Διομήδεια - Stephanos Ethnika

Διομήδεια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Διομήδεια, πόλις Δαυνίων, κτίσμα Διομήδους. καὶ νῆσος ἡ Διομήδεια ἐν ᾗ οἱ ἐρωδιοὶ χειροήθεις προσπετόμενοι καὶ εἰς τοὺς κόλπους δύοντες, οὕς φασιν ὅτι τοὺς ἑταίρους Διομήδους ἐκεῖ εἰς ὄρνιθας μετασχηματισθῆναι. ἔστι καὶ τόπος Διομήδεια πλησίον Ἀργυρί[ππων]. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Διομηδεύς. ἄμεινον δὲ Διομήδειος.

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Text Details

Entry	#87
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 231.15
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count	42

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Διομήδεια	Diomedeia (Diomedea) · place · corrected · Q378556
Δαύνιοι	Daunians · people
Διομήδης	Diomedes · person
Ἀργυρίππων	Argyrippon (place) · place
Διομηδεύς	Diomedeus (ethnic name) · people
Διομήδεια	place · explicit · wikidata: Q378556 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	a settlement/founding of Diomedes (i.e. founded by or belonging to Diomedes)
Folk Etymology Narrative	in which the herons, said to be the companions of Diomedes, were there transformed into birds (a mythic/folk explanation connected to Diomedes)

Links

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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 · 2 scan rows · 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 · 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 · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Formula	X... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	καί + 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 · 2 scan rows · 4 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κόλπος ὁ gloss:ba395d16c244385c	gulf, bay Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κτίσμα τό gloss:fb49af0b4b56155e	foundation 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.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.