Σάις - Stephanos Ethnika

Σάις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Σάις, πόλις Αἰγύπτου. κλίνεται δὲ Σάεως ὡς Μέμφεως. [καὶ κτητικὸν Σάιος καὶ Σαΐα] καὶ Σαΐτης νομὸς καὶ ὁ πολίτης. καὶ κτητικὸν Σαϊτικόν. τὸ θηλυκὸν Σαῗτις. καὶ Σαϊτηνός.

Sais: a city in Egypt. The genitive is 'Saeos', as in 'Mempheos'. [The possessives are 'Saios' and 'Saia'] and there is the 'Saites' nome; a citizen is a 'Saites'. The possessive is 'Saitikon'. The feminine is 'Saitis'. Also 'Saitenos'.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#14
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 550.2
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-18
Word count	27
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Σάις	Sais · place
Αἴγυπτος	Egypt · place
Σάις	Sais · place
Μέμφις	Memphis · place
Σάιος	of Sais / Saite · other
Σαΐα	of Sais / Saite · other
Σαΐτης	Saite (of Sais) · other
Σαϊτικός	Saite / pertaining to Sais · other
Σαῖτις	Saite (feminine form) · other
Σαϊτηνός	Saite / pertaining to Sais · other
Sais in Egypt	place · city · Egypt · explicit · wikidata: Q381038 · candidate
Saites nome in Egypt	place · district · Egypt · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	The name is declined as ‘Saēos,’ like ‘Mempheōs’ (i.e., the text discusses its inflectional form by analogy with Memphis, rather than explaining its origin).

Links

Place links	Sais \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol4_162.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κτητικόν τό gloss:80c7f336a009c2c3	possessive Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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.

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