Γάδρα - Stephanos Ethnika

Γάδρα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Γάδρα, πόλις Παλαιστίνης. Πορφύριος τρίτῳ φιλοσόφου ἱστορίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Γαδρηνός, ὡς Βόστρα Βοστρηνός καὶ Γαγγρηνός.

Gadra: a city of Palaistine. Porphyrios, book 3 in his Philosophical History. The ethnonym is 'Gadrenos', just as 'Bostrenos' is from Bostra, and 'Gangrenos'.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#12
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 193.17
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-10
Word count	15
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Πορφύριος (Porphyry)	Ἱστορία · fr. 218 Smith = FGrHist 260 F 12

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Γάδρας	Gadra · place
Παλαιστίνη	Palestine · place
Βόστρα	Bostra · place
Γάγγρη	Gangra · place
Gadra in Palaistine	place · city · Palaistine (Palestine) · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The ethnic adjective is Gadrenos, just as (the ethnic adjectives are) Bostrenos from Bostra and Gangrenos from Gangra.

Links

Place links	Gezer
Page scans	vol1_470.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
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 · 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	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
Formula	ὡς + 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
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 · 3 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym 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.