Δράκοντος νῆσος

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island

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

Drakontos nesos: of Libya, as the Polyhistor in the third of the Libyka. The islander Drakontonesios or Drakontonesites.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

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

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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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 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	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 (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 (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:f22af8012162d222	*Translate as 'as per X, in book Y of his Z'* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	νησιώτης ὁ gloss:ef8de9dec54fa178	islander Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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