Θέστις

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Θέστις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Θέστις, πόλις Ἀράβων. καὶ ἄλλη Λιβύης. ὁ πολίτης ἑκατέρας Θεστίτης. [ἐκ δὲ τῆς Λιβυκῆς Κορνοῦτος φιλόσοφος Θεστίτης χρηματίζων.]

Libya / Libyan, Testis, Thestys">Thestis: a city of the Arabs. There is also another in Libya. A citizen of either is a 'Thestites'. [The philosopher Cornutus, who came from the Libyan city, was known as a 'Thestites'.]

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
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
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 1.104
char LCS 30 (28.8%) · word LCS 6 (33.3%)
Stephanos
Θέστις, πόλις Ἀράβων. καὶ ἄλλη Λιβύης. ὁ πολίτης ἑκατέρας Θεστίτης. [ἐκ δὲ τῆς Λιβυκῆς Κορνοῦτος φιλόσοφος Θεστίτης χρηματίζων.]
Herodian
…σπάνια ὄντα τὰ μὲν βαρύνεται, Ἄττις, Ζήβυττις πόλις Λιβύης. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Ἀδράμυττις νῆσος ἐν τῇ Λυκίᾳ. τὰ δὲ ὀξύνεται, τριοττίς, νεοττίς. Τὰ εἰς 'στις' δισύλλαβα βαρύνεται, εἰ μὴ ὑποκοριστικώτερα εἴη, πίστις, μνῆστις. Θέστις πόλις Ἀράβων καὶ ἄλλη Λιβύης. τὸ μέντοι κιστίς ὀξύνεται ὡς ὑποκοριστικόν. τὸ δὲ Νεστίς ἡ χώρα ἀπὸ Νέστου, πόλεως καὶ ποταμοῦ Ἰλλυρίας, ἐθνικόν ἐστιν. Ἔτι τὰ εἰς 'στις' ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβάς, εἰ μὴ ἐπίθετα εἴη, προπαροξύνεται, βούβρωστις, ἄγρωστις, Αὔγω…