Οἴτυλος - Stephanos Ethnika

Οἴτυλος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Οἴτυλος, πόλις Λακωνικῆς. “ἠδ´ Οἴτυλον”, ὡς δάκτυλον, ἀπὸ τοῦ Οἰτύλου ἥρωος. τινὲς δὲ τὸ « οι » ἄρθρον φασὶ καὶ τὴν πόλιν Τύλον· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Οἰτύλιος.

Oitylos: a city in Lakonike. 'ed’ Oitylon', as in 'daktylon', named after the hero Oitylos. Some say that οι is the article and that the city is Tylos; the ethnonym is 'Oitylios'.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#36
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 487.15
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count	22
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Οἴτυλος	Oitylos · place · corrected · Q105504462
Λακωνική	Laconia · place · corrected · Q11931074
Οἴτυλος	Oitylos · place · corrected · Q105504462
Οἴτυλος	Oitylos · place · corrected · Q105504462
Οἰτύλιος	Oitylios · other
Oitylos in Laconia	place · city · Laconia · explicit · wikidata: Q164493 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From the hero Oitylos — the town is said to be named after the hero Oitylos.
Morphological Composition	Some say that the initial οι is the (Greek) article — i.e. the name involves the article 'οι' plus the rest of the word.

Links

Place links	Oetylus \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1938.jpg
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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 · 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 PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 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 · 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 (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 · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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.