Βρεττία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Βρεττία, νῆσος ἐν τῷ Ἀδρίᾳ ποταμὸν ἔχουσα Βρέττιον· ταύτην Ἐλαφοῦσσαν Ἕλληνες, οἱ δὲ Βρεττανίδα καλοῦσι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ἔδει Βρεττιανός, ὡς Πολύβιος τὸ θηλυκόν “ἐπὶ Βρεττιανὴν τόπων”. νῦν δὲ Βρέττιοι λέγονται. εἰσὶ καὶ Βρεττανίδες νῆσοι ἐν τῷ ὠκεανῷ, ὧν τὸ ἐθνικὸν Βρεττανοί. Διονύσιος ὑφελὼν τὸ ἓν « τ » ἔφη “ὠκεανοῦ κέχυται ψυχρὸς ῥόος, ἔνθα Βρετανοί.” καὶ ἄλλοι οὕτως διὰ « π » Πρετανίδες νῆσοι, ὡς Μαρκιανὸς καὶ Πτολεμαῖος.

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Text Details

Entry	#169
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 185.19
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-09
Word count	65

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 2 occurrences
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

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Herodian 1.189

char LCS 21 (6.3%) · word LCS 5 (7.8%)

Stephanos

Βρεττία, νῆσος ἐν τῷ Ἀδρίᾳ ποταμὸν ἔχουσα Βρέττιον· ταύτην Ἐλαφοῦσσαν Ἕλληνες, οἱ δὲ Βρεττανίδα καλοῦσι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ἔδει Βρεττιανός, ὡς Πολύβιος τὸ θηλυκόν “ἐπὶ Βρεττιανὴν τόπων”. νῦν δὲ Βρέττιοι λέγονται. εἰσὶ καὶ Βρεττανίδες νῆσοι ἐν τῷ ὠκεανῷ, ὧν τὸ ἐ…

Herodian

…ῆς πρὸς τῇ Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἀπ´ αὐτοῦ ὄνομα λαβούσης, ὥς φησιν Ἑκαταῖος. δηχθεὶς γὰρ ὑπὸ ὄφεως ἐν τῇ νήσῳ ἐτάφη. καὶ ὁμωνύμως λέγεται ὁ Σωστράτου τοῦ Δεξιφάνους πύργος ἐπ´ αὐτῆς. Φάρος δὲ καὶ ἡ Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἐκαλεῖτο. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος ἐν τῷ Ἀδρίᾳ ποταμὸν ὁμώνυμον ἔχουσα. ἔστι δὲ κτίσμα Παρίων, ὡς Ἔφορος εἰκοστῷ ὀγδόῳ. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἰλλυρίας, ὡς Πολύβιος γʹ. ἔστι καὶ Περραιβίας πόλις. σάρος καὶ Σάρος ποταμὸς Κιλικίας ὃς πρότερον Κοίρανος καλούμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος Σάρο…