Ὤλιννα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Ὤλιννα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Ὤλιννα, πόλις πρὸς τῇ Κασπίᾳ θαλάσσῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὠλινναῖος, ὡς Πελινναῖος τῆς Πελίννης.

Olinna: a city near the Caspian Sea. The ethnonym is 'Olinnaios', as 'Pelinnaios' is from Pelinne.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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 · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH)
formula:1bb0974b95264dde
Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (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
FormulaX... + πρός + Y (dative)
formula:1a524ea80fe79519
Translate as "X... near Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaτὸ 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
Formulaὡς + 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
Formulaὡς + 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
Formulaὡς + 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Glossἐθνικόν 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 1.315
char LCS 24 (33.8%) · word LCS 5 (38.5%)
Stephanos
Ὤλιννα, πόλις πρὸς τῇ Κασπίᾳ θαλάσσῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὠλινναῖος, ὡς Πελινναῖος τῆς Πελίννης.
Herodian
τοῦτο δὲ νησίον ἐστὶν ἀπὸ γῆς ἀπέχον στάδιον· κατὰ τοῦτο λιμὴν ὑπάρχει βαθὺς ναυσὶν ὀκτὼ ὑπὸ τῷ ἀγκῶνι ὃν ποιεῖ τὸ ὄρος ἔχεσθαι τοῦ αἰγιαλοῦ«. Σκυλάκη πόλις περὶ Κύζικον. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Ἀνάκη πόλις Ἀχαΐας. Ἀναριάκη πόλις πρὸς τῇ Κασπίᾳ θαλάσσῃ. Στράβων. Ἀρβάκη πόλις ἐν Κελτιβηρίᾳ ὡς Ἰόβας. Ἀρσάκη. οὕτως μετωνομάσθη Ῥάγα πόλις ἐν Μηδίᾳ ἀπὸ Ἀρσάκου βασιλέως Περσῶν. Ἀφάκη πόλις Λιβύης, ὡς πολυίστωρ ἐν Λιβυκῶν τρίτῃ. Μαινάκη Κελτικὴ πόλις. Μαλάκη πόλις Ἰβηρίας. Ἀ…