Χηνοβοσκία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Χηνοβοσκία, πόλις Αἰγύπτου. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν πρώτῳ Αἰγυπτιακῶν “ἀντικρὺ δὲ τοῦ Διοσπολίτου [νομοῦ] Χηνοβόσκιον, μηδὲν εἰς τὴν προσηγορίαν ἐμφέρουσα· νομὰς γὰρ χηνῶν οὐκ ἂν ἴδοι τις, ὑπερβάλλουσαν δὲ τὴν περὶ κροκοδείλους σπουδήν”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Χηνοβοσκιάτης.

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Text Details

Entry	#42
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 692.19
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-12
Word count	34

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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
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 (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 · 1 occurrence
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	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	Χ (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

Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.290

char LCS 137 (65.6%) · word LCS 24 (70.6%)

Stephanos

Χηνοβοσκία, πόλις Αἰγύπτου. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν πρώτῳ Αἰγυπτιακῶν “ἀντικρὺ δὲ τοῦ Διοσπολίτου [νομοῦ] Χηνοβόσκιον, μηδὲν εἰς τὴν προσηγορίαν ἐμφέρουσα· νομὰς γὰρ χηνῶν οὐκ ἂν ἴδοι τις, ὑπερβάλλουσαν δὲ τὴν περὶ κροκοδείλους σπουδήν”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Χηνοβοσκιάτης.

Herodian

…. Μένιππος ἐν περίπλῳ τῶν δύο Πόντων «τὴν.... μέχρι τούτων τῶν βαρβάρων ἐστὶν ἡ Ποντικὴ βασιλεία». καὶ Ἑκαταῖος «Τιβαρηνίην καὶ Χαλδίην καὶ Σαννικήν». Χηνοβοσκία πόλις Αἰγύπτου. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν πρώτῳ Αἰγυπτιακῶν Χηνοβόσκιον «ἀντικρὺ δὲ τοῦ Διοσπολίτου νομοῦ Χηνοβόσκιον, μηδὲν εἰς τὴν προσηγορίαν ἐμφέρουσα· νομὰς γὰρ χηνῶν οὐκ ἂν ἴδοι τις, ὑπερβάλλουσαν δὲ τὴν περὶ κροκοδείλους σπουδήν». Χλαμυδία· οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο Δῆλος. Χορασμία πόλις πρὸς ἕω Πάρθων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίας περιηγήσει «ἐν αὐτοῖσι πόλις Χορασμίη». Ὠγυγία νῆσος ἀρχαία, ἔνθα Ὀδυσσεὺς ἐκ τοῦ ναυαγίου ἐξερρίφη. λέγεται καὶ ἡ Βοιωτία καὶ ἡ Θήβη Ὠγυγί…