Δέρβη - Stephanos Ethnika

Δέρβη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

fortress

Δέρβη, φρούριον Ἰσαυρίας καὶ λιμήν. ὁ κατοικῶν Δερβήτης ὡς Σιδήτης Πυλήτης. λέγεται δ´ ἴσως καὶ Δέρβεια καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δερβείτης. Καπίτων δὲ Δέρμην φησί. τινὲς δὲ Δέλβειαν ὅ ἐστι τῇ τῶν Λυκαόνων φωνῇ ἄρκευθος. καὶ Ἀρκεύθη ἡ πόλις.

Derbe: a fortress in Isauria and a harbour. The inhabitant is called 'Derbetes', as in 'Sidetes' and 'Pyletes'. It is perhaps also called 'Derbeia', and the ethnonym is 'Derbeites'. Kapiton calls it 'Derme'. Some call it 'Delbeia', which means 'juniper' in the language of the Lykaonians. The city is also called 'Arkeuthe'.

AI translation — gpt-6.1-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#54
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 225.20
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count	38
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6.1-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Καπίτων (Capito / Kapiton)	FGrHist 750 F 16

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δέρβη	Derbe · place · corrected · Q11912232
Ἰσαυρία	Isauria · place · corrected · Q914218
Δερβήτης	Derbetes (inhabitant of Derbe) · people
Σιδήτης	Sidetes (inhabitant of Sidi?) · people
Πυλήτης	Puletes / Pylētes (inhabitant) · people
Δέρβεια	Derbeia (alternate form of Derbe) · place
Δερβείτης	Derbeitēs (inhabitant of Derbe) · people
Δέρμη	Derme (variant name) · place
Δέλβεια	Delbeia / Delbia · place
Λυκαόνες	Lycaonians · people
Ἀρκείθη	Arkeithe / Arceitha · place
Dέρβη in Isauria	place · fortress · Isauria · explicit · unresolved
Dέρμη	place · unknown settlement · uncertain · explicit · unresolved
Dέλβεια / Ἀρκεύθη	place · city · land of the Lycaones · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Borrowing Non Greek	Some [call it] Δέλβεια, which in the tongue of the Lycaonians means 'juniper'.
Morphological Composition	It is perhaps also called Δέρβεια, and the ethnicon (demonym) is Δερβείτης.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Kapiton says (the name) is Δέρμην.
Unclear Metalinguistic	And the city (is) Ἀρκείθη (Arkeithē).

Links

Place links	Derbe \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_059.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 2 scan rows · 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 · 2 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 · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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
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	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	λιμή ὁ gloss:6f81c31b2d09b3f3	lake, harbor Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	φρούριον τό gloss:a6e2b628860e5a07	fortress Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES	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 1.307

char LCS 29 (15.7%) · word LCS 5 (13.2%)

Stephanos

Δέρβη, φρούριον Ἰσαυρίας καὶ λιμήν. ὁ κατοικῶν Δερβήτης ὡς Σιδήτης Πυλήτης. λέγεται δ´ ἴσως καὶ Δέρβεια καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δερβείτης. Καπίτων δὲ Δέρμην φησί. τινὲς δὲ Δέλβειαν ὅ ἐστι τῇ τῶν Λυκαόνων φωνῇ ἄρκευθος. καὶ Ἀρκεύθη ἡ πόλις.

Herodian

…κῶς. καὶ ὁ λιμὴν δὲ τῶν Θισβαίων, ὥς φησιν Ἐπαφρόδιτος, καὶ τὸ ἐπίνειον περιστερῶν πλῆρες. κράμβη, Ἄλβη πόλις Ἰταλίας, ἣ καὶ Ἄλβα λέγεται. ἔστι καὶ Ἄλβη πόλις Κρήτης. Βόλβη πόλις καὶ λίμνη. ἔστι καὶ Βόλβαι πόλις Καρίας. Δέρβη φρούριον Ἰσαυρίας καὶ λιμήν. Κύρβη πόλις Παμφυλίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Στράμβαι πόλις Θρᾴκης. Ὕσβη πόλις Λυδίας. τὸ δὲ φορβή ἐστι ῥηματικὸν προσηγορικὸν καὶ ἔχει τὸ 'ο'. τὰ γὰρ εἰς 'η' λήγοντα θηλυκὰ μετὰ συμφώνου δισύλλαβα ὀξύνεται, τῷ 'ο' παραληγόμε…