Βήσσυγα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Βήσσυγα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Βήσσυγα, οὐδετέρως, ἐμπόριον τῆς Ἰνδικῆς, καὶ Βησσύγας ποταμός, καὶ Βησσυγῖται οἱ ἄνθρωποι, οὕς φασιν ἀνθρωποφάγους.

Bessyga: neuter, an emporium of India, and Bessygas a river, and Bessygitai the people, whom they say are man-eaters.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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

Herodian overlaps

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