Σάμψα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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village
Σάμψα, κώμη τῆς Ἀραβίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Σαμψηνός. σάμψα δὲ παρὰ τοῖς Ἄραψιν ὁ ἥλιος.

Sampsa, a village in Arabia. The ethnonym is 'Sampsenos'. Among the Arabs, 'sampsa' means the sun.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry#47
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 554.8
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-18
Word count14
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΣάμψαSam(s)a · place
ἈραβίαArabia · place
ἌραψArabs · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Borrowing Non GreekAmong the Arabs, “sampsa” means “the sun,” indicating that the place-name derives from an Arabic word.

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN)
formula:276bf314e3ad9973
Translate as "X, X"
Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION)
formula:1040044f9f2bf616
Translate as "a X in 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
Glossκώμη ἡ
gloss:e14972622087326b
village
Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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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.

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Last updated: 2026-10-10 09:35:26 UTC