Βιστονία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Βιστονία, πόλις Θρᾴκης, ἀπὸ Βιστόνος τοῦ Ἄρεος καὶ Καλλιρρόης τῆς Νέστου. ἀδελφὸς δὲ ἦν Ὀδόμαντος καὶ Ἠδωνοῦ. ἔνιοι δὲ Παίονος τοῦ Ἄρεος παιδός. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βιστών, τῶν εἰς « των » δισυλλάβων βαρυνομένων, οἷον Πλάτων Κρίτων, εἰ μὴ διαστολὴ γένοιτο σημαινομένου· χιτών γὰρ πρὸς διαστολὴν ὀξύνεται τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ποταμοῦ, καὶ τὸ κροτών τὸ ζωύφιον πρὸς ἀντιδιαστολὴν τοῦ τῆς πόλεως ὀνόματος· ἢ περιεκτικὸν διὰ τὸ κοιτών ἱστών· ἢ ἐθνικὸν διὰ τοῦ « ο » κλινόμενον, ὡς τὸ Βιστόνος. τὸ θηλυκὸν Βιστονίς. ἐκτέταται δὲ καὶ λέγεται Βιστωνίς διὰ τοῦ « ω » καὶ Βιστώνιος ποιητικῶς.

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Text Details

Entry	#106
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 171.8
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-08
Word count	88

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.37

char LCS 46 (10.2%) · word LCS 8 (9.1%)

Stephanos

Βιστονία, πόλις Θρᾴκης, ἀπὸ Βιστόνος τοῦ Ἄρεος καὶ Καλλιρρόης τῆς Νέστου. ἀδελφὸς δὲ ἦν Ὀδόμαντος καὶ Ἠδωνοῦ. ἔνιοι δὲ Παίονος τοῦ Ἄρεος παιδός. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βιστών, τῶν εἰς « των » δισυλλάβων βαρυνομένων, οἷον Πλάτων Κρίτων, εἰ μὴ διαστολὴ γένοιτο σημαινομένου· χιτών γὰρ πρὸς διαστολὴν ὀξύνεται τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ποταμο…

Herodian

ὀξύνεται, οἷς ἠκολούθησε καὶ τὸ Πλατανιστών ὄνομα ποταμοῦ. τὸ δὲ Βιστών ὡς διὰ τοῦ 'ο' κλινόμενον ἐθνικὸν ὀξύνεται. ὁμοφωνεῖ δὲ τῷ κτιστῇ Βιστόνι τῷ Ἄρεος καὶ Καλλιρρόης τῆς Νέστου. ἀδελφὸς δὲ ἦν Ὀδομάντου ἢ Ἠδωνοῦ. ἔνιοι δὲ Παίονος τοῦ Ἄρεος παιδός. Τὰ εἰς 'φων' ἀρσενικὰ σύνθετα διὰ τοῦ 'ντ' κλινόμενα περισπᾶται, Ἀγλαοφῶν, Ξενοφῶν, Ἀντιφῶν, Δημοφῶν, Εὐρυφῶν Ὁμήρου υἱός, Νικοφῶν ὁ κωμικός, Ἀριστοφῶν, ὁ Βελλεροφόντης κατά…