Ψαμαθοῦς - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ψαμαθοῦς, πόλις Λακωνική. Ἀρτεμίδωρος δευτέρῳ γεωγραφουμένων “μετὰ γὰρ τὸ Ταίναρον πόλις ἐκδέχεται Ψαμαθοῦς”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ψαμαθούντιος καὶ Ψαμαθούσιος, ὡς Σελινούντιος καὶ Σελινούσιος.

Psamathous: a Laconian city. Artemidoros, book 2 of his Geography: 'For after Tainaron comes the city Psamathous.' The ethnonym is 'Psamathountios' and 'Psamathousios', as in 'Selinountios' and 'Selinousios'.

Text Details

Entry	#1
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 700.17
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-13
Word count	22
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀρτεμίδωρος (Artemidorus)	Γεωγραφουμένων · fr. 28 Stiehle
Γεωγραφούμενα (Geographical Matters / Geographoumena)	Γεωγραφούμενα · fr. 28 Stiehle

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ψαμαθούς	Psamathous · place
Λακωνική	Laconian / Laconia · place
Ταίναρον	Tainaron / Cape Taenarum · place
Ψαμαθούς	Psamathous · place
Ψαμαθούντιος	of Psamathous · other
Ψαμαθούσιος	of Psamathous · other
Σελινούντιος	of Selinus · other
Σελινούσιος	of Selinus · other
Ψαμαθοῦς	place · explicit · wikidata: Q16622813 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	For after Taenarum, the city of Psamathous follows/comes next.
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnic name is Psamathountios and Psamathousios, just as Selinountios and Selinousios.

Links

Place links	Psamathus \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	../graphic/page_122_001.png
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS 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 · 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	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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	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.

Herodian 1.242

char LCS 92 (59.4%) · word LCS 13 (59.1%)

Stephanos

Ψαμαθοῦς, πόλις Λακωνική. Ἀρτεμίδωρος δευτέρῳ γεωγραφουμένων “μετὰ γὰρ τὸ Ταίναρον πόλις ἐκδέχεται Ψαμαθοῦς”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ψαμαθούντιος καὶ Ψαμαθούσιος, ὡς Σελινούντιος καὶ Σελινούσιος.

Herodian

…ἐν Ἑλλησπόντῳ· ἔστι καὶ Ἄργους Ἐλαιοῦς. Ἔτι καὶ Ἁλιμοῦς δῆμος τῆς Λεοντίδος φυλῆς. Καλλίμαχος δὲ πόλιν ἡγεῖται. Ἀμαθοῦς πόλις Κύπρου ἀρχαιοτάτη· ἀπὸ Ἀμαθοῦντος δὲ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους ἐκλήθη ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς Κινύρου μητρὸς Ἀμαθούσης. Ψαμαθοῦς πόλις Λακωνική, Ἀρτεμίδωρος δευτέρῳ γεωγραφουμένων »μετὰ γὰρ τὸ Ταίναρον πόλις ἐκδέχεται Ψαμαθοῦς«. Ὀποῦς πόλις Λοκρῶν τῶν