Βαιάκη

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Βαιάκη, πόλις τῆς Χαονίας, Ἑκαταῖος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βαιακαῖος. δύναται καὶ Βαιακῖνος. ἄμεινον τὸ πρῶτον.

Baiake: a city in Chaonia, Hekataios. The ethnonym is 'Baiakaios'. 'Baiakinos' is also possible. The first is better.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Entry	#12
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 155.16
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-07
Word count	15
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	FGrHist 1 F 104

Entity	Details
Βαιάκη	Baiake · place
Χαονία	Chaonia · place
Βαιάκη	place · explicit · wikidata: Q4843161 · seeded_headword_alignment

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	“Baiakē: a city of Chaonia,” according to Hecataeus. The ethnic adjective is Baiakaios; Baiakinos is also possible, but the former is preferable. This discusses the formation and preferred form of the demonym, not the origin of the place-name itself.

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

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