Κορομάνη

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Κορομάνη, πόλις πρὸς τὸν Περσικὸν κόλπον. Μαρκιανὸς ἐν περίπλῳ αὐτοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κορομανηνός διὰ τὸν τύπον τῶν Περσῶν· Παραιτακηνοί γὰρ τῆς Παραιτάκης.

Koromane: a city near the Persian Gulf. Markianos, in his Periplous. The ethnonym is 'Koromanenos', by the type of the Persians; for there are Paraitakenoi from Paraitake.

Text Details

Entry	#168
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 375.3 · Billerbeck Κ168
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-20
Word count	22
AI translation	legacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Μαρκιανός (Marcian (Marcianus))	Περίπλῳ · 1,18 [GGM 1,528,12]

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Κορομάνη	Koromane (Coromane) · place
Περσικός κόλπος	Persian Gulf · place
Κορομανηνός	demonym Koromane(nos) (inhabitant of Koromane) · people
Πέρσες	Persians · people
Παραιτακηνοί	Paraetakenoi (inhabitants of Paraetaka) · people
Παραιτάκη	Paraetaka (region) · place

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Folk Etymology Narrative	The ethnicon 'Koromane(n)ós' (inhabitant of Korománē) [is so] because of the 'type' (appearance/form) of the Persians.
Place Transfer	For they are 'Paraitakenoi' from Paraitake (i.e., named after Paraitake).

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κόλπος ὁ gloss:ba395d16c244385c	gulf, bay Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence