Γάδαρα - Stephanos Ethnika

Γάδαρα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Γάδαρα, πόλις κοίλης Συρίας, ἥ τις καὶ Ἀντιόχεια καὶ Σελεύκεια ἐκλήθη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Γαδαρεύς, καὶ Γαδαρίς καὶ ἡ γυνὴ καὶ ἡ χώρα. ἐντεῦθεν ἦν Μένιππος ὁ σπουδογελοῖος. ἔστι καὶ Γάδαρα κώμη Μακεδονίας.

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Text Details

Entry	#9
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 193.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-10
Word count	31

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 4 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 · 2 scan rows · 4 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 · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κώμη ἡ gloss:e14972622087326b	village Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES Rule status: In progress	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

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

Herodian 1.385

char LCS 57 (35.8%) · word LCS 5 (15.6%)

Stephanos

Γάδαρα, πόλις κοίλης Συρίας, ἥ τις καὶ Ἀντιόχεια καὶ Σελεύκεια ἐκλήθη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Γαδαρεύς, καὶ Γαδαρίς καὶ ἡ γυνὴ καὶ ἡ χώρα. ἐντεῦθεν ἦν Μένιππος ὁ σπουδογελοῖος. ἔστι καὶ Γάδαρα κώμη Μακεδονίας.

Herodian

…ριον οὐδετέρως. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ Γάργασον ἔφη τὴν πόλιν διὰ τοῦ 'σ', ἀλλ´ οἴομαι σφάλμα εἶναι. ἔστι καὶ Λαμψάκου πολισμάτιον Γάργαρον. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα τῆς Ἰταλίας καὶ τῆς Ἠπείρου ἄλλη. Ταίναρον, οἴναρον. Αὔαρα πόλις Ἀραβίας. Γάδαρα πόλις κοίλης Συρίας, ἥτις καὶ Ἀντιόχεια καὶ Σελεύκεια ἐκλήθη. ἔστι καὶ Γάδαρα κώμη Μακεδονίας. Γίνδαρα κώμη πρὸς τῇ Ἀντιοχείᾳ. Δαύσαρα πόλις περὶ τὴν Ἔδεσσαν. Κύδραρα πόλις πρὸς τοὺς ὅρους τῶν Φρυγῶν καὶ Λυδῶν. Ἡρόδοτος ἑβδόμῃ (c. 30). Λάβαρα πόλις Καρίας. Ἀλέξανδρος δευτέρῳ περὶ…