Ἴαβις - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἴαβις, πόλις [τῆς Γαλαδίτιδος], Ἰώσηπος. λέγεται καὶ Ἰαβισσός, ἐθνικὸν τῆς Ἰάβιδος Ἰαβιδίτης, τῆς δὲ Ἰαβισσοῦ Ἰαβισσηνός.

Iabis: a city [in Galaditis], Josephus. It is also called 'Iabissos'. The ethnonym 'Iabidites' is from 'Iabis', and 'Iabissenos' from 'Iabissos'.

Text Details

Entry	#1
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 321.5
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count	16
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἰώσηπος (Josephus)	AJ 6,71

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἴαβις	Iabis · place
Ἰαβισός	Iabisos · place

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	It is also called Iabisos.

Links

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 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 · 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 · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym 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 1.87

char LCS 49 (50.0%) · word LCS 8 (50.0%)

Stephanos

Ἴαβις, πόλις [τῆς Γαλαδίτιδος], Ἰώσηπος. λέγεται καὶ Ἰαβισσός, ἐθνικὸν τῆς Ἰάβιδος Ἰαβιδίτης, τῆς δὲ Ἰαβισσοῦ Ἰαβισσηνός.

Herodian

… δ´ ἐν δευτέρῳ περιηγήσεως δι´ ἑνὸς 'ρ' καὶ τοῦ 'μ' «Ἀθάραμβις πόλις». Ἄθλιβις πόλις Αἰγύπτου. Νικάνωρ δ´ ὁ Ἑρμείου ἐν τῇ πρὸς Ἀδριανὸν γραφῇ διὰ τοῦ 'ρ' φησὶν Ἄθριβις. οὕτω καὶ Στράβων (p 802). ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη ἐν Ἀραβίᾳ. Ἴαβις πόλις τῆς Γαλαδίτιδος. Ἰώσηπος (A. I. 5, 2, 11 et 6, 14, 8). λέγεται καὶ Ἰαβισσός. Κάραμβις ἄκρα τοῦ Πόντου. Πνέβεβις πόλις Αἰγύπτου, Ψινέκταβις κώμη Αἰγυπτία. Νίσιβις πόλις ἐν τῇ Περαίᾳ τῇ πρὸς τῷ Τίγρητι. Φίλων ἐν Φοινικικοῖς Νάσιβις φησὶ διὰ τοῦ 'α'. σημαίνει δέ, ὥς φησι Φίλων, νάσιβις τὰς στήλας.…