Καρόπολις

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Καρόπολις, πόλις Καρίας. Ἀλέξανδρος Καρικῶν πρώτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καροπολίτης.

Karopolis, a city of Caria. Alexander [mentions it] in the first book of his Carica. The ethnic adjective is Karopolites.

Text Details

Entry#93
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 361.1 · Billerbeck Κ93
OCRgemini-3-flash (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count9
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander)FGrHist 273 F 21
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚαρόπολιςKaropolis (Caropolis) · place
ΚαρίαCaria · place · corrected · Q193214
Καρικόςthe Carians (Carian) · people
ΚαροπολίτηςCaropolite (inhabitant of Karopolis) · people
Καρόπολιςplace · explicit · wikidata: Q136471975 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear MetalinguisticKaropolis: a city of Caria.
Unclear MetalinguisticAlexander of the Carian(s) (reference to the author/source).
Unclear Metalinguisticthe ethnicon (demonym) 'Karopolites'.

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Place linksQ136471975
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:439629f16cfaba3f
Translate as "Y is from 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
Formulaτὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM)
formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3
Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.93
char LCS 42 (67.7%) · word LCS 6 (66.7%)
Stephanos
Καρόπολις, πόλις Καρίας. Ἀλέξανδρος Καρικῶν πρώτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καροπολίτης.
Herodian
…). ἔστι καὶ Θρᾴκης. καὶ τῆς Ἀρωματοφόρου ἄποικος τῆς Αἰγυπτίας. καὶ δʹ ἐν Σάρδεσι. καὶ ἡ Κόρινθος Ἡλιούπολις ἐλέγετο· ἔστι καὶ ἐν Φοινίκῃ. Θεόπολις ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ. Κνωπούπολις· οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο Ἐρυθραί πόλις Ἰώνων ἀπὸ Κνώπου. Καρόπολις πόλις Καρίας. Ἀλέξανδρος Καρικῶν πρώτῳ. Κουρόπολις πόλις Καρίας. Ἀλέξανδρος Καρικῶν πρώτῳ. Μαιανδρούπολις Μαγνησίας πόλις ὡς Φλέγων ἐν Ὀλυμπιάσι. Μεγαλόπολις διὰ τὸ μέγεθος ἐκλήθη Ἀφροδισιάς πόλις Καρίας ἡ πρότερον Λελέγων πόλις. Μεγάλη πόλις, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας…

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