Δράκοντος νῆσος - Stephanos Ethnika

Δράκοντος νῆσος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Δράκοντος νῆσος, Λιβύης, ὡς πολυίστωρ ἐν τρίτῳ Λιβυκῶν. ὁ νησιώτης Δρακοντονήσιος ἢ Δρακοντονησίτης.

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Text Details

Entry	#126
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 238.11
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-06
Word count	13

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Πολυίστωρ (Polyistor (Polyhistor))	Λιβυκῶν · FGrHist 273 F 38

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δρακοντονήσος	Drakon's island / Drakon Island · place
Λιβύη	Libya · place · corrected · Q2370577
Δρακοντονήσιος	(inhabitant of Drakon's island) Drakontonesios · people
Δρακοντονησίτης	(inhabitant of Drakon's island) Drakontonēsitēs · people
Δράκοντος νῆσος	place · explicit · wikidata: Q94663606 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	"island of Drakon" — the name is the genitive Δράκων + νῆσος, i.e. 'the island of Drakon'.
Morphological Composition	"the islander (is called) Δρακοντονήσιος or Δρακοντονησίτης" — demonyms formed from the island-name (Δρακοντονῆσος).

Links

Place links	Δράκοντος νῆσος (Pauly-Wissowa)
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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
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	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

Herodian overlaps

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