Καλαμένθη - Stephanos Ethnika

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city

Καλαμένθη, ἥ τις καὶ Καλαμίνθη, πόλις Λιβύης. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει. κρεῖττον οὖν ὡς Ἡρόδοτος διὰ τοῦ « ι ».

Kalamenthe, which some also write 'Kalaminthe': a city in Libya. Hekataios in his Periegesis. It is better, as per Herodotos, to have it with ι.

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Commentary (2)

Kalamenthe, which some also write 'Kalaminthe'

Greek has both Καλαμένθη and the variant Καλαμίνθη; the note preserves the spelling difference in -η/-ι.

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It is better, as per Herodotos, to have it with ι.

The final remark is an epitomized source-note: Stephanos cites Herodotos for the spelling with ι.

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Text Details

Entry	#20
Greek text	kiesling (current) · manual
Source id	Meineke 347.17
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-2.5-flash) on 2025-12-17
Word count	17

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Περικηγήσει · FGrHist 1 F 348
Ἡρωδιανός (Herodianus / Herodian)	1,312,22; 2,529,3

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Καλαμένθη	Kalaménthē (place) · place
Καλαμένθη	Kalamínthē (variant of same place) · place
Λιβύη	Libya · place · corrected · Q2370577
Φοίνικες	Phoenicians · people · corrected · Q41642

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Borrowing Non Greek	Hecataeus (in his Periegesis) ... therefore, according to Herodian, through the i (iota) [i.e. the form with -ι-] [it is] a city of the Phoenicians.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 3 scan rows · 3 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	διὰ τοῦ + «X» (GREEK LETTER) + [FORM OF γράφειν] formula:93bec21ca1d8a38f	Translate as "writes/write/wrote/is written with X" Domain: SPELLING & PROSODY Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	καί + 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 · 4 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 4 scan rows · 4 occurrences
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.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.