Σάμορνα - Stephanos Ethnika

Σάμορνα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Σάμορνα, καὶ Σάμορνος ἡ Ἔφεσος ἐκαλεῖτο. τὸ ἐθνικὸν τῆς Σαμόρνης Σαμορναῖος, τῆς δὲ Σάμορνος Σαμόρνιος.

Ephesus, Samornos, Samorrna">Samorna: Ephesos used to be called both 'Samorna' and 'Samornos'. The ethnonym from 'Samorna' is 'Samornaios', and from 'Samornos' it is 'Samornios'.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#41
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 553.12
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-18
Word count	15
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Σάμορνα	Samorna · place
Σάμορνος	Samornos · place
Ἔφεσος	Ephesus · place
Σάμορνα	Samorna · place
Σαμορναῖος	Samornaean · people
Σάμορνος	Samornos · place
Σαμόρνιος	Samornian · people
Samorna (Ephesos)	place · city · Ionia, Asia Minor · explicit · unresolved
Samornos (Ephesos)	place · city · Ionia, Asia Minor · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Smyrna—and Samornos: Ephesus was called [by these names].

Links

Place links	Ephesus \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
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) + 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) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	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	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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 · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/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 · 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.