Ἰαγξούατις - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἰαγξούατις, πόλις Λιβύων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. ὁ πολίτης Ἰαγξουατίτης· Αἰγυπτίων γὰρ καὶ Αἰθιόπων ὁ χαρακτήρ.

Iagxouatis: a city of the Libyans. Hekataios in his Asia. A citizen is an 'Iagxouatites'; for the formation is that of the Egyptians and Ethiopians.

Text Details

Entry	#2
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 321.8
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-11
Word count	14
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Ἀσίᾳ · FGrHist 1 F 346
Ἀσία (Asia)	Ἀσίᾳ · FGrHist 1 F 346

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἰαγξοῦατις	Iangxouatis · place
Λίβυες	Libyans · people
Αἰγύπτιοι	Egyptians · people
Αἰθίοπες	Ethiopians · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Iangxouatis: a city of the Libyans.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Hecataeus (places it) in Asia.
Unclear Metalinguistic	The inhabitant is called Iangxouatites; for the character is that of Egyptians and Ethiopians.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὁ 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
Gloss	πολίτης 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 1.103

char LCS 33 (38.8%) · word LCS 5 (35.7%)

Stephanos

Ἰαγξούατις, πόλις Λιβύων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. ὁ πολίτης Ἰαγξουατίτης· Αἰγυπτίων γὰρ καὶ Αἰθιόπων ὁ χαρακτήρ.

Herodian

…ραλίᾳ τοῦ Πόντου. Στράβων ἑβδόμῃ· ὡς κάλαθος εὑρέθη ἐοικὼς τοῖς θεσμοφοριακοῖς. Ναύκρατις πόλις Αἰγύπτου ἀπὸ Μιλησίων τότε θαλασσοκρατούντων ὡς Στράβων ἑπτακαιδεκάτῃ. Ὀνείβατις πόλις Αἰγύπτου Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Λιβύης. Ἰαγξούατις πόλις Λιβύων. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Ἄβοτις πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος. Κράμβοτις πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ἣν Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Λιβύης Κράμβουτίν φησιν. Τὰ εἰς 'τις' πρὸ τοῦ 'τις' 'υ' ἔχοντα, σπάνια ὄντα, τὰ μὲν βαρύνεται, Σύρτις, Ξύστις πόλις Καρίας. Βέρυτις Τ…