Πάταρα - Stephanos Ethnika

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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 καὶ βέλη, οἷς παίζειν νηπίους ὄντας. θεῖσαν δὲ τὸ ἄγγος ἀναπαύεσθαι κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν· ἄνεμον δ´ ἐπιπνεύσαντα εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν βαλεῖν τὴν πατάραν, κλαίουσαν δὲ τὴν παῖδα εἰς τὸν οἶκον ἐλθεῖν, τὴν δὲ πατάραν τῇ Λυκίων χερρονήσῳ κατενεχθῆναι· περιτυχόντα δέ τινα τῶν ἐκ τῆς Σαλακίας φυγόντων τῇ πατάρᾳ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ πέμματα πάντα κατακαῦσαι καὶ τὴν χερρόνησον ἱερὰν Ἀπόλλωνι ἀνεῖναι. ὠνομάσθαι δὲ τὴν χώραν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄγγους, τοῦ πατάρας, Πάταρα. μεθερμηνεύεσθαι δὲ τὴν πατάραν ἑλληνιστὶ κίστην. ὁ πολίτης Παταρεύς. τὸ θηλυκὸν Παταρηίς, ὡς βασιληίς. τὸ κτητικὸν “Παταρήιον ὕδωρ”.

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Text Details

Entry	#66
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 510.17
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-15
Word count	109

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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 (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · high 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 · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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 1.386

char LCS 266 (41.7%) · word LCS 51 (41.5%)

Stephanos

…άνθου. Ἀλέξανδρος Σαλακίαν κόρην ἐξ Ὀφιονίδος φησὶ φέρειν ἱερὰ τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι ἐν πατάρᾳ· εἶναι δὲ ταῦτα πέμματα λύρας τε καὶ τόξα καὶ βέλη, οἷς παίζειν νηπίους ὄντας. θεῖσαν δὲ τὸ ἄγγος ἀναπαύεσθαι κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν· ἄνεμον δ´ ἐπιπνεύσαντα εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν βαλεῖν τὴν πατάραν, κλαίουσαν δὲ τὴν παῖδα εἰς τὸν οἶκον ἐλθεῖν, τὴν δὲ πατάραν τῇ Λυκίων χερρονήσῳ κατενεχθῆναι· περιτυχόντα δέ τινα τῶν ἐκ τῆς Σαλακίας φυγόντων τῇ πατάρᾳ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ πέμματα πάντα κατακαῦσαι καὶ τὴν χερρόνησον ἱερὰν Ἀπόλλωνι ἀνεῖναι. ὠνομάσθαι δὲ τὴν χώραν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄγγους, τοῦ πατάρας, Πάταρα. μεθερμηνεύεσθαι δὲ τὴν πατάραν ἑλληνιστὶ κίστην. ὁ πολίτης Παταρεύς. τὸ θηλυκὸν Παταρηίς, ὡς βασιληίς. τὸ κτητικὸν “Παταρήιον ὕδωρ”.

Herodian

…άνθου. Ἀλέξανδρος Σαλακίαν κόρην ἐξ Ὀφιονίδος φησὶ φέρειν ἱερὰ τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι ἐν πατάρᾳ· εἶναι δὲ ταῦτα πέμματα λύρας τε καὶ τόξα καὶ βέλη, οἷς παίζειν νηπίους ὄντας. θεῖσαν δὲ τὸ ἄγγος ἀναπαύεσθαι κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν. ἄνεμον δὲ ἐπιπνεύσαντα εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν βαλεῖν τὴν πατάραν, κλαίουσαν δὲ τὴν παῖδα εἰς τὸν οἶκον ἐλθεῖν, τὴν δὲ πατάραν τῇ Λυκίων χερρονήσῳ κατενεχθῆναι· περιτυχόντα δέ τινα τῶν ἐκ τῆς Σαλακίας φυγόντων τῇ πατάρᾳ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ πέμματα πάντα κατακαῦσαι καὶ τὴν χερρόνησον ἱερὰν Ἀπόλλωνι ἀνεῖναι. ὠνομάσθαι δὲ τὴν χώραν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄγγους, τῆς πατάρας, Πάταρα. μεθερμηνεύεσθαι δὲ τὴν πατάραν Ἑλληνιστὶ κίστην. Πίναρα πόλις μεγίστη, ὑπερκειμένη τῷ Κράγει ὄρει τῆς Λυκίας. Πολύαρα πόλις Καρίας. Σίγγαρα πόλις Ἀραβίας. Τάρφαρα πόλις τῆς εὐδαίμονος Ἀραβίας. ἔντερον…