῃ Θρᾴκης, ἀπὸ Ἀφύτου τινὸς ἐγχωρίου. ἔσχε δὲ ἡ πόλις μαντεῖον Ἄμμωνος. ὁ πολίτης Ἀφυταῖος. Θουκυδίδης αʹ “ἐξ Ἀφύτιος ὁρμώμενος”. λέγεται καὶ Ἀφύτεια, ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀφύτη. καὶ Ἀφυτιεύς καὶ Ἀφυτεύς καὶ Ἀφυτήσιος.

Aphyte or Aphytis or Aphytos: a city by Pallene of Thrace, from a certain native Aphytos. The city had an oracle of Ammon. The citizen Aphytaios. Thucydides in the first: "setting out from Aphytis". Also said Aphyteia, perhaps from Aphyte. And Aphytieus and Aphyteus and Aphytesios.

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	#561
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 151.1
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-07
Word count	41

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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 · 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... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.103

char LCS 44 (21.8%) · word LCS 7 (17.1%)

Stephanos

Ἀφύτη ἢ Ἄφυτις ἢ Ἄφυτος, πόλις πρὸς τῇ Παλλήνῃ Θρᾴκης, ἀπὸ Ἀφύτου τινὸς ἐγχωρίου. ἔσχε δὲ ἡ πόλις μαντεῖον Ἄμμωνος. ὁ πολίτης Ἀφυταῖος. Θουκυδίδης αʹ “ἐξ Ἀφύτιος ὁρμώμενος”. λέγεται καὶ Ἀφύτεια, ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀφύτη. καὶ Ἀφυτιεύς καὶ Ἀφυτεύς καὶ Ἀφυτήσιος.

Herodian

…ταῖος. Κράμβοτις πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ἣν Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Λιβύης Κράμβουτίν φησιν. Τὰ εἰς 'τις' πρὸ τοῦ 'τις' 'υ' ἔχοντα, σπάνια ὄντα, τὰ μὲν βαρύνεται, Σύρτις, Ξύστις πόλις Καρίας. Βέρυτις Τρωϊκὴ πόλις. Ἄφυτις πόλις Θρᾴκης. Θουκυδίδης αʹ ( 64) «ἐξ Ἀφύτιος ὁρμώμενος». λέγεται καὶ Ἄφυτος καὶ Ἀφύτη. Κάλυτις πόλις Συρίας. Ἡρόδοτος δευτέρᾳ (c. 159)· Κάνυτις πόλις Συρίων μεγάλη, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. τὰ δὲ ὀξύνεται, ῥυτίς, κυρτίς. Καλυτίς τὸ ἐθνικόν. Ἀψυρτίς. Ἀψυρτίδες

Herodian 1.343

char LCS 24 (11.9%) · word LCS 5 (12.2%)

Stephanos

Ἀφύτη ἢ Ἄφυτις ἢ Ἄφυτος, πόλις πρὸς τῇ Παλλήνῃ Θρᾴκης, ἀπὸ Ἀφύτου τινὸς ἐγχωρίου. ἔσχε δὲ ἡ πόλις μαντεῖον Ἄμμωνος. ὁ πολίτης Ἀφυταῖος. Θουκυδίδης αʹ “ἐξ Ἀφύτιος ὁρμώμενος”. λέγεται καὶ Ἀφύτεια, ἴσως ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀφύτη. καὶ Ἀφυτιεύς καὶ Ἀφυτεύς καὶ Ἀφυτήσιος.

Herodian

…ὶ τὸ κύριον. τὸ δὲ προσηγορικὸν εἰσὶν οἳ παροξύνουσιν, Ἀρίσταρχος δὲ ὀξύνει καὶ ἐπεκράτησεν οὕτως ἡ παράδοσις. Λυταί χωρίον Θεσσαλίας διὰ τὸ λῦσαι τὰ Τέμπη Ποσειδῶνα καὶ σκεδάσαι τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ὕδωρ. τὸ δὲ Ἀφύτη πόλις πρὸς τῇ Παλλήνῃ Θρᾴκης, ἣ καὶ Ἄφυτις καὶ Ἄφυτος ἀπὸ Ἀφύτου τινὸς ἐγχωρίου, καὶ Προχύτη νῆσος Σικελίας βαρύνεται. Τὰ εἰς 'τη' ὑπερδισύλλαβα τῷ 'ω' παραληγόμενα βαρύνεται, Κριθώτη πόλις Ἑλλησπόντου· ἔστι καὶ ἄκρα Ἀκαρνανίας. Περκώτη καὶ Παλαιπε…