Γάβαλα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Γάβαλα, πόλις Φοινίκης, ἣν θηλυκῶς Ἑκαταῖός φησιν. ὁ δὲ Στράβων Συρίας, πλησίον Λαοδικείας. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Γαβαλίτης καὶ θηλυκὸν ἡ Γαβαλῖτις, ἀλλὰ καὶ Γαβαλεύς ὡς Μεγαρεύς. ἔστι καὶ χώρα Ἀραβίας καὶ λέγεται ἡ πρώτη συλλαβὴ διὰ τοῦ « ε » Γέβαλα, καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Γεβαληνός ὡς Δαυηνός Ἀδαρηνός, τῷ τύπῳ τῶν ἐγχωρίων.

Gebala (spelled with epsilon in the first syllable)">Gabala: a city in Phoinike, which Hekataios says is feminine. Strabo says it is in Syria, near Laodikeia. The inhabitant is 'Gabalites' and the feminine 'Gabalitis', but also 'Gabaleus' as in 'Megareus'. There is also a region of Arabia, and the first syllable is pronounced with ε, 'Gebala'; the ethnonym is 'Gebalenos', as in 'Dauenos' and 'Adarenos', according to the pattern of the local forms.

Text Details

Entry	#3
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 191.19
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-09
Word count	49
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	FGrHist 1 F 273
Στράβων (Strabo)	16,2,12 [C 753,21]

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Γάβαλα	Gabala · place
Φοινίκη	Phoenicia · place
Συρία	Syria · place
Λαοδίκεια	Laodicea · place
Γαβαλίτης	Gabalite · people
Γαβαλῖτις	Gabalitis · place
Γαβαλεύς	Gabalite · people
Μεγαρεύς	Megarian · people
Ἀραβία	Arabia · place
Γέβαλα	Gebala · place
Γεβαληνός	Gebalenian · people
Μηδαβηνός	Medabanian · people
Ἀδαρηνός	Adaranian · people
Gabala in Phoenicia/Syria near Laodiceia	place · city · Phoenicia; according to Strabo, Syria, near Laodiceia · explicit · unresolved
Gabala, region of Arabia	place · region · Arabia · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	There is also a region of Arabia, and its first syllable is said to be written/pronounced with epsilon: Gebala.
Morphological Composition	The ethnic name is Gebalenos, like Medabenos and Adarenos, following the customary form used by the local inhabitants.

Links

Place links	Gabala \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol1_466.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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	X... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS 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 · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	οἰκήτωρ ὁ gloss:3810d98aa6c81247	inhabitant, resident, patron (of a brothel...? - κ123) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χώρα ἡ gloss:54f628c16aa263ce	region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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