Δεξαμεναί - Stephanos Ethnika

Δεξαμεναί OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Δεξαμεναί, μέρος τῆς Ἀμβρακίας, ἀπὸ Δεξαμενοῦ τοῦ Μεσόλου παιδὸς καὶ Ἀμβρακίας τῆς θυγατρὸς Φόρβαντος τοῦ Ἡλίου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δεξαμεναῖος, ὡς Ἀριστοτέλης φησὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀμβρακιωτῶν πολιτείᾳ.

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Text Details

Entry	#51
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 225.10
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count	26

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotle)	Ἀμβρακιωτῶν πολιτείᾳ · fr. 477 Rose = fr. 481,1 Gigon
Rose (Rose (editor))	—
Gigon (Gigon (editor))	—

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δεξαμεναί	Dexamenai · place
Δεξαμενός	Dexamenos · person
Μεσόλος	Mesolos · person
Ἀμβρακία	Ambracia · place · corrected · Q284841
Φόρβαντος	Forbantos · person
Ἥλιος	Helios · deity
Δεξαμεναῖος	Dexamenaios (ethnic) · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From Dexamenos, the son of Mesolos, and from Ambracia, the daughter of Forbantos son of Helios.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 occurrence
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 · 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 · 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	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	Χ (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 · 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

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.330

char LCS 94 (60.6%) · word LCS 16 (61.5%)

Stephanos

Δεξαμεναί, μέρος τῆς Ἀμβρακίας, ἀπὸ Δεξαμενοῦ τοῦ Μεσόλου παιδὸς καὶ Ἀμβρακίας τῆς θυγατρὸς Φόρβαντος τοῦ Ἡλίου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δεξαμεναῖος, ὡς Ἀριστοτέλης φησὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀμβρακιωτῶν πολιτείᾳ.

Herodian

…ένιον, καὶ πόλις ἐν Ἰθάκῃ τῇ νήσῳ καὶ Ἰλλυρίας καὶ Ἰδομεναί πόλις Μακεδονίας καὶ Εὐρυμεναί πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ καὶ Μισγομεναί πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Ἑλλάνικος πρώτῳ Δευκαλιωνείας. καὶ Ὀργομεναί πόλις Ἰλλυρίας καὶ Δεξαμεναί μέρος τῆς Ἀμβρακίας ἀπὸ Δεξαμενοῦ τοῦ Μεσόλου παιδὸς καὶ Ἀμβρακίας τῆς θυγατρὸς Φόρβαντος τοῦ Ἡλίου καὶ τὸ Εἰδομενή πόλις Μακεδονίας. Θουκυδίδης βʹ (c. 100). καὶ τὸ δεξαμενή, εἰαμενή ὁ κάθυγρος τόπος τοπικὴν ἔννοιαν ἔχοντα. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ηνη' μονογενῆ δισύλλαβα βαρύνεται, εἰ μὴ περιεκτικὰ εἴη, Ῥήνη νῆσος μικρὰ πλησίον Δ…