Σαννίγαι - Stephanos Ethnika

Σαννίγαι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

people

Σαννίγαι, ἔθνος Σκυθίας τοῖς Ἀβασγοῖς παρακείμενον.

Sannigai: a people in Skythia neighbouring the Abasgoi.

AI translation — gpt-6.1-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#54
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 555.4
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-18
Word count	6
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6.1-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Σαννίγαι	Sannigae · people
Σκυθία	Scythia · place
Ἄβασγοι	Abasgians · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	“Sannigae: a people of Scythia situated next to the Abasgoi.” The text identifies the people and their location but does not explain the origin or formation of the place-name.

Links

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.66

char LCS 36 (81.8%) · word LCS 5 (83.3%)

Stephanos

Σαννίγαι, ἔθνος Σκυθίας τοῖς Ἀβασγοῖς παρακείμενον.

Herodian

…ης οὐδὲν εὕρομεν τοιοῦτο, ἔνθεν ἐπείσθημεν τῷ Ἀριστάρχῳ. * Τὰ εἰς 'γης' ὑπὲρ μίαν συλλαβὴν βαρύνεται, Ποδάργης ἔθνος Θρᾴκης, Τεκτοσάγης ἔθνος Γαλατικόν· ὡς γὰρ Καππάδοκος Καππαδόκης, οὕτω Τεκτόσαγος Τεκτοσάγης. Σαννίγης ἔθνος Σκυθίας τοῖς Ἀβασγοῖς παρακείμενον. Τὰ εἰς 'δης' πατρωνυμικὰ ἢ ὡς πατρωνυμικὰ βαρύνεται, Πηλείδης, Ἀτρείδης, Κρονίδης, Θουκυδίδης. Ἰστέον δὲ ὅτι τὰ εἰς 'δης' πατρωνυμικὰ ἢ τύπου πατρωνυμικοῦ πρὸ τοῦ 'δ' ἔχει ἢ τὸ 'α' ἢ τὸ 'ι'. τὸ μὲν 'α' οἷον Ἰλιάδης, Με…