Ψωφίς - Stephanos Ethnika

Ψωφίς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ψωφίς, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. κέκληται ἀπὸ Ψώφιδος τοῦ Λυκάονος, ὑφ´ οὗ φασι τὸ παλαιὸν ἐκτίσθαι αὐτήν, ἢ ἀπὸ Ψωφῖδος τῆς Ἔρυκος θυγατρός. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις Ψωφίς Ἀκαρνανίας, ἡ παλαιά λεγομένη ..... ἔστι καὶ τρίτη τῆς Ἀχαΐας. ὁ πολίτης ὤφειλεν εἶναι Ψωφίτης, τῷ τύπῳ τῶν εἰς « ις » ληγόντων. ἀλλὰ γέγονεν ἀπὸ τῆς γενικῆς, ὡς τῆς Ἀρκάδος Ἀρκάδιος καὶ τῆς Αὐλίδος Αὐλίδιος, οὕτω Ψωφῖδος Ψωφίδιος. Ἑκαταῖος γενεαλογιῶν δευτέρῳ “κάπρος ἦν ἐν τῷ ὄρεϊ καὶ Ψωφιδίους κακὰ πολλὰ ἔοργεν”. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Ψωφίς πόλις Λιβύης. ὁ πολίτης Ψωφίτης τῷ τῆς χώρας τύπῳ. λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἡ Ζακυνθίων ἀκρόπολις Ψωφίς ὡς Παυσανίας φησὶν ὀγδόῳ περιηγήσεως.

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Entry	#21
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 704.18
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-13
Word count	100

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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 · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
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 · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium 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 · 4 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.116

char LCS 79 (15.8%) · word LCS 14 (14.0%)

Stephanos

… Ἀκαρνανίας, ἡ παλαιά λεγομένη ..... ἔστι καὶ τρίτη τῆς Ἀχαΐας. ὁ πολίτης ὤφειλεν εἶναι Ψωφίτης, τῷ τύπῳ τῶν εἰς « ις » ληγόντων. ἀλλὰ γέγονεν ἀπὸ τῆς γενικῆς, ὡς τῆς Ἀρκάδος Ἀρκάδιος καὶ τῆς Αὐλίδος Αὐλίδιος, οὕτω Ψωφῖδος Ψωφίδιος. Ἑκαταῖος γενεαλογιῶν δευτέρῳ “κάπρος ἦν ἐν τῷ ὄρεϊ καὶ Ψωφιδίους κακὰ πολλὰ ἔοργεν”. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Ψωφίς πόλις Λιβύης. ὁ πολίτης Ψωφίτης τῷ τῆς χώρας τύπῳ. λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἡ Ζακυνθίων ἀκρόπολις Ψωφίς ὡς Παυσανίας φησὶν ὀγδόῳ περιηγήσεως.

Herodian

…τάδιος, Μυσάδιος, Ὑσσάδιος, μινυνθάδιος, τυμβίδιος, Ἀρκάδιος, ὠμίδιος καὶ ἐπωμίδιος, Ἐξάδιος, Κνίδιος, Ἐχινάδιος, Ἐπιλευκάδιος τὸ ἐθνικὸν καὶ Ἐπιλευκάδιοι πόλις μετὰ Ἀκαρνανίαν· Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἀράδιος, Τενέδιος, Λεβέδιος, Ψωφίδιος· Ἑκαταῖος γενεαλογιῶν δευτέρῳ «κάπρος ἦν ἐν τῷ ὄρεϊ καὶ Ψωφιδίους κακὰ πολλὰ ἔοργεν». Αὐλίδιος, Δαυλίδιος, Βουλίδιος, Ἠλίδιος, Μιμνίδιος, Λυχνίδιος, Ἀσπαλαθίδιος, Ἀλγίδιος, Ἰσίνδιος, Σισίνδιος, Ἀλαρόδιος ἔθνος περὶ τὸν Πόντον ὡς Ἡρόδοτός φησιν ( 3, 94. 7, 79). σεσημείωται τὸ ἐρῳδιός ὀξυνόμενον. ἐξηκολο…