Χαλκίς - Stephanos Ethnika

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Χαλκίς, πόλις Εὐβοίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ “Χαλκὶς πόλις ἐστίν, ἣ πρότερον Εὔβοια προσηγορεύετο”. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Κόμβης τῆς Χαλκίδος καλουμένης, θυγατρὸς Ἀσωποῦ. τινὲς δὲ Χαλκιδεῖς φασι κληθῆναι διὰ τὸ χαλκουργεῖα πρῶτον παρ´ αὐτοῖς ὀφθῆναι. τὸ παλαιὸν δὲ Στύμφηλος προσηγορεύετο, νῦν δὲ Ἁλίκαρνα [ἀλλὰ καὶ Ὑποχαλκίς διὰ τὸ ὑποκεῖσθαι ὄρει λεγομένῳ Χαλκίδι.] μέμνηται δ´ αὐτῆς καὶ ὁ ποιητής “Χαλκίδ´ Ἐρέτριάν τε πολυστάφυλόν τ´ Ἰστίαιαν”. ὁ πολίτης Χαλκιδεύς, ὡς ἀπὸ τῆς Χαλκίδος γενικῆς, ὡς τοῦ Ἀρκάδος Ἀρκαδεύς καὶ τῆς Τρῳάδος Τρῳαδεύς. καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν ὁμώνυμον τῇ πόλει, ὡς Φωκίς Λοκρίς, ἡ χώρα καὶ ἡ γυνή. Ἑλλάνικος ἱερειῶν Ἥρας δευτέρῳ “Θεοκλέης ἐκ Χαλκίδος μετὰ Χαλκιδέων καὶ Ναξίων ἐν Σικελίῃ πόλεις ἔκτισε”. τὸ κτητικὸν Χαλκιδικόν. Ἀριστοφάνης Ἱππεῦσι “τουτὶ τί δρᾷ τὸ Χαλκιδικὸν ποτήριον“; καλοῦνται δὲ καὶ οἱ ἐν τῇ Κύμῃ τῆς Σικελίας Χαλκιδεῖς. οὗτοι δ´ ἄποικοί εἰσιν ἐξ Εὐβοίας. ἔστι καὶ Χαλκιδικὸν ὄρος Σικελίας, ὡς Πολύβιος πρώτῳ “ἐκ τῶν Συρακουσῶν ἐποιεῖτο τὴν πορείαν καὶ καταστρατοπεδεύσας ἐκ θατέρου μέρους περὶ τὸ Χαλκιδικὸν ὄρος καλούμενον”. ἔστι καὶ βʹ Χαλκίς πόλις Κορίνθου. γʹ Αἰτωλίας, ἀφ´ ἧς Ἀχελῷος ῥεῖ. Διονύσιος ὁ περιηγητής “νήσων τ´ ἀλλάων, ὅσσας τ´ ἀπὸ Χαλκίδος ἕρπων”. δʹ πόλις ἐν Συρίᾳ, κτισθεῖσα ὑπὸ Μονικοῦ τοῦ Ἄραβος. τὸ ταύτης ἐθνικὸν Χαλκιδηνός. [εʹ] ἔστι καὶ πόλις Χαλκίς ἐν Σκυθίᾳ, ἧς οἱ πολῖται Χαλκῖται [ἔστι] καὶ ἡ χώρα Χαλκῖτις, ὡς Ἑρμείας ἐν περιηγήσει. ϛʹ καὶ πόλις Χαλκῖτις ἐν Μεσσαπίᾳ τῆς Ἰταλίας. ζʹ νῆσος ἔχουσα πόλιν ὁμώνυμον πρὸς τῇ Λέσβῳ, ἧς οἱ πολῖται Χαλκιδεῖς. ἔστι καὶ ἐν Ἄθῳ ἄλλη Χαλκίς, ὡς Εὔδοξος τετάρτῳ “μετὰ δὲ τὸν Ἄθω μέχρι Παλλήνης, ἣ ἐπὶ θάτερα πεποίηκε κόλπον βαθὺν καὶ πλατὺν Χαλκίδα ἐπονομαζόμενον”.

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Entry	#17
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 683.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-12
Word count	141

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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	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	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 5 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 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
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	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 · 3 occurrences
Gloss	χώρα ἡ gloss:54f628c16aa263ce	region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.88

char LCS 122 (9.2%) · word LCS 25 (9.7%)

Stephanos

Χαλκίς, πόλις Εὐβοίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ “Χαλκὶς πόλις ἐστίν, ἣ πρότερον Εὔβοια προσηγορεύετο”. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Κόμβης τῆς Χαλκίδος καλουμένης, θυγατρὸς Ἀσωποῦ. τινὲς δὲ Χαλκιδεῖς φασι κληθῆναι διὰ τὸ χαλκουργεῖα πρῶτον παρ´ αὐτοῖς ὀφθῆναι. τὸ παλαιὸν δὲ Στύμφηλος προσηγορεύετο, νῦν δὲ Ἁλίκαρνα [ἀλλὰ καὶ Ὑποχαλκίς διὰ τὸ ὑποκεῖσθαι ὄρει λεγομένῳ Χαλκίδι.] μέμνηται δ´ αὐτῆς καὶ…

Herodian

…υθις, Ἔλβονθις πόλις μεταξὺ Αἰγύπτου καὶ Κυρήνης, Φενέβηθις, Ἕρμωνθις πόλεις Αἰγύπτου βαρύνονται. Τὰ εἰς 'κις' δισύλλαβα ὀξύνεται, Φωκίς χώρα περὶ τὸν Παρνασόν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Φώκου τινός. κερκίς, χαλκίς. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Εὐβοίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ «Χαλκὶς πόλις ἐστίν, ἣ πρότερον Εὔβοια προσηγορεύετο». ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Κόμβης τῆς Χαλκίδος καλουμένης, θυγατρὸς Ἀσωποῦ. Ἐπαφρόδιτος δὲ μαρτυρεῖ ἐκεῖ χαλκὸν πρῶτον εὑρεθῆναι «καὶ πρῶτοι χαλκὸν ἐκεῖ ἐνεδύσαντο οἱ Κούρητες οἱ μετὰ Διὸς ἐλθόντες, οὓς φύλακας τῆς νήσου καὶ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τῆς Ῥέας κατέλιπεν· ἀφ´ οὗ οἱ Χαλκιδεῖς ὠνομάσθησαν». μέμνη…

Herodian 1.106

char LCS 36 (2.7%) · word LCS 7 (2.7%)

Stephanos

…ὸ Χαλκίδος ἕρπων”. δʹ πόλις ἐν Συρίᾳ, κτισθεῖσα ὑπὸ Μονικοῦ τοῦ Ἄραβος. τὸ ταύτης ἐθνικὸν Χαλκιδηνός. [εʹ] ἔστι καὶ πόλις Χαλκίς ἐν Σκυθίᾳ, ἧς οἱ πολῖται Χαλκῖται [ἔστι] καὶ ἡ χώρα Χαλκῖτις, ὡς Ἑρμείας ἐν περιηγήσει. ϛʹ καὶ πόλις Χαλκῖτις ἐν Μεσσαπίᾳ τῆς Ἰταλίας. ζʹ νῆσος ἔχουσα πόλιν ὁμώνυμον πρὸς τῇ Λέσβῳ, ἧς οἱ πολῖται Χαλκιδεῖς. ἔστι καὶ ἐν Ἄθῳ ἄλλη Χαλκίς, ὡς Εὔδοξος τετάρτῳ “μετὰ δὲ τὸν Ἄθω μέχρι Παλλήνης, ἣ ἐπὶ θάτερα πεποίηκε κόλπον βαθὺν καὶ πλατὺν Χαλκίδα ἐπονομαζόμεν…

Herodian

…ὖρον στάδια ἑκατὸν δέκα ἄκρα κεῖται Ὑρίς καλουμένη, καὶ νῆσος αὐτῇ παράκειται Πιτυώδης καὶ ἄλλη νῆσος καλουμένη Χαλκῖτις καὶ ἄλλη Πρῶτα λεγομένη· ἀπὸ δὲ ταύτης εἰς τὴν Χαλκῖτιν λεγομένην πόλιν στάδια τεσσαράκοντα». ἔστι καὶ πόλις Χαλκῖτις ἐν Μεσσαπίᾳ τῆς Ἰταλίας· ἔστι καὶ χώρα ἐν Σκυθίᾳ, ὡς Ἑρμείας ἐν περιηγήσει. Χατραμωτῖτις χώρα πλησίον τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης, Στράβων ἑκκαιδεκάτῃ «Γερραῖοι δ´ εἰς τὴν Χατραμωτῖτιν». Ὠκεανῖτις, Μαρωνεῖτις, Σαλωνεῖτις, ἠεροφοῖτις, Ἀσιᾶτις, Ἀπολλων…