Ψώχεμμις

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Ψώχεμμις, πολίχνιον Αἰγύπτου. Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν ὀγδόῳ γεωγραφουμένων “καὶ Περίκερμις ἐκ δεξιῶν μερῶν καὶ Θαλαβαύδη καὶ Ψώχεμμις”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ψωχεμμίτης τῷ ῥηθέντι λόγῳ ἐν τῷ Ψιττάχεμμις.

Psochemmis: a town in Egypt. Artemidoros, in book 8 of his Geography: ‘and Perikermis on the right-hand side, and Thalabaude and Psochemmis’. The ethnonym is ‘Psochemmites’, by the rule stated under Psittachemmis.

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Text Details

Entry#22
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 705.6
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-13
Word count26
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἀρτεμίδωρος (Artemidorus)Γεωγραφούμενα (Geographoumena) · fr. 84 Stiehle
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΨώχεμμιςPsochemis · place
ΑἴγυπτοςEgypt · place
ΠερίκερμιςPerikermis · place
ΘαλαβαύδηThalabaude · place
ΨωχεμμίτηςPsochemite · people
ΨιττάχεμμιςPsittachemis · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear MetalinguisticThe ethnic name is Ψωχεμμίτης, according to the explanation stated under Ψιττάχεμμις (ψ 14).

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaκαί + 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
Formulaτὸ 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
FormulaΧ (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossπολίχνιον τό
gloss:0f72866d544a72aa
town
Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.94
char LCS 106 (69.3%) · word LCS 16 (64.0%)
Stephanos
Ψώχεμμις, πολίχνιον Αἰγύπτου. Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν ὀγδόῳ γεωγραφουμένων “καὶ Περίκερμις ἐκ δεξιῶν μερῶν καὶ Θαλαβαύδη καὶ Ψώχεμμις”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ψωχεμμίτης τῷ ῥηθέντι λόγῳ ἐν τῷ Ψιττάχεμμις.
Herodian
…ίς, καλαμίς, πλοκαμίς, κεραμίς. τὰ δὲ κύρια βαρύνεται, Ἄρτεμις, ὃ Δωριεῖς διὰ τοῦ 'α' προφέρονται Ἄρταμις, Σεμίραμις, Χρυσόθεμις, Θύαμις κώμη ὑπὸ Σεμιράμιδος κτισθεῖσα παρὰ τὴν Ἀραχωσίαν, Ψιττάχεμμις κώμη τῆς Αἰγυπτίας, Ψώχεμμις πολίχνιον Αἰγύπτου, Ἀρτεμίδωρος ἐν ὀγδόῳ γεωγραφουμένων «καὶ Περίκερμις ἐκ δεξιῶν μερῶν καὶ Θαλαβαύδη καὶ Ψώχεμμις». Πάπρημις πόλις Αἰγύπτου, Ἄξουμις ἀρσενικῶς μητρόπολις Αἰθιόπων. τὸ δὲ Σαλαμίς ἡ πρὸς τῇ Ἀττικῇ νῆσος καὶ πόλις κύριον ὂν ὀξύνεται καὶ τὸ δύναμις προσηγορικὸν ὂν βαρύνεται. Τὰ εἰς 'νις' διβράχεα προσηγορικὰ ὀξύνονται κ…

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