Κάνδαρα - Stephanos Ethnika

Κάνδαρα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

place

Κάνδαρα, χωρίον Παφλαγονίας “ὡς ἀπὸ σχοίνων τριῶν Γάγγρων, καὶ Θάριβα κώμη”. οἱ οἰκήτορες Κανδαρηνοί. καὶ Ἥρας Κανδαρηνῆς ἱερόν.

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#55
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 354.1 · Billerbeck Κ55
OCR	gemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count	18

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κάνδαρα	Kandara (place) · place
Παφλαγονία	Paphlagonia · place · corrected · Q622032
Γάγγραι	Gaggrai / Gaggrons (uncertain) · place
Θάριβα	Thariba · place
Κανδαρηνοί	Kandarenians (inhabitants of Kandara) · people
Ἥρα	Hera · deity · corrected · Q38012
Κάνδαρα	place · place · explicit · wikidata: Q6361327 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	'as from reeds' (i.e. the name derived from reeds)
Place Transfer	(ambiguous phrase) 'of the three Gangra, and the village Thariba' — suggesting a connection with Gangra or the village Thariba (possible transfer of a place-name)

Links

Place links	Kandara \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0166.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 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 · medium 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
Gloss	κώμη ἡ gloss:e14972622087326b	village Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	σχοῖνος ὁ gloss:a80b69f3b4f1487e	schoinos, chain, rope (apparently a distance of a few kms, cf. papyri) Domain: MEASUREMENT & SPACE Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χώρα ἡ gloss:54f628c16aa263ce	region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χωρίον τό gloss:619c2907ea980b25	locality; point (only in μέσα χωρία: ‘halfway point’) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.386

char LCS 61 (58.7%) · word LCS 11 (61.1%)

Stephanos

Κάνδαρα, χωρίον Παφλαγονίας “ὡς ἀπὸ σχοίνων τριῶν Γάγγρων, καὶ Θάριβα κώμη”. οἱ οἰκήτορες Κανδαρηνοί. καὶ Ἥρας Κανδαρηνῆς ἱερόν.

Herodian

τῆς λέξεως καὶ Θουκυδίδης ( 6, 21). Φάλαρα πόλις Θεσσαλίας πλησίον Λαμίας. Ἄδαρα κώμη μεγάλη τῆς Παλαιστίνης μεταξὺ Χαρακμώβων καὶ Ἀρεοπόλεως. Θύμβραρα πόλις Ἀσίας τῷ Πακτωλῷ συνεχής, ὡς Ξενοφῶν. Κάνδαρα χωρίον Παφλαγονίας »ὡς ἀπὸ σχοίνων τριῶν Γάγγρων, καὶ Θάριβα κώμη«. Πάταρα πόλις Λυκίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Πατάρου τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ Λυκίας τῆς Ξάνθου. Ἀλέξανδρος Σαλακίαν κόρην ἐξ Ὀφιονίδος φησὶ φέρειν ἱερὰ τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι ἐν πατάρᾳ· εἶναι δὲ ταῦτα πέμματα λύρας τε καὶ τόξα κα…