Ἰλαττία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἰλαττία, πόλις Κρήτης. Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἰλάττιος.

Ilattia: a city in Crete. Polybios, book 13. The ethnonym is 'Ilattios'.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#50
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 330.14
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-12
Word count	8
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Πολύβιος (Polybius)	13.10.5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἰλαττία	Ilattia · place
Κρήτη	Crete · place
Ἰλαττία	place · explicit · wikidata: Q99549910 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	“Ilattia: a city of Crete ... its ethnic/d demonym is Ilattios.” This identifies the place and its inhabitants’ name, but does not explain the origin or formation of the place-name.

Links

Place links	Ilattia (Pauly-Wissowa)
Page scans	vol2_307.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON) formula:e1b19e84652cc7be	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form '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 · 2 scan rows · 2 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	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 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 1.288

char LCS 39 (69.6%) · word LCS 5 (62.5%)

Stephanos

Ἰλαττία, πόλις Κρήτης. Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἰλάττιος.

Herodian

…ιῄρηται δὲ ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων εἰς δύο ἐπαρχίας.... διατείνουσα ἀπὸ τῶν Πυρηναίων ὀρῶν ἅπασα μέχρι τῆς Καινῆς Καρχηδονίας καὶ τῶν τοῦ Βαίτιος πηγῶν, τῆς δὲ δευτέρας ἐπαρχίας τὰ μέχρι Γαδείρων καὶ Λουσιτανίας». ἡ δὲ πρὸς Πέρσας. Ἰλαττία πόλις Κρήτης. Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ. Ἰναχία ἡ Πελοπόννησος, οὐ μόνον τὸ Ἄργος, ἀπὸ Ἰνάχου τοῦ ποταμοῦ. Ἰξίαι πληθυντικῶς χωρίον τῆς Ῥόδου ἀπὸ Ἴξου λιμένος. Ἰσινδία χωρίον Ἰωνίας, λέγεται καὶ Ἴσινδα καὶ Ἴσινδος. Κανθηλία πόλις περὶ Καρχηδόνα. λέγεται καὶ Κ…