Πλαταιαί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Πλαταιαί, πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος ἑνικῶς “οἵ τε Πλάταιαν ἔχον”. Εὔδοξος δὲ εʹ γῆς περιόδου πληθυντικῶς Πλαταιάς .... δὲ διὰ τὸ τάφους καὶ τρόπαια ἀνδρῶν ἀγαθῶν ἔχειν, τῶν τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐλευθερωσάντων καὶ τὸ βασίλειον στράτευμα δουλωσάντων. τὸ πληθυντικὸν ὀξύνων Ἡρωδιανὸς διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ [μεταβολὴν] ἐπικρίνει “εἰ μέντοι μεταβάλλει τὸν ἀριθμόν, καὶ τὸν τόνον μεταβάλλει”. κέκληται δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς πλάτης τῆς κώπης, ὡς Ἀπολλόδωρος πρώτῳ τοῦ καταλόγου “ἐκλιμνωθείσης τῆς Βοιωτίας τοὺς παροικοῦντας ταῖς λίμναις Βοιωτοὺς πλῷ πορεύεσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλους. ὅθεν παρὰ τὴν πλάτην καὶ τὴν κώπην τὰς πόλεις κληθῆναι”. οἱ πολῖται Πλαταιεῖς, καὶ κατὰ συναίρεσιν ἀττικὴν τοὺς Πλαταιᾶς. καὶ Πλαταιᾶτις τὸ θηλυκὸν καὶ Πλαταιίς. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος πρὸ τῆς Λιβύης· ταύτης οἱ πολῖται Πλατειεῖς. καὶ ἡ χώρα Πλαταϊκή. δεῖ δὲ τὸ πρωτότυπον ἑνικὸν προπαροξύνειν Πλάταιαν, ὡς Λίλαιαν Ἱστίαιαν Δίκαιαν. τὸ ἐκ τόπου ἐπίρρημα Πλαταιόθεν καὶ εἰς τόπον Πλαταιάζε [καὶ ἐν τόπῳ Πλαταιᾶσι].

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Text Details

Entry	#176
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 525.20
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-16
Word count	61

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 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 (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 · 2 occurrences
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

Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.273

char LCS 167 (21.6%) · word LCS 29 (20.7%)

Stephanos

…α ἐλευθερωσάντων καὶ τὸ βασίλειον στράτευμα δουλωσάντων. τὸ πληθυντικὸν ὀξύνων Ἡρωδιανὸς διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ [μεταβολὴν] ἐπικρίνει “εἰ μέντοι μεταβάλλει τὸν ἀριθμόν, καὶ τὸν τόνον μεταβάλλει”. κέκληται δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς πλάτης τῆς κώπης, ὡς Ἀπολλόδωρος πρώτῳ τοῦ καταλόγου “ἐκλιμνωθείσης τῆς Βοιωτίας τοὺς παροικοῦντας ταῖς λίμναις Βοιωτοὺς πλῷ πορεύεσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλους. ὅθεν παρὰ τὴν πλάτην καὶ τὴν κώπην τὰς πόλεις κληθῆναι”. οἱ πολῖται Πλαταιεῖς, καὶ κατὰ συναίρεσιν ἀττικὴν τοὺς Πλαταιᾶς. καὶ Πλαταιᾶτις τὸ θηλυκὸν καὶ Πλαταιίς. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος πρὸ τῆς Λιβύης· ταύτης οἱ πολῖται Πλατειεῖς. καὶ ἡ χώρα Πλαταϊκή. δεῖ δὲ τὸ πρωτότυπον ἑνικὸν προ…

Herodian

… (Β 504). Εὔδοξος δὲ εʹ γῆς περιόδου πληθυντικῶς Πλαταιάς.... δὲ διὰ τὸ τάφους καὶ τρόπαια ἀνδρῶν ἀγαθῶν ἔχειν, τῶν τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐλευθερωσάντων καὶ τὸ βασίλειον στράτευμα δουλωσάντων. κέκληται δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς πλάτης καθὰ Κῶπαι τῆς κώπης, ὡς Ἀπολλόδωρος πρώτῳ τοῦ καταλόγου «ἐκλιμνωθείσης τῆς Βοιωτίας τοὺς παροικοῦντας ταῖς λίμναις Βοιωτοὺς πλῷ πορεύεσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλους. ὅθεν παρὰ τὴν πλάτην καὶ τὴν κώπην τὰς πόλεις κληθῆναι». δεῖ δὲ τὸ πρωτότυπον ἑνικὸν προπαροξύνειν Πλάταιαν ὡς Λίλαιαν, Ἱστίαιαν, Δίκαιαν. εἰ μέντοι μεταβάλλει τὸν ἀριθμόν, καὶ τὸν τόνον μεταβάλλει. Τὰ εἰς 'α' συνεσταλμένον μονογενῆ ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς παραληγόμενα τῇ 'ει' δι…