Ξόϊς - Stephanos Ethnika

Ξόϊς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Ξόϊς, πόλις καὶ νῆσος Αἰγυπτία ἐν τῇ μεσογείῳ τῇ ὑπὲρ τοῦ Σεβεννυτικοῦ καὶ Φατνιτικοῦ στόματος. ὁ πολίτης Ξοΐτης ὡς Σαΐτης.

Xois: a city and Egyptian island in the interior above the Sebennytic and Phatnitic mouth. A citizen is a 'Xoites', as in 'Saites'.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#10
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 481.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count	20
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ξοΐς	Sais · place · corrected · Q1068140
Αἰγυπτία	Egypt · place · corrected · Q11768
Σεβεννυτικός	Sebennytic (mouth/branch of the Nile) · place
Φατνιτικός	Phatnitic (mouth/branch of the Nile) · place
Ξοΐτης	Saite (inhabitant of Sais) · people
Σαΐτης	Saite (alternative form) · people
Xois in Egypt (city and island)	place · city and island · Egypt, inland above the Sebennytic and Phatnitic mouths · explicit · unresolved

Links

Place links	Xois \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1802.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 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	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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
Formula	ὡς + 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 · 2 scan rows · 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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.