Σάμψειρα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Σάμψειρα, πόλις Αἰγύπτου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Σαμψειρεώτης ὡς Μαρεώτης, καὶ Σαμψειρίτης.

Sampseira: a city in Egypt. The ethnonym is 'Sampseireotes' (as in 'Mareotes'), and also 'Sampseirites'.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#48
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 554.10
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-18
Word count	10
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Σάμψειρα	Sampseira · place
Αἴγυπτος	Egypt · place
Σαμψειρεώτης	inhabitant of Sampseira · people
Μαρεώτης	inhabitant of Mareia · people
Σαμψειρίτης	inhabitant of Sampseira · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Sampseira: a city of Egypt.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Its ethnic designation is Sampseireōtēs, like Mareōtēs, and also Sampseiritēs.

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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 · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (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
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
Formula	ὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:bcd70ae781e7b205	Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.