Βάβαι - Stephanos Ethnika

Βάβαι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Βάβαι, πόλις Λιβύης. Μαρκιανὸς ἐν περίπλῳ αὐτῆς. ὁ πολίτης Βαβαῖος.

Babai: a city in Libya. Marcianus, in his Periplous of it. A citizen is a 'Babaios'.

Entry	#1
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 154.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-07
Word count	10
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Author	Work / Citation
Μαρκιανός (Marcianus)	Περίπλῳ · (2,49 [GGM 1,562,32])
Περίπλους (Periplus)	αὐτῆς · (2,49 [GGM 1,562,32])

Entity	Details
Βάβαι	Babai · place
Λιβύη	Libya · place

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Babai: a city of Libya.

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Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS 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 · 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
Formula	Χ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e	*Translate as "X, in book Y of his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.