Ὄμβοι

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Ὄμβοι, πόλις Αἰγύπτου πρὸς τῇ Λιβύῃ. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν πρώτῳ Αἰγυπτιακῶν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀμβῖται.

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Text Details

Entry#64
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Edition idsMeineke 492.3 · Billerbeck Ο64
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count13

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander)Ἀιγυπτιακῶν · FGrHist 273 F 4
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ὌμβοιOmboi · place
ΑἴγυπτοςEgypt · place · corrected · Q11768
ΛιβύηLibya · place · corrected · Q2370577
Ὀμβῖταιpeople of Omboi (Omboites) · people
Ὄμβοιplace · explicit · pleiades: 786079 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguisticthe ethnic name is 'Ομβῖται' (the inhabitants are called Ombitai)

Links

Place linksKom Ombo | 📍 Map | Pleiades
Page scanse9783110219630_i1978.jpg
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME)
formula:c795eaabedf9a542
Translate as "Χ, in his *Y*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX... + πρός + Y (dative)
formula:1a524ea80fe79519
Translate as "X... near Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaτὸ 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
FormulaΧ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e
Translate as "X, in book Y of his *Z*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.138
char LCS 57 (78.1%) · word LCS 10 (76.9%)
Stephanos
Ὄμβοι, πόλις Αἰγύπτου πρὸς τῇ Λιβύῃ. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν πρώτῳ Αἰγυπτιακῶν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀμβῖται.
Herodian
…βος. λέμβος, βόμβος, τύμβος, ῥύμβος, στίβος, τρίβος. Στρόβος πόλις Μακεδονίας. Τάβος ἥρως, ἀφ´ οὗ Τάβαι πόλις Λυδίας. Θράμβος ἀκρωτήριον Μακεδονίας. Ἴσβος Ἰσαυρίας πόλις, Κύβος ἢ καὶ Κυβώ, πόλις Ἰώνων ἐν Λιβύῃ Φοινίκων, Ὄμβοι πόλις Αἰγύπτου πρὸς τῇ Λιβύῃ. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν πρώτῳ Αἰγυπτιακῶν. Σάβοι ἔθνος Φρυγίας. λέγονται καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ βάκχοι παρὰ Φρυξίν. Σάμβος πόλις Ἀράβων καὶ οἱ πολῖται Σάμβοι. Βοῖβος Γλαφύρου υἱός, ἀφ´ οὗ Βοίβη πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Στροῖβος ὁ ἀδελφὸς Γύζαντος. σεσημείωται τὸ Βόλβος παροξυνόμ…

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