Νεάπολις - Stephanos Ethnika

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Νεάπολις, πόλις Ἰταλίας διάσημος, ἐν ᾗ Παρθενόπη ᾕρηται μία τῶν Σειρήνων. ὁ πολίτης Νεαπολίτης. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Λιβύης καὶ ἄλλαι.

Neapolis: a renowned city in Italy, in which Parthenope, one of the Sirens, is buried. A citizen is a 'Neapolites'. There is also another in Libya, and there are others.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#26
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 471.7
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count	20
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Νεάπολις	Neapolis (Neapolis/Neapolis, modern Naples) · place · corrected · Q15122630
Ἰταλία	Italy · place
Παρθενόπη	Parthenope · person
Σειρήνες	Sirens · people
Νεαπολίτης	Neapolitan (citizen of Neapolis) · people
Λιβύη	Libya · place · corrected · Q2370577
Neapolis in Italy	place · city · Italy · explicit · wikidata: Q15122630 · candidate
another Neapolis in Libya	place · city · Libya · implicit · unresolved
other Neapolis entries	place · city · unspecified · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Folk Etymology Narrative	in which Parthenope is said to be one of the Sirens.
Place Transfer	there is also another (Neapolis) of Libya and others.
Morphological Composition	the citizen (is called) Neapolites (Neapolitan).

Links

Place links	Neapolis \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1629.jpg
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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 · 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 · 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
Gloss	διάσημος -η -ον gloss:ab7dd01e159fa074	renowned, (made) famous Domain: OTHER TERMS Rule status: In progress	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

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