Σάκαι - Stephanos Ethnika

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Σάκαι, ἔθνος. τοὺς Σκύθας οὕτως φασίν, ἀπὸ τοῦ ὅπλου, ὅτι αὐτὸ εὕραντο. τὸ θηλυκὸν Σακίς.

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Text Details

Entry	#15
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 550.5
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-18
Word count	15

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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 ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	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.

Herodian 1.62

char LCS 30 (43.5%) · word LCS 7 (46.7%)

Stephanos

Σάκαι, ἔθνος. τοὺς Σκύθας οὕτως φασίν, ἀπὸ τοῦ ὅπλου, ὅτι αὐτὸ εὕραντο. τὸ θηλυκὸν Σακίς.

Herodian

… «Σκύθης ὅμιλος» (Aeschyl. Prom. 415) καὶ «Σκύθην ἐς οἶμον» (ibid. v. 2) καὶ «Σκύθης σίδηρος» (Septem 799). ὅθεν τὸ ἀποσκυθίσαι τὸ τῷ σιδήρῳ τὰς τρίχας τεμεῖν. Σεύθης, Λάχης, Πάχης, λέσχης, Σάκης ἔθνος· τοὺς Σκύθας οὕτω φασίν, ἀπὸ τοῦ ὅπλου, ὅτι αὐτὸ εὕραντο. Μέλης ποταμὸς Σμυρναῖος, Μήλης ποταμὸς Κολοφῶνος, Πόλλης, Κόμης κύριον, Τρόμης πατὴρ Αἰσχίνου τοῦ ῥήτορος, Σάπης ἔθνος Θρᾴκης, λέγονται καὶ Σαπαῖοι καὶ Σάϊοι, τάπης, Βρύκης ἔθνος Θρᾴκης. λέγονται καὶ Βρυκεῖς καὶ Βρυκήϊ…