Βαλανέαι - Stephanos Ethnika

Βαλανέαι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Βαλανέαι, πόλις Φοινίκης, ἡ νῦν Λευκάς. ὁ πολίτης Βαλανεώτης. εἰς ἣν πόλιν Ἐπικράτης ἐγκώμιον ἔγραψεν ὁ Βαλανεώτης.

Balaneai: a city in Phoenicia, now Leukas. A citizen is a 'Balaneotes'. Epikrates the Balaneote wrote an encomium for this city.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Entry	#24
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 156.22
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-07
Word count	17
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Entity	Details
Βαλανέαι	Balanae · place
Φοινίκη	Phoenicia · place
Λευκάς	Leucas · place
Βαλανεώτης	Balanaean · people
Ἐπικράτης	Epikrates · person
Βαλανέαι	place · explicit · pleiades: 668206 · seeded_headword_alignment

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Balaneai: a city of Phoenicia, now called Leukas. The passage identifies the place and its current name but does not explain the origin of “Balaneai.”
Morphological Composition	Its citizen is called a Balaneōtēs. This gives the derivative ethnic name, but does not explain the origin of the place-name.

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Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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	εἰς + «X» (GREEK LETTER) formula:f06db8d92900ddc7	Translate as "ending in X" Domain: SPELLING & PROSODY 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen 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.

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