Ῥαφάνεια

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Ῥαφάνεια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Ῥαφάνεια, πολίχνιον Συρίας. ὁ πολίτης Ῥαφανεώτης. τῶν δὲ εἰς « ωτης » ἐθνικῶν τὰ πολλὰ τὸ « ι » πρὸ τοῦ « ω » ἔχει, Πηλιώτης Φθιώτης, σπάνια δὲ τὸ « ε » καὶ σχεδὸν ἀπὸ τῆς « ει » συσταλέντα, Ἡρακλεώτης. οὕτω καὶ Ῥαφανεώτης.

Rhaphaneia: a town in Syria. A citizen is a 'Ῥαφανεώτης'. Of ethnonyms ending in '-ωτης', most have ι before ω, 'Πηλιώτης', 'Φθιώτης'; rarely they have ε, and almost always because they have been contracted from ει, as in 'Ἡρακλεώτης'. So too 'Ῥαφανεώτης'.

Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC)
formula:9b2896a329a36c7e
Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossπολίτης ὁ
gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb
citizen
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossπολίχνιον τό
gloss:0f72866d544a72aa
town
Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.