Βαβράντιον - Stephanos Ethnika

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Βαβράντιον, τόπος περὶ Χίον. Πολύβιος ἑκκαιδεκάτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοίως. ἔοικε δ´ ὑποκοριστικὸν τοῦ Βάβρας.

Babras, Babrrantion">Babrantion: a place near Chios. Polybios, book 16. The ethnonym is the same. It seems to be a diminutive of Babras.

Text Details

Entry	#3
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 154.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-07
Word count	14
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Πολύβιος (Polybius)	(16,40,1)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Βαβράντιον	Babrantion · place
Χίος	Chios · place
Βάβρας	Babras · other
Βαβράντιον	place · place · explicit · wikidata: Q38281165 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The name appears to be a diminutive form of Babras (Βάβρας).

Links

Place links	Archaeological site of Daskalopetra \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol1_396.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym 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 1.368

char LCS 42 (49.4%) · word LCS 6 (42.9%)

Stephanos

Βαβράντιον, τόπος περὶ Χίον. Πολύβιος ἑκκαιδεκάτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοίως. ἔοικε δ´ ὑποκοριστικὸν τοῦ Βάβρας.

Herodian

Βυζάντιον πόλις διασημοτάτη πρὸς τῇ Προποντίδι πρὸς τῷ μέρει τῆς Εὐρώπης. ἐκλήθη δ´ ἀπὸ Βύζαντος τοῦ Κεροέσσης τῆς Ἰοῦς θυγατρὸς καὶ Ποσειδῶνος. ἢ ὅτι τοῦ στόλου Βύζης ἦν ἡγεμών. ἔστι καὶ Βυζάντιον ἕτερον ἐν τῇ Ἰνδικῇ. Βαβράντιον τόπος περὶ Χίον. Πολύβιος ἑκκαιδεκάτῳ. ἔοικε δ´ ὑποκοριστικὸν τοῦ Βάβρας. Παλλάντιον πόλις Ἀρκαδίας ἀπὸ Πάλλαντος, ἑνὸς τῶν Λυκάονος παιδῶν ὡς Ἡσίοδος. τινὲς δὲ Παλλαντιάδα καλοῦσιν. Παρέντιον πόλις καὶ λιμὴν πλησίον Ἰστρίας. Μοργέντιον πόλις Ἰταλίας ἀπὸ Μο…