Κάνδασα - Stephanos Ethnika

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fortress

Κάνδασα, ὡς Μύλασα Πήγασα, φρούριον Καρίας. Πολύβιος ἑκκαιδεκάτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κανδασεύς καὶ Κανδασίς.

'Mylasa, Pegasa">Kandasa' as in 'Mylasa', 'Pegasa': a fortress in Karia. Polybios, book 16. The ethnonym is 'Kandaseus' and 'Kandasis'.

Commentary (1)

'Kandasa' as in 'Mylasa', 'Pegasa'

The comparison preserves a Greek morphological pattern: Kandasa is formed like the place-names Mylasa and Pegasa, with the same final element or ending.

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Text Details

Entry	#54
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 353.11
OCR	gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count	13
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Πολύβιος (Polybius)	(16,40,5)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κάνδασα	Kandasa · place
Μύλασα	Mylasa · place
Πήγασα	Pegasa · place
Καρία	Caria · place · corrected · Q193214
Κανδασεύς	Kandaseus (ethnic) · people
Κανδασίς	Kandasis (ethnic) · people
Kandasa in Caria	place · fortress · Caria · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	"Kandasa: like Mylasa, Pegasa; a fortress of Caria." (The entry compares Kandasa to Mylasa and Pegasa and identifies it as a Carian fortress.)
Unclear Metalinguistic	"the ethnic (demonym) Kandaseus and Kandasis."

Links

Place links	Kandasa (Pauly-Wissowa)
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0166.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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	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
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	φρούριον τό gloss:a6e2b628860e5a07	fortress Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.