Βάκχου νῆσος - Stephanos Ethnika

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island

Βάκχου νῆσος, καὶ Ἀντιβάκχου ἑτέρα ἐν τῷ Ἀραβικῷ κόλπῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βακχονησίτης.

Bacchus’ Island, and another, Antibacchus’ Island, in the Red Sea. The ethnonym is 'Bakchonesites'.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#22
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 156.18
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-07
Word count	12
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Βάκχος	Bacchus · deity
Ἀντίβακχος	Antibacchus · place
Ἀραβικός (κόλπος)	Arabian (Gulf) · place
Βακχονησίτης	Bacchonēsian · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	“Island of Bacchus” (the name identifies the island as belonging to or associated with Bacchus; no explicit account of how the name originated is given).
Morphological Composition	“And another [island] called Antibacchus in the Arabian Gulf”; the name is formed with ἀντί- (“opposite/counter-”) and Βάκχος (“Bacchus”), apparently designating an island corresponding to or opposite the Island of Bacchus.

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Translation Guidance

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 (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 · 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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	Y (EPITHET) + X (DEITY) formula:e59d8efd6da15c82	Translate as "X Y" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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	κόλπος ὁ gloss:ba395d16c244385c	gulf, bay Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS 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.

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