Ἐγχελεῖς - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐγχελεῖς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ἐγχελεῖς, ἔθνος Ἰλλύριον, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελής ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελεύς. λέγεται καὶ Ἐγχελέαι ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελέης ἢ Ἐγχελέας. λέγεται καὶ Ἐγχελίς θηλυκῶς. οἱ οἰκοῦντες Ἐγχελεῖς.

Encheleis: an Illyrian people, either from the form 'Encheles' or from the form 'Encheleus'. The form 'Encheleai' too is used, from 'Enchelees' or 'Encheleas'. 'Enchelis' is also used in the feminine. The inhabitants are 'Encheleis'.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#10
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 260.13
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-07
Word count	26
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐγχέλαι	Enchelae / Enchelei (Encheleans) · people · corrected · Q1265876
Ἰλλυριοί	Illyrians · people
Ἐγχελῆς	Encheles (male personal name) · person
Ἐγχελεύς	Encheleus (male personal name) · person
Ἐγχέλαι	Enchelae (female/plural form) · people · corrected · Q1265876
Ἐγχελέας	Encheleas (variant form) · people
Ἐγχελίς	Enchelis (feminine form) · person
Ἐγχελεῖς	place · explicit · wikidata: Q1265876 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	either from (the man) Encheles or from Encheleus
Eponym Person	from (the man) Encheles or Encheleas

Links

Place links	Enchele \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_157.jpg
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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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 5 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 8 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.237

char LCS 72 (53.7%) · word LCS 16 (61.5%)

Stephanos

Ἐγχελεῖς, ἔθνος Ἰλλύριον, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελής ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελεύς. λέγεται καὶ Ἐγχελέαι ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελέης ἢ Ἐγχελέας. λέγεται καὶ Ἐγχελίς θηλυκῶς. οἱ οἰκοῦντες Ἐγχελεῖς.

Herodian

…ίον Πελωριάδος τῆς κατὰ Σικελίαν ἄκρας, πρὸς δύσιν νεύουσα. τὰ μέντοι μὴ διὰ τοῦ 'δος' κλινόμενα βαρύνεται, γένυς, πίτυς, χέλυς, γῆρυς, ἀτράφαξυς εἶδος λαχάνου, ἄμαξυς, κόρυς, κῶμυς, ἔγχελυς· οἱ δὲ Ἐγχελεῖς ἔθνος Ἰλλυρικὸν ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελής ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελεύς. λέγεται καὶ Ἐγχελέαι ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελέης ἢ Ἐγχελέας. Μῶλυς Λίβυσσα πόλις. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Λιβύης. Κῶβρυς πόλις Θρᾴκης. Θεόπομπος Φιλιππικῶν ἐνάτῳ. Αἶγυς πόλις Λιγυστική, ὡς Εὐφορίων.

Herodian 1.13

char LCS 34 (25.4%) · word LCS 8 (30.8%)

Stephanos

Ἐγχελεῖς, ἔθνος Ἰλλύριον, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελής ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελεύς. λέγεται καὶ Ἐγχελέαι ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελέης ἢ Ἐγχελέας. λέγεται καὶ Ἐγχελίς θηλυκῶς. οἱ οἰκοῦντες Ἐγχελεῖς.

Herodian

…αὶ τὸν τοῦ Ἡρακλέους Ὕλλον ἐποιήσατο τρίτον, χάριν ἀποδοὺς ἀνθ´ ὧν Ἡρακλῆς ἐκπεπτωκότα κατήγαγεν.» καὶ Δυμᾶνες φυλὴ Δωριέων. Ἐγχελᾶνες ἔθνος Ἰλλυρίας οἱ αὐτοὶ τοῖς Ἐγχελέαις, ὡς Μνασέας ἐν γʹ τῶν περιηγήσεων. λέγεται δὲ Ἐγχελέαι ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελέης ἢ Ἐγχελέας· λέγονται δὲ καὶ Ἐγχελεῖς ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελής ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐγχελεύς. Εὐρυτάν ἔθνος Αἰτωλικόν. Λυκόφρων «μάντιν δὲ νεκρὸν Εὐρυτὰν στέψει λεώς» (v. 799). Λυκάν ἐκ τοῦ Λυκάων κατὰ συγκοπὴν ὡς Ἰάν ἐκ τοῦ Ἰάων. Φαράν πόλις μεταξὺ Αἰγύ…