Ὀλβία - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὀλβία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Ὀλβία, πόλις Λιγυστική. ὁ πολίτης Ὀλβιοπολίτης. καὶ Ὀλβιανοί ὡς Ἀσιανοί. ἔστι δὲ καὶ πλησίον αὐτῆς ὄρος Ὀλβιανόν. δευτέρα πόλις ἐν Πόντῳ. τρίτη Βιθυνίας, ἀπὸ Ὀλβίας νύμφης. τετάρτη Παμφυλίας, ὡς Φίλων. οὐκ ἔστι δὲ Παμφυλίας, ἀλλὰ τῆς τῶν Σολύμων γῆς, καὶ οὐδὲ Ὀλβία ἀλλὰ Ὄλβα καλεῖται καὶ οἱ πολῖται Ὀλβαῖοι καὶ Ὀλβιος καὶ Ὀλβία. πέμπτη Ἰβηρίας. ἕκτη Σαρδοῦς. ἑβδόμη Ἰλλυρίδος. ὀγδόη Ἑλλησπόντου. ἐνάτη Κιλικίας. λέγεται καὶ Ὀλβηνός καὶ Ὀλβιακός καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Ὀλβιακή.

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#41
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 489.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count	72

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Φίλων (Philon)	FGrHist 790 F 47

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὀλβία	Olbia · place · corrected · Q4427729
Λιγυστική	Ligystice (regional epithet) · place · corrected · Q207023
Ὀλβιοπολίτης	Olbiopolites (citizen of Olbia) · other
Ὀλβιανοί	Olbiani (people of Olbia) · people
Ἀσιάνοι	Asians (people of Asia) · people
Ὀλβιανόν	Olbianon (mountain name) · place
Πόντος	Pontus · place · corrected · Q621672
Βιθυνία	Bithynia · place · corrected · Q373189
Ὀλβία	Olbia (the nymph) · person · corrected · Q4427729
Παμφυλία	Pamphylia · place · corrected · Q585250
Σόλυμοι	Solymi · people
Ὄλβα	Olba · place · corrected · Q65060365
Ὀλβαῖοι	Olbaians · people
Ὄλβιος	Olbios (male form) · person
Ἰβηρία	Iberia · place · corrected · Q1203967
Σάρδος	Sardis · place · corrected · Q3760293
Ἰλλυρία	Illyria · place
Ἑλλήσποντος	Hellespont · place · corrected · Q6514
Κιλικία	Cilicia · place · corrected · Q620864
Ὀλβηνός	Olbenos / Olbēnos (adjectival form) · other
Ὀλβιακός	Olbiakos (adjectival form) · other
Ὀλβιακή	Olbiake (feminine adjectival form) · other
Olbia (city in Ligystike)	place · city · Ligystike · explicit · unresolved
Olbianon mountain	place · mountain · near Olbia in Ligystike · explicit · unresolved
Olbia in Pontus	place · city · Pontus · implicit · wikidata: Q13630 · candidate
Olbia in Bithynia	place · city · Bithynia · implicit · wikidata: Q13630 · candidate
Olba / so-called Olbia in Pamphylia/Solymian land	place · city · Solymian land (not Pamphylia); associated in lemma with Pamphylia · explicit · wikidata: Q23994094 · candidate
Olbia in Iberia	place · city · Iberia · implicit · wikidata: Q13630 · candidate
Olbia in Sardous	place · city · Sardous · implicit · wikidata: Q13630 · candidate
Olbia in Illyris	place · city · Illyris · implicit · unresolved
Olbia in the Hellespont	place · city · Hellespont · implicit · unresolved
Olbia in Cilicia	place · city · Cilicia · implicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	(For) Bithynia, from Olbia the nymph.

Links

Place links	Olbia \| 📍 Map
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1947.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 · 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... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 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 · 2 occurrences
Gloss	γῆ ἡ gloss:728db30aa96e9869	land, dirt, Earth Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES 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
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	ὄρος ὁ gloss:184051ff413f789d	mountain, mount (X ὄρος = 'Mount X') Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen 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.