Ἑρκύνιον - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἑρκύνιον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

mountain

Ἑρκύνιον, ὄρος Ἰταλίας, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἑρκυνίς ἡ χώρα καὶ Ἑρκύνιος τὸ κτητικόν. Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐρώπῃ.

Herkynion: a mountain of Italy, from which Herkynis the land and Herkynios the possessive. Alexander in the Europe.

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	#117
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 277.11
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count	14

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander)	Εὐρώπῃ · SH 27

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἑρκύνιον	Hercynion · place · corrected · Q699675
Ἰταλία	Italy · place
Ἑρκυνίς	Hercynis · place
Ἑρκύνιος	Hercynius (possessive form) · other
Εὐρώπη	Europe · place
Hercynion mountain in Italy	place · mountain · Italy · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	from which the country (is called) Herkynis and the possessive/adjective Herkynios.

Links

Place links	Hercynian Forest
Page scans	vol2_191.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	[NO ANTECEDENT] + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:85dbc02f91e20d41	Translate as "as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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	X (MASCULINE ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:04e9b95236efcdc4	Translate as "X... from/after whom is 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (NEUTER ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:36c80425f64385f6	Translate as "X... from which is Y" or "X... as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κτητικόν τό gloss:80c7f336a009c2c3	possessive Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ὄρος ὁ gloss:184051ff413f789d	mountain, mount (X ὄρος = 'Mount X') Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χρῆσις ἡ gloss:17be259c20c17d03	common usage Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χώρα ἡ gloss:54f628c16aa263ce	region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.364

char LCS 72 (100.0%) · word LCS 14 (100.0%)

Stephanos

Ἑρκύνιον, ὄρος Ἰταλίας, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἑρκυνίς ἡ χώρα καὶ Ἑρκύνιος τὸ κτητικόν. Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐρώπῃ.

Herodian

…ανδρείας, ἣν Ἀμμωνίαν καλοῦσι. Λινδόνιον πόλις τῆς Βρεττανίας. Φλυγόνιον πόλις Φωκίδος. λέγεται καὶ θηλυκῶς Φλυγονία. Ἀργύννιον. Ἀριστοφάνης δὲ Ἀργύννειον διὰ διφθόγγου. Βιθύνιον πόλις Βιθυνίας. Παυσανίας ὀγδόῳ ( 9, 7). Ἑρκύνιον ὄρος Ἰταλίας, ἀφ´ οὗ Ἑρκυνίς ἡ χώρα καὶ Ἑρκύνιος τὸ κτητικόν. Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἀρδύνιον πόλις ἐν Θήβης πεδίῳ, ὡς Ξάνθος ἐν Λυδιακῶν δευτέρῳ. παιώνιον, κωδώνιον, χελώνιον, ὀψώνιον, χιτώνιον, τριβώνιον, πωγώνιον, Πλατώνιον, Ἱππώνιον πόλις Βρεττίων, ἀπὸ ἥρωος. Ἀσκαλώνιον. καὶ οὕτως λέγεται ἡ πόλις Ἀ…