Πέφνον

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Πέφνον, πόλις Λακωνική, οὐδετέρως. Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ νῆσον αὐτήν φησι. λέγεται δὲ καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Πεφνίτης ὡς τοῦ λίκνον λικνίτης, τοῦ δὲ θηλυκοῦ Πέφνιος ὡς Σίφνιος. ἀλλὰ καὶ Πεφναῖος, ὡς τοῦ νῆσος νησαῖος, καὶ Πεφναία τὸ θηλυκόν.

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Text Details

Entry#132
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 520.5
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-16
Word count39

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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 · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (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 · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (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 · 2 occurrences
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 1.174
char LCS 58 (28.9%) · word LCS 11 (28.2%)
Stephanos
Πέφνον, πόλις Λακωνική, οὐδετέρως. Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ νῆσον αὐτήν φησι. λέγεται δὲ καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Πεφνίτης ὡς τοῦ λίκνον λικνίτης, τοῦ δὲ θηλυκοῦ Πέφνιος ὡς Σίφνιος. ἀλλὰ καὶ Πεφναῖος, ὡς τοῦ νῆσος νησαῖος, καὶ Πεφναία τὸ θηλυκόν.
Herodian
τῶν Κυκλάδων, Πέφνος πόλις Λακωνική. Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ νῆσον αὐτήν φησι· λέγεται δὲ καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως. ὕπνος. Σίφνος περὶ τὴν Κρήτην νῆσος ἀπὸ Σίφνου τοῦ Σουνίου, ὡς Νικόλαος πέμπτῳ. Ἴπνος, ἣν Ἰπνέαν τινές, Λοκρῶν τῶν Ὀζολῶν. τὸ δὲ προσηγορικὸν ἰπνός ὀξύνεται. Θῶκνος ἥρως. τὸ δὲ καπνός ὀξύνεται ὡς ἔχον τὸ 'α'. * Τὰ εἰς …
Herodian 1.378
char LCS 34 (16.9%) · word LCS 6 (15.4%)
Stephanos
Πέφνον, πόλις Λακωνική, οὐδετέρως. Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ νῆσον αὐτήν φησι. λέγεται δὲ καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Πεφνίτης ὡς τοῦ λίκνον λικνίτης, τοῦ δὲ θηλυκοῦ Πέφνιος ὡς Σίφνιος. ἀλλὰ καὶ Πεφναῖος, ὡς τοῦ νῆσος νησαῖος, καὶ Πεφναία τὸ θηλυκόν.
Herodian
…ἔστι δὲ καὶ Λίνον χωρίον τῆς Ἑλλησποντίας. Στράβων τρισκαιδεκάτῃ «μεταξὺ δὲ κεῖται τοῦ Παρίου καὶ τοῦ Πριάπου κατὰ Λίνον». Σπάδα κώμη Περσική, ἐν ᾗ πρώτῃ εὐνουχισμὸς γέγονεν, ὅθεν σπάδοι λέγονται. Πέφνον πόλις Λακωνική. Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ νῆσον αὐτήν φησι. λέγεται καὶ θηλυκῶς. Πράσον ἀκρωτήριον περὶ τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν. Κύτα πόλις Κολχική, πατρὶς Μηδείας. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Σκυθίας. Θέρμα χωρίον Σικελίας. Φίλιστος τρίτῳ. ἔστι καὶ Βιθυνίας Θέρμα τὰ μὲν Πύθια τὰ δὲ ἐν Προύσῃ βασιλικὰ λ…

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