Δάλμιον

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Δάλμιον, πόλις Δαλματίας μεταξὺ Ἰλλυρίας καὶ Ἰταλίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὅμοιον ἢ Δαλμιεύς. “ἴδιον δὲ τῶν Δαλματέων τὸ διὰ ὀκταετηρίδος τῆς χώρας ἀναδασμὸν ποιεῖσθαι”. Ἀππιανὸς δὲ τὴν πόλιν Δελμίνιον καλεῖ, Κουάδρατος δὲ Δέλμινον. φασὶ δὲ αὐτοὺς καὶ Δαλμάτας.

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Text Details

Entry	#8
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 216.27 · Billerbeck Δ8
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-18
Word count	37

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	Str. 7,5,5 [C 315,19]
Ἀππιανός (Appian)	Ill. · Ill. 32
Κουάδράτος (Quadratus)	FGrHist 97 F 23

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δάλμιον	Dalmion (city) · place · corrected · Q563283
Δαλματία	Dalmatia · place
Ἰλλυρία	Illyria · place · corrected · Q32047
Ἰταλία	Italy · place
Δαλμιεύς	Dalmieus (ethnic name) · people
Δαλμάται	Dalmatans · people
Δελμίνιον	Delminium (city) · place · corrected · Q1255537
Δέλμινον	Delminium (variant) · place
Δαλμάται	Dalmatans · people
Δάλμιον / Δελμίνιον / Δέλμινον	place · city · Dalmatia (between Illyria and Italy) · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnic (demonym) is similarly 'Δαλμιεύς' (Dalmiēus).
Unclear Metalinguistic	Appian calls the city 'Δελμίνιον' (Delminion), Quadratus 'Δέλμινον' (Delminon) — variant forms of the place-name.
Unclear Metalinguistic	They (the people) are also called 'Δαλμάτας' (Dalmatae).

Links

Place links	Delminium \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_037.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence