Ἑρμώνασσα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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island
Ἑρμώνασσα, νῆσος μικρά, πόλιν ἔχουσα, ἐν τῷ Κιμμερίῳ Βοσπόρῳ, Ἰώνων ἄποικον, ὡς ὁ περιηγητής. ταύτην ὁ Σκύμνος καὶ Ἑρμώνειαν καλεῖ. Στράβων ἐν ἑβδόμῃ Ἑρμώνακτος κώμην φησί. Μένιππος δὲ χωρίον Τραπεζοῦντος ἐν περίπλῳ τῶν δύο πόντων. Ἑκαταῖος δὲ καὶ Θεόπομπος πόλιν αὐτήν φασιν. ἀπὸ Ἑρμωνάσσης τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἑρμωνασσαῖος ἢ Ἑρμωνάσσιος ὡς Συρακόσσιος.

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Text Details

Entry#123
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 278.10
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-08
Word count51

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Περιηγητής (the Periegete (Periegetes))(552–53)
Σκύμνος (Skymnos)fr. 4 Gisinger
Στράβων (Strabo)ζ̅ (7,3,16 [C 306,4])
Μένιππος (Menippus)Περίπλῳ τῶν δύο πόντων · 9r21 Diller = GGM 1,572 fr. 1
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)FGrHist 1 F 208
Θεόπομπος (Theopompus)FGrHist 115 F 370
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἙρμώνασσαHermonassa · place · corrected · Q2995002
Κιμμερῖος ΒόσποροςCimmerian Bosporus · place
ἼωνεςIonians · people
ἙρμώνειαHermoneia (variant name) · place
ἙρμῶναξHermonax (name of a village) · place
ΤραπεζοῦςTrapezus (Trebizond) · place
ἙρμώνασσαHermonassa (gen.) · place · corrected · Q2995002
ἙρμωνασσαῖοςHermonassaean (ethnicon) · people
ἙρμωνάσσιοςHermonassian (ethnicon) · people
ΣυρακόσιοςSyracusan (ethnicon) · people
Hermonassa in the Cimmerian Bosporusplace · island · Cimmerian Bosporus · explicit · unresolved
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear MetalinguisticSkymnos also calls this (island) ‘Hermoneia’.
Unclear MetalinguisticStrabo calls it the village ‘Hermonaktos’.
Morphological CompositionFrom (the name) Hermonassa comes the ethnicon Ἑρμωνασσαῖος or Ἑρμωνάσσιος (analogous to Συρακόσσιος).

Links

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
Formulaκαί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN)
formula:0af867b3dd6df580
Translate as "Y is also 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaΧ (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
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.268
char LCS 90 (31.7%) · word LCS 17 (33.3%)
Stephanos
Ἑρμώνασσα, νῆσος μικρά, πόλιν ἔχουσα, ἐν τῷ Κιμμερίῳ Βοσπόρῳ, Ἰώνων ἄποικον, ὡς ὁ περιηγητής. ταύτην ὁ Σκύμνος καὶ Ἑρμώνειαν καλεῖ. Στράβων ἐν ἑβδόμῃ Ἑρμώνακτος κώμην φησί. Μένιππος δὲ χωρίον Τραπεζοῦντος ἐν περίπλῳ τῶν δύο πόντων. Ἑκαταῖος δὲ καὶ Θεόπομπος πόλιν αὐτήν φασιν. ἀπὸ Ἑρμωνάσσης τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἑρμωνασσαῖος ἢ Ἑρμωνάσσιος ὡς Συρακόσσιος.
Herodian
φησί. Μένιππος δὲ χωρίον Τραπεζοῦντος ἐν περίπλῳ τῶν δύο πόντων. Ἑκαταῖος δὲ καὶ Θεόπομπος πόλιν αὐτήν φασιν. μέτασσα παρὰ τὸ μετά »χωρὶς δὲ μέτασσαι« (Od. ι 221). Ἔδεσσα πόλις Συρίας ἀποικία τῆς ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ. Ποιήεσσα πόλις τῆς Κέω. Σύεσσα καλύβη τις ἐν Λυκίᾳ ἀπὸ Συέσσης γραός τινος ὑποδεξαμένης τὴν Λητὼ καὶ Σύεσσα πόλις Τυρρ…

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