Κάλβιος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Κάλβιος, κρήνη Λυκίας, ἣν καὶ Καλαινόν φασι. τινὲς δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ διὰ τοῦ « μ » φασί.

Kalbios: a fountain in Lykia, which they also say is 'Kalainos'. Some also say that it is with μ.

Commentary (3)

Kalbios: a fountain in Lykia

Lykia is in southwestern Asia Minor; the entry gives no further identification of the fountain.

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which they also say is 'Kalainos'

The Greek says the fountain is also called Καλαϊνός/Καλαεινός; the English gives a transliterated form.

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Some also say that it is with μ.

Greek: τινὲς δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ διὰ τοῦ « μ » φασί, i.e. some spell the name with mu; the phrase is about orthography, not meaning.

AI-detected · translation explanation · confidence: high

Text Details

Entry	#25
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 348.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-2.5-flash) on 2025-12-17
Word count	15

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κάλβιος	Kalbios · place
Λυκία	Lycia · place · corrected · Q18927
Καλαῖνον	Kalainon · place

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	"which they also call 'Kalainon'."
Unclear Metalinguistic	"and some also [call] it 'διὰ τοῦ μ' (text is corrupt/fragmentary; no clear etymology preserved)."

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	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	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	εἰς + «X» (GREEK LETTER) formula:f06db8d92900ddc7	Translate as "ending in X" Domain: SPELLING & PROSODY Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κρήνη ἡ gloss:55d407396b89d66e	fountain, well Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	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 1.126

char LCS 36 (59.0%) · word LCS 8 (53.3%)

Stephanos

Κάλβιος, κρήνη Λυκίας, ἣν καὶ Καλαινόν φασι. τινὲς δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ διὰ τοῦ « μ » φασί.

Herodian

Μούλιος, Βάκχιος. Αἴνιος ποταμὸς Περραιβίας. Φήμιος καὶ Εὐφήμιος, Λάϊος, Ἄγριος, Μάντιος, Αἴλιος. Κάλβιος κρήνη Λυκίας, ἣν καὶ Κελαινόν φασι. τινὲς δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'μ' φασίν. Τίβιος ἀφ´ οὗ Τίβειον τόπος Φρυγίας. ἐκ τούτου καὶ Τιβίους τοὺς δούλους καλοῦσιν. «Κάριος Διὸς παῖς καὶ Τυρρηβίας, ὡς Νικόλαος τετάρτῳ, ὃς πλαζόμενος περί τινα λίμνην, ἥτις ἀπ´ αὐτοῦ Τυρρηβία ἐκλήθη, φθογγῆς Νυμφῶν ἀκ…