Γάββα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Γάββα, πόλις Συρίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Γαββηνός, ὡς Παυσανίας φησί.

Gabba: a city in Syria. The ethnonym is 'Gabbenos', as Pausanias says.

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Text Details

Entry#5
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 192.4
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-09
Word count10
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Παυσανίας (Pausanias)FGrHist 854 F 6
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΓάββαGabba · place
ΣυρίαSyria · place
ΓαββηνόςGabbene (person from Gabba) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear MetalinguisticGabba: a city of Syria, whose ethnic/d demonym is Gabbenian.

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (nominative AUTHOR NAME)... + ὡς αὐτός
formula:4caae33810f40dfa
Translate as "X... as per X."
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
Formulaτὸ 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
Formulaὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME)
formula:d915b1886270056c
Translate as "as per X"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:bcd70ae781e7b205
Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossἔθνος τό
gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8
people
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		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.

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Last updated: 2026-10-10 09:35:27 UTC