Ἔγεστα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἔγεστα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ἔγεστα, πόλις Σικελίας, ἔνθα θερμὰ ὕδατα, ὡς Φίλων. ἀπὸ Ἐγέστου τοῦ Τρωός. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐγεσταῖος, καὶ θηλυκῶς.

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Text Details

Entry	#8
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 260.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-07
Word count	17

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Φίλων (Philon/Philo)	FGrHist 790 F 36

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἔγεστα	Egesta (Aegesta) · place · corrected · Q692847
Σικελία	Sicily · place · corrected · Q4951156
Ἐγέστος	Egestus · person
Τρῶες	Trojans · people
Ἐγεσταῖος	Egestaean (demonym) · people
Ἔγεστα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q692847 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	from Egestus (Aegestus) of Troy.

Links

Place links	Segesta \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 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
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	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 (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

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.271

char LCS 58 (67.4%) · word LCS 12 (70.6%)

Stephanos

Ἔγεστα, πόλις Σικελίας, ἔνθα θερμὰ ὕδατα, ὡς Φίλων. ἀπὸ Ἐγέστου τοῦ Τρωός. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐγεσταῖος, καὶ θηλυκῶς.

Herodian

…τεμίτα. Ῥιανὸς ηʹ Θεσσαλικῶν «νήσοις Ὀξείῃσι καὶ Ἀρτεμίτῃ ἐπέβαλλον». Φουρνίτα πόλις Λιβύης. Κοτύρτα χωρίον Λακωνικόν. Θουκυδίδης ( 4, 56). τὰ δὲ βραχυκατάληκτα προπαροξύνεται, δίαιτα, Ἕρβιτα πόλις Σικελίας. Ἔφορος κηʹ. Ἔγεστα πόλις Σικελίας, ἔνθα θερμὰ ὕδατα ὡς Φίλων. ἀπὸ Ἐγέστου τοῦ Τρωός. Λάδεστα μία τῶν Λιβυρνίδων νήσων. λέγεται καὶ Λάδεστον. Θεόπομπος καʹ Φιλιππικῶν. Αὔγουσται πόλεις ἐν Κιλικίᾳ καὶ Ἰταλίᾳ. Εὔφραντα πόλις Λιβυκή, Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τρίτῳ Λιβυκῶν. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'αια' καὶ 'υια' δισύλλαβα προπερι…