Ψιττάκη - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ψιττάκη, πόλις παρὰ τῷ Τίγριδι, ἐν ᾗ τὸ φυτὸν τῶν ψιττακίων, ὡς Δαμόφιλος. ὁ πολίτης Ψιττάκιος, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ ψιττακίας καρποῦ. τὸ κυριώτερον δὲ ἐθνικὸν Ψιττακηνός διὰ τὸ ἐπιχώριον, καὶ Ψιττακηνή ἡ χώρα, ἧς καὶ Ἀριστοτέλης μέμνηται ἐν τοῖς θαυμασίοις.

Psittake: a city beside the Tigris, in which is the plant of the 'psittakia', as per Damophilos. A citizen is a 'Psittakios', as from the fruit 'psittakia'. The more proper ethnonym is 'Psittakenos' because of the local form; and 'Psittakene' is the region, which Aristotle too mentions in the Marvels.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#13
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 702.18
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-13
Word count	40
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Δαμόφιλος (Damophilus)	FHG III 656
Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotle)	Θαυμάσια · 833a1 = 35 Giannini

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ψιττάκη	Psittace (a city by the Tigris) · place
Τίγρις	Tigris · place
Ψιττάκιος	Psittacian (a citizen of Psittace) · people
Ψιττακηνός	Psittacenian · people
Ψιττακηνή	Psittacenian (territory/country) · place
Ψιττάκη	place · explicit · wikidata: Q3558593 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The demonym is Psittakios, as derived from the fruit called psittakēs (the parrot/psittacus fruit).
Unclear Metalinguistic	The more proper ethnic name is Psittakenos because it is the local (indigenous) form; and the land is called Psittakene.

Links

Place links	Sittace
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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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON) formula:e1b19e84652cc7be	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium 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 · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 3 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 · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 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
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐπιχώριος -α -ον (κατὰ τὸν ἐπιχώριον) gloss:a5a8d4938aac5b47	local (in the local form) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC Rule status: In progress	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
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.