Καλάθη

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Καλάθη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Καλάθη, πόλις οὐ πόρρω τῶν Ἡρακλείων στηλῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἔφορος δὲ Καλάθουσαν αὐτήν φησιν. ἔστι καὶ τοῦ Πόντου Καλάθουσα· ὁ πολίτης τῆς Καλάθης Καλαθῖνος ὡς Ἀγαθῖνος, τῆς δὲ Καλαθούσης Καλαθούσιος ὡς Νύσιος.

Kalathe: a city not far from the Pillars of Herakles. Hekataios in his Europe. Ephoros says that it is 'Kalathousa'. There is also a Kalathousa on the Black Sea. A citizen of Kalathe is a 'Kalathinos', as in 'Agathinos'; a citizen of Kalathousa is a 'Kalathousios', as in 'Nysios'.

Commentary (2)
a city not far from the Pillars of Herakles
The identification is uncertain; Stephanos preserves no secure location beyond this general western placement.
AI-detected · ambiguity · confidence: high
There is also a Kalathousa on the Black Sea
This distinguishes the western Kalathousa from another place of the same or similar name in the Pontus.
AI-detected · geography non obvious · confidence: high

Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
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 · 2 occurrences
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
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:7163e35f4bd326d9
Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.312
char LCS 77 (44.3%) · word LCS 13 (40.6%)
Stephanos
Καλάθη, πόλις οὐ πόρρω τῶν Ἡρακλείων στηλῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἔφορος δὲ Καλάθουσαν αὐτήν φησιν. ἔστι καὶ τοῦ Πόντου Καλάθουσα· ὁ πολίτης τῆς Καλάθης Καλαθῖνος ὡς Ἀγαθῖνος, τῆς δὲ Καλαθούσης Καλαθούσιος ὡς Νύσιος.
Herodian
… παραληγόμενα, ποιοῦντα θηλυκὰ ὀξύτονα αὐτὰ ποιοῦσιν οἷον στρόφος στροφή, νόμος νομή, ῥόος ῥοή. ὁ δὲ Φιλόξενος ἐν τῷ ῥηματικῷ λέγει, ἀπὸ τοῦ πεύθω πευθή καὶ ποθή. Τὰ εἰς 'θη' μονογενῆ ὑπερδισύλλαβα βαρύνεται, καλάθη καὶ Καλάθη πόλις οὐ πόρρω τῶν Ἡρακλείων στηλῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἔφορος δὲ Καλάθουσαν αὐτήν φησι. Βισάνθη πόλις Μακεδονίας κατὰ Θρᾴκην Ἑλληνίς, ἄποικος Σαμίων. Ἰάνθη, λυκάνθη, Οἰάνθη πόλις Λοκρῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ Οἰάνθειαν αὐτήν φησι. Ἀμάθη πόλις Φοινίκης. ἔστι καὶ Σικελίας Ἀμαθαί πληθυντικῶς. Ἀριάνθη…