Μύρτουσα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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mountain
Μύρτουσα, ὄρος Λιβύης. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Μυρτουσαῖος καὶ Μυρτούσιος.

Myrtousa: a mountain of Libya. The inhabitant Myrtousaios and Myrtousios.

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.

Text Details

Entry#258
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 464.17
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count8

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜύρτουσαMyrtousa · place · corrected · Q138526221
ΛιβύηLibya · place · corrected · Q2370577
ΜυρτουσσαῖοςMyrtoussaean (inhabitant of Myrtousa) · people
ΜυρτούσσιοςMyrtoussios (inhabitant of Myrtousa) · people
Μύρτουσαplace · explicit · wikidata: Q138526221 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguistic“Myrtousa: a mountain of Libya.” (The entry simply identifies the place as a mountain in Libya; no origin of the name is given.)
Morphological Composition“The inhabitant(s) (demonym) Myrtoussaios and Myrtoussios.” (Forms of the demonym derived from the place-name by Greek adjectival suffixes.)

Links

Place linksMyrtusa
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
Formulaτὸ 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 · 2 occurrences
Glossοἰκήτωρ ὁ
gloss:3810d98aa6c81247
inhabitant, resident, patron (of a brothel...? - κ123)
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossὄρος ὁ
gloss:184051ff413f789d
mountain, mount (X ὄρος = 'Mount X')
Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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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.

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Last updated: 2026-10-10 09:35:26 UTC