Βάκτρα

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city

Βάκτρα, πόλις. Στράβων ιαʹ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βάκτροι καὶ Βάκτριοι καὶ Βακτρία τὸ θηλυκόν. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Βάκτριον. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βακτριανός καὶ Βακτριανή τὸ θηλυκόν.

Baktra: a city. Strabo, book 11. The ethnonyms are 'Baktroi' and 'Baktrioi', with feminine 'Baktria'. There is also a city called Baktrion. The ethnonym is 'Baktrianos', with feminine 'Baktriane'.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#20
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 156.13
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-07
Word count	22
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	11,8,9 [C 514,11] and 11,2 [C 516,29]

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Βάκτρα	Bactra (Balkh) · place
Βάκτρα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q132646 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Bactra: a city. Its ethnic names are Bactroi, Baktrioi, and the feminine Baktria. There is also a city called Baktrion; its ethnic adjective is Baktrianós (masculine) and Baktrianḗ (feminine).

Links

Place links	Bactria \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol1_400.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 4 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences