Ξιφήνη - Stephanos Ethnika

Ξιφήνη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Entry #8
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 481.5 | Billerbeck: Ξ8
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count: 11
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἰώσηπος (Josephus) (6,275) [Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἱστορίας]
Entities: Ξιφήνη (Xiphene (place)) [place], Παλαιστίνη (Palestine) [place], Ξιφηναῖος (Xiphenaean (ethnic name)) [people]
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Ξιφήνη, χώρα Παλαιστίνης. Ἰώσηπος ἕκτῳ Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἱστορίας τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ξιφηναῖος φησί.

Xiphēnē: a district of Palestine. Josephus (Jewish History, book 6). The ethnic adjective, he says, is Xiphēnaios.

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