Θόρναξ - Stephanos Ethnika

Θόρναξ OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Θόρναξ, ὄρος τῆς Λακωνικῆς. Νικόλαος δʹ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θορνάκιος, ὡς Νάρυξ Ναρύκιος.

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Text Details

Entry	#53
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 315.10
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count	12

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Νικόλαος (Nikolaos)	FGrHist 90 F 29

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Θόρναξ	Thornax · place · corrected · Q313924
Λακωνία	Laconia · place · corrected · Q11931074
Θορνάκιος	Thornakios (ethnicon) · people
Νάρυξ	Naryx · person
Ναρύκιος	Narykios (ethnicon) · people
Θόρναξ	place · explicit · wikidata: Q106884789 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The ethnicon/demonym is 'Θορνάκιος' (Thornakios), just as 'Νάρυξ' has the demonym 'Ναρύκιος' (Narykios).

Links

Place links	Thornax
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (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
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + 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 · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.42

char LCS 31 (48.4%) · word LCS 6 (50.0%)

Stephanos

Θόρναξ, ὄρος τῆς Λακωνικῆς. Νικόλαος δʹ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Θορνάκιος, ὡς Νάρυξ Ναρύκιος.

Herodian

…. Λυκόφρων (v. 1021) «Κρᾶθις δὲ γείτων ἠδὲ Μυλάκων ὄρος». Νύραξ πόλις Κελτική. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ῥύνδαξ ποταμὸς μεταξὺ Φρυγίας καὶ Ἑλλησπόντου ὁ καὶ Ῥύνδακος. Κάσταξ πόλις Ἰβηρίας. Μάρμαξ ἔθνος Αἰθιοπικόν· Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Θόρναξ ὄρος τῆς Λακωνικῆς. Νικόλαος δʹ. Ἄμβραξ καὶ Ἄμπραξ ὁ παῖς Θεσπρωτοῦ τοῦ Λυκάονος. Τάμβραξ πόλις Παρθυαίων. ὄμφαξ, φόρταξ, Φαίαξ· Ἑλλάνικος Ἱερειῶν αʹ «Φαίαξ ὁ Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Κερκύρας τῆς Ἀσωπίδος, ἀφ´ ἧς ἡ νῆσος Κερκύρα ἐκλήθη, τὸ πρὶν Δρεπάνη τε καὶ…