Καμάρινα - Stephanos Ethnika

Καμάρινα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Καμάρινα, πόλις Σικελίας. καὶ λίμνη, ἀφ´ ἧς ἡ παροιμία “μὴ κίνει Καμάριναν, ἀκίνητος γὰρ ἀμείνων”. ὁ πολίτης Καμαριναῖος.

Kamarina: a city in Sicily. Also a lake, from which comes the proverb, 'Do not stir Kamarina, for it is better unstirred.' The citizen is a 'Kamarinaios'.

Text Details

Entry	#45
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 351.8
OCR	gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-17
Word count	18
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Sibylline Oracles (Sibylline Oracles (Oracula Sibyllina))	Sibylline Oracles · Orac. Sibyll. 3,736

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Καμάρινα	Camarina · place · corrected · Q854843
Σικελία	Sicily · place · corrected · Q4951156
Καμαριναῖος	Camarinaean (inhabitant of Camarina) · people
Καμάρινα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q854843 · seeded_headword_alignment

Links

Place links	Kamarina \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0131.jpg
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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	ἄκρον τό gloss:e28240a1e2cb325b	cape (when on the coast, sgl.), headlands (when on the coast, plu.); peak (when inland) Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	γῆ ἡ gloss:728db30aa96e9869	land, dirt, Earth Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	λιμή ὁ gloss:6f81c31b2d09b3f3	lake, harbor Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS 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.

Herodian 1.258

char LCS 76 (80.0%) · word LCS 15 (83.3%)

Stephanos

Καμάρινα, πόλις Σικελίας. καὶ λίμνη, ἀφ´ ἧς ἡ παροιμία “μὴ κίνει Καμάριναν, ἀκίνητος γὰρ ἀμείνων”. ὁ πολίτης Καμαριναῖος.

Herodian

…ς. Λάγινα πολίχνιον Καρίας. Ἀπολλώνιος Καρικῶν ἑκκαιδεκάτῳ. Ῥέσινα πόλις περὶ τὸν Ἄβορον ποταμόν. Ἀγύρινα πόλις Σικελίας. Διονύσιος δὲ τὸ Ἀγύριον ἔφη. Γαλάρινα πόλις Σικελίας κτίσμα Μόργου Σικελοῦ. Λάρινα πόλις Δαυνίων. Καμάρινα πόλις Σικελίας. καὶ λίμνη, ἀφ´ ἧς ἡ παροιμία »μὴ κίνει Καμάριναν, ἀκίνητος γὰρ ἀμείνων«. Μαμάρκινα πόλις Αὐσονική. Ἅρπινα πόλις Ἤλιδος ἀπὸ Ἁρπίνης τῆς Ἀσωποῦ, ἀφ´ ἧς καὶ Ἄρεος Οἰνόμαος. λέγεται καὶ Ὀλυμπία. Νικάνωρ. Σάλπινα ὄνομα κύριον. Μυκέρινα ὄνομα πόλεως. τὰ δὲ Ἰταλικὰ προπερισπῶνται, Σαβῖνα, Φαυστῖν…