Σάμνιον - Stephanos Ethnika

Σάμνιον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Σάμνιον, πόλις Πρετανίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Σάμνιος καὶ Σαμνίτης. καὶ Σαμνιτικός κτητικόν.

Samnion, a city in Pretania. The ethnonyms are 'Samnios' and 'Samnites'. 'Samnitikos' is the possessive.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#39
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 553.7
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-18
Word count	11
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Σάμνιον	Samnion · place
Πρετανία	Pretania · place

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	“Samnion: a city of Britain.” This identifies the place but does not explain the origin of its name.
Unclear Metalinguistic	“The ethnic form is Samnios and Samnites; and Samnitikos is the possessive adjective.” These are grammatical derivatives of the place name, not an explanation of its etymological origin.

Links

Place links	Samnium \| 📍 Map
Page scans	vol4_168.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON) formula:e1b19e84652cc7be	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form '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	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	γένος τό gloss:c746b76469e4485d	descent Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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

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.