Σάμος - Stephanos Ethnika

Σάμος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Σάμος, ἐπιφανὴς πρὸς τῇ Καρίᾳ νῆσος. ἐκλήθη δὲ πρότερον Παρθενία καὶ Δρύουσα καὶ Ἀνθέμουσα καὶ Μελάμφυλλος, τὸ ἐθνικὸν Σαμαῖος καὶ Σάμιος καὶ Σαμία. καὶ Σαμιακός.

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Text Details

Entry	#42
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 553.14
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-18
Word count	25

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near 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 · 1 scan row · 3 occurrences
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.

Herodian 1.168

char LCS 29 (21.8%) · word LCS 6 (24.0%)

Stephanos

Σάμος, ἐπιφανὴς πρὸς τῇ Καρίᾳ νῆσος. ἐκλήθη δὲ πρότερον Παρθενία καὶ Δρύουσα καὶ Ἀνθέμουσα καὶ Μελάμφυλλος, τὸ ἐθνικὸν Σαμαῖος καὶ Σάμιος καὶ Σαμία. καὶ Σαμιακός.

Herodian

…ς. δύναιτο δ´ ἄν τις καὶ ἄλλως ἐτυμολογεῖν, εἰ παρὰ τὸ δέω γένοιτο δέεμος καὶ ἐν συναλοιφῇ δῆμος, τὸ συνδεδεμένον πλῆθος. τὸ γὰρ ἐναντίον λύη ἀπὸ τῆς διαλύσεως. Τὰ εἰς 'αμος' μονογενῆ δισύλλαβα βαρύνεται, πράμος, γάμος, Σάμος ἐπιφανὴς πρὸς τῇ Καρίᾳ νῆσος, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τῷ περὶ