Σαμοθρᾴκη

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Σαμοθρᾴκη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
island
Σαμοθρᾴκη, νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Θρᾴκῃ, πόλιν ὁμώνυμον ἔχουσα. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν Σαμίων καὶ τῶν Θρᾳκῶν. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ πρότερον Δαρδανία· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Σαμοθρᾴξ καὶ Σαμοθρᾴκιος.

Samothrake: an island near Thrake, with a city of the same name. It was named after the Samians and the Thrakians. It used to be called Dardania; the ethnonyms are 'Samothrax' and 'Samothrakios'.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:439629f16cfaba3f
Translate as "Y is from 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress
Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX... + πρός + Y (dative)
formula:1a524ea80fe79519
Translate as "X... near Y"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formulaτὸ 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
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossκαλεῖται/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
Glossὁμωνύμως/ὁμώνυμος -ον
gloss:0fbae2a88778c0fa
homonymous, having the same name
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC
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 1.313
char LCS 25 (18.8%) · word LCS 5 (20.0%)
Stephanos
Σαμοθρᾴκη, νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Θρᾴκῃ, πόλιν ὁμώνυμον ἔχουσα. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν Σαμίων καὶ τῶν Θρᾳκῶν. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ πρότερον Δαρδανία· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Σαμοθρᾴξ καὶ Σαμοθρᾴκιος.
Herodian
…νη. πεύκη. ἔστι καὶ νῆσος ἐν τῷ Ἴστρῳ, νίκη, φρίκη, βήκη, θήκη, φώκη· ἔστι καὶ Φώκη Ἰωνικὴ πόλις, ἣ καὶ Φώκαια. Θρᾴκη χώρα ἀπὸ Θρᾳκὸς βασιλέως τοῦ πάλαι ἐν αὐτοῖς τελευτήσαντος ἢ ἀπὸ Θρᾴκης νύμφης Τιτανίδος, μεθ´ ἧς καὶ Σαμοθρᾴκη νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Θρᾴκῃ συνθέτως ἐκ τοῦ Θρᾳκία Σάμος. τὸ δὲ μυκή ὀξύνεται σημαῖνον φωνὴν λέοντος. τὸ δὲ ἠκή ἄρχεται ἀπὸ φωνήεντος. τὸ δὲ συκῆ ἀπὸ τοῦ συκέα συναλειφθὲν περισπᾶται. ἔστι καὶ Συκῆ πόλις ἀντικρὺ Βυζαντίου. Στράβων ἑνικῶς λέγει Συκ…