Δόλβα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Δόλβα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Δόλβα, πόλις τῆς Ἀδιαβηνῆς, Ἀρριανὸς ιγʹ Παρθικῶν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δολβαῖος καὶ Δολβηνός.

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Text Details

Entry#105
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 235.6
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count12

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἀρριανός (Arrian)Παρθικῶν · FGrHist 156 F 43
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΔόλβαDolba · place
ἈδιαβηνήAdiabene · place
ΔολβαῖοςDolbaean · people
ΔολβηνόςDolbēnos · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionThe ethnicon (demonym) Δolbaîos and Dolbēnós.

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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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 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 (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
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
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.252
char LCS 30 (44.1%) · word LCS 5 (41.7%)
Stephanos
Δόλβα, πόλις τῆς Ἀδιαβηνῆς, Ἀρριανὸς ιγʹ Παρθικῶν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δολβαῖος καὶ Δολβηνός.
Herodian
… Ῥάβα πόλις πρὸς τῷ Ἰονίῳ κόλπῳ. Νόμβα πόλις τῆς Ἰουδαίας. Ἰώσηπος ἕκτῳ τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας ( 12, 1 et 4). Κύρβα πόλις Κρήτης ἡ ὕστερον Ἱεράπυτνα, Ὕβα δῆμος τῆς Λεοντίδος φυλῆς. τινὲς δὲ τὸν δῆμον Ὑβάδαι λέγουσι. Δόλβα πόλις τῆς Ἀδιαβηνῆς. Ἀρριανὸς γʹ Παρθικῶν. Γάβα πόλις Γαλιλαίας. Ἰώσηπος πέμπτῳ Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας (c. 2). Γάββα πόλις Συρίας. Θίβα μία τῶν Ἀμαζόνων ὑφ´ Ἡρακλέους ἀναιρεθεισῶν, ὅθεν ἐκλήθη Θιβαΐς τόπος πρὸς τῷ Πόντῳ. Ἄρυββα. Ἀνάζαρβα πόλις Κιλικ…

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