Γυμνησίαι - Stephanos Ethnika

Γυμνησίαι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Γυμνησίαι, δύο νῆσοι περὶ τὴν Τυρσηνίδα, οὐχ ὥς τινες ἑπτά. Λυκόφρων οἱ δ´ ἀμφικλύστους χοιράδας Γυμνησίας σισυρνοδῦται καρκίνοι πεπλωκότες ἄχλαινον ἀμπρεύσουσι νήλιποι βίον. καὶ ἀρσενικῶς καὶ θηλυκῶς ἐθνικὸν Γυμνήσιος καὶ Γυμνησία. καὶ Γυμνησίς, ἀπὸ τῆς Γύμνητος γενικῆς τροπῇ τοῦ « τ » εἰς « σ ». ἐκλήθη δὲ τὸ ἔθνος ὅτι τῷ θέρει γυμνοὶ μένουσιν. ἐκλήθησαν δὲ καὶ Βαλιαρίδες ἀφ´ οὗ Βαλιαρεῖς τὸ ἐθνικόν, ὅ ἐστι σφενδονῆται.

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Text Details

Entry	#118
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 214.11
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-11
Word count	63

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Translation Guidance

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 · 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 · 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 · 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

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.64

char LCS 25 (7.3%) · word LCS 5 (7.9%)

Stephanos

…υμνησίας σισυρνοδῦται καρκίνοι πεπλωκότες ἄχλαινον ἀμπρεύσουσι νήλιποι βίον. καὶ ἀρσενικῶς καὶ θηλυκῶς ἐθνικὸν Γυμνήσιος καὶ Γυμνησία. καὶ Γυμνησίς, ἀπὸ τῆς Γύμνητος γενικῆς τροπῇ τοῦ « τ » εἰς « σ ». ἐκλήθη δὲ τὸ ἔθνος ὅτι τῷ θέρει γυμνοὶ μένουσιν. ἐκλήθησαν δὲ καὶ Βαλιαρίδες ἀφ´ οὗ Βαλιαρεῖς τὸ ἐθνικόν, ὅ ἐστι σφενδονῆται.

Herodian

…εται. Φάγρης πόλις Θρᾴκης· Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ καὶ Θουκυδίδης δευτέρᾳ (c. 99). Βάβρης, Ἔγκρης, Σάτρης ἔθνος Θρᾴκης ὡς Ἑκαταῖος ἐν Εὐρώπῃ φησίν. Γόνδρης Θρᾴκιον ἔθνος. Νίγρης ποταμὸς Λιβύης καὶ ἔθνος, Γύμνης ἔθνος· ἐκλήθη δὲ ὅτι τῷ θέρει γυμνοὶ μένουσιν. εἴ τι δὲ περισπασθῇ, κατὰ πάθος γέγονε· τὸ γὰρ τεχνῆς, λαχνῆς, ζαχρῆς ἀπὸ συναλοιφῆς γίνονται. τὸ μέντοι γυμνής, χερνής, ἀβλής, προβλής, ἀδμής, ἀκμής ἐπιθετικὰ ὄντα ὀξύνονται.