Καβαλίς

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Καβαλίς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Καβαλίς, πόλις πλησίον Κιβύρας πρὸς νότον Μαιάνδρου. [Στράβων τρισκαιδεκάτῃ.] ἡ γενικὴ Καβαλίδος. ὁ πολίτης Καβαλεύς. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. καὶ θηλυκῶς, ὡς Στράβων ἐν τῇ εἰρημένῃ “ἀπόγονοι δὲ Λυδῶν οἱ Κιβυρᾶται τῶν κατασχόντων τὴν Καβαλίδα”. ὁ δὲ πολυίστωρ Ἀλέξανδρος Καβάλισσαν φησὶ τὸ θηλυκόν. εἶναι δὲ τὸ γένος αὐτὴν Ὀλβίαν.

Kabalis: a city near Kibyra, to the south of the Maiandros. The genitive is 'Kabalidos'. A citizen is a 'Kabaleus'. Hekataios in his Asia. In the feminine too, as per Strabo in the aforementioned passage: 'The Kibyratai are descendants of the Lydians who gained possession of Kabalis.' However, Alexander Polyhistor says that the feminine is 'Kabalissa', and that they are Olbian by descent.

Commentary (3)
Kabalis: a city near Kibyra, to the south of the Maiandros.
The location is relative and somewhat uncertain; Kabalis is a district/region as well as a city-name, and Stephanos’ wording compresses the geography.
AI-detected · geography non obvious · confidence: high
The genitive is 'Kabalidos'.
Greek gives the genitive form Καβαλίδος; the note simply signals the inflected form cited by Stephanos.
AI-detected · translation explanation · confidence: high
However, Alexander Polyhistor says that the feminine is 'Kabalissa', and that they are Olbian by descent.
This is an epitome-style source note: Stephanos preserves variant feminine form and ethnic origin from Alexander Polyhistor.
AI-detected · source or version · confidence: high

Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL)
formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb
Translate as "X, book Y"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX... πλησίον + Y. (genitive)
formula:3d243d130e764a8b
Translate as "X... near Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX... + πρός + Y (dative)
formula:1a524ea80fe79519
Translate as "X... near Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC)
formula:9b2896a329a36c7e
Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaὡς + 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
Glossγένος τό
gloss:c746b76469e4485d
descent
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossπολίτης ὁ
gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb
citizen
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 1.90
char LCS 96 (36.9%) · word LCS 17 (36.2%)
Stephanos
Καβαλίς, πόλις πλησίον Κιβύρας πρὸς νότον Μαιάνδρου. [Στράβων τρισκαιδεκάτῃ.] ἡ γενικὴ Καβαλίδος. ὁ πολίτης Καβαλεύς. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. καὶ θηλυκῶς, ὡς Στράβων ἐν τῇ εἰρημένῃ “ἀπόγονοι δὲ Λυδῶν οἱ Κιβυρᾶται τῶν κατασχόντων τὴν Καβαλίδα”. ὁ δὲ πολυίστωρ Ἀλέξανδρος Καβάλισσαν φησὶ τὸ θηλυκόν. εἶναι δὲ τὸ γένος αὐτὴν Ὀλβίαν.
Herodian
…αλίς παρ´ Ἀλκμᾶνι, Αἰθαλίς, Οἰχαλίς, Φαρσαλίς, Δαιδαλίς, Θετταλίς· ἔστι καὶ θετταλίς ὑπόδημά τι ποιόν, ὡς Λύσιππος ἐν Βάκχαις, Ἀρδαλίς, Ἀρδαλίδες αἱ μοῦσαι ἐν Τροιζῆνι. Ἰταλίς, Καβαλίς τὸ θηλυκὸν τοῦ ἐθνικοῦ ὡς Στράβων «ἀπόγονοι δὲ Λυδῶν οἱ Κιβυρᾶται τῶν κατασχόντων τὴν Καβαλίδα». ὁ δὲ πολυίστωρ Ἀλέξανδρος Καβάλισσαν φησὶ τὸ θηλυκόν. Τανταλίς, Πανθαλίς ἡ θεράπαινα Ἑλένης, ἀγκαλίς, τὸ γὰρ 'γ' ἐκ τοῦ 'ν', δενδαλίς. τὰ μέντοι προσηγορικὰ ἢ κύρια προπαροξύνονται, βούβαλις, δάμαλις, βαύκαλις. Νάρμαλις πόλις Πισιδίας, Κάβαλις πόλις πλησίον Κιβύρας πρὸς ν…