Βάλλα - Stephanos Ethnika

Βάλλα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Βάλλα, πόλις Μακεδονίας, ὡς Πέλλα. ὁ πολίτης Βαλλαῖος. Θεαγένης ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ “Βαλλαίους μεταγαγὼν εἰς τὸν νῦν λεγόμενον Πύθιον τόπον”.

Pella">Balla, a city in Macedonia, as in 'Pella'. A citizen is a 'Ballaios'. Theagenes in his Macedonia: 'after transferring the Ballaians to the place now called Pythion'.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#29
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 157.11
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-07
Word count	19
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Θεαγένης (Theagenes)	Μακεδονικά (Makedonika) · FGrHist 774 F 3
Μακεδονικά (Macedonica / On Macedonian matters)	Macedonica · FGrHist 774 F 3

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Βάλλα	Balla · place
Μακεδονία	Macedonia · place
Πέλλα	Pella · place
Βαλλαῖος	Ballaean (citizen of Balla) · people
Βαλλαῖος	Ballaeans · people
Πύθιον	Pythion · place
Βάλλα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q3633360 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Balla: a city of Macedonia, like Pella. The comparison “like Pella” appears to indicate a similar or variant form of the name, but it does not explicitly explain its origin.
Place Transfer	Theagenes, in the Macedonica, says: “having transferred the Ballaians to the place now called Pythion.” This reports the relocation of the people associated with Balla to another place, but it does not explicitly derive the name Balla from that place.

Links

Place links	Balla \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol1_402.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative AUTHOR NAME)... + ὡς αὐτός formula:4caae33810f40dfa	Translate as "X... as per X." 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 (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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.