Σηστός

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Σηστός OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Σηστός, πόλις πρὸς τῇ Προποντίδι. λέγεται δὲ ἀρσενικῶς παρ´ Ἐφόρῳ. οἱ δ´ Ἀθηναῖοι “ἐν τῇ Σηστῷ” φασιν. ὁ πολίτης Σήστιος· ἔστι δὲ ὡς Φαῖστος Φαίστιος.

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Text Details

Entry#123
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 563.1
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-19
Word count25

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
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) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH)
formula:1bb0974b95264dde
Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX... + 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
Formulaὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC)
formula:9b2896a329a36c7e
Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + 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
Formulaὡς + 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
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Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.217
char LCS 56 (48.3%) · word LCS 11 (44.0%)
Stephanos
Σηστός, πόλις πρὸς τῇ Προποντίδι. λέγεται δὲ ἀρσενικῶς παρ´ Ἐφόρῳ. οἱ δ´ Ἀθηναῖοι “ἐν τῇ Σηστῷ” φασιν. ὁ πολίτης Σήστιος· ἔστι δὲ ὡς Φαῖστος Φαίστιος.
Herodian
Τὰ εἰς 'στος' δισύλλαβα μονογενῆ ὀξύνεται, εἰ μὴ ἡ πρὸ τέλους συλλαβὴ ἔχοι τι τῶν φύσει βραχέων, ἱστός, ἔστι καὶ νῆσος Λιβύης. Σηστός πόλις πρὸς τῇ Προποντίδι. λέγεται δὲ ἀρσενικῶς παρ´ Ἐφόρῳ· οἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι «ἐν τῇ Σηστῷ» φασιν. παστός, μαστός, ξυστός. Κραστός πόλις Σικελίας τῶν Σικανῶν. Φίλιστος Σικελικῶν τρισκαιδεκάτῳ. Γραστός παῖς Μυγδόνος, ἀφ´ οὗ Γρηστωνία χώρα Θρᾴκης. Φαιστός πόλις Κρήτης «ἐς Φαιστόν, μικρὸς …

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