Ὁδός - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὁδός OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ὁδός, παρὰ τὸ ἑδός, ἡ πεπατημένη τρίβος. τὸ παράγωγον ὅδιος καὶ ἐνόδιος, καὶ ὅδιος Ἑρμῆς.

Hodos derives from the form 'hedos', the trodden track. The derived form is 'hodios' and 'enodios', and Hermes is also 'Hodios'.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Entry	#12
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 483.19
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count	15
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Entity	Details
Ἑρμῆς	Hermes · deity · corrected · Q41484
Ὁδός	place · explicit · wikidata: Q685354 · seeded_headword_alignment

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	'Hodos' (Ὁδός): from ἑδός (i.e. derived from the word ἑδός).
Morphological Composition	'the trodden path' (definition/semantic explanation of the name: a beaten track).
Morphological Composition	'the derivatives are ὅδιος and ἐνόδιος' (adjectival formations from ὁδός).
Folk Etymology Narrative	'and ὅδιος (is) Hermes' — i.e. Hermes is called ὅδιος (an epithet linking the god to roads/guide), a cultural/folk association rather than strict linguistic derivation.

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON) formula:e1b19e84652cc7be	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	γένος τό gloss:c746b76469e4485d	descent Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

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