Σῖρις - Stephanos Ethnika

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Σῖρις, πόλις Ἰταλίας πλησίον τοῦ Μεταποντίου καὶ ποταμός. μετωνομάσθη δὲ καὶ Πολίειον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐν Ἰλίῳ Πολιάδος Ἀθηνᾶς. ὁ πολίτης Σιρίτης ὡς Σύβαρις Συβαρίτης, τὸ θηλυκὸν Σιρῖτις. καὶ Σιρῖνος. ἔστι καὶ Σῖρις ἐν Παιονίᾳ, ἧς τὸ ἐθνικὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γενικῆς Σιριοπαίονες.

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Text Details

Entry	#182
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 572.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-20
Word count	41

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὁ 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
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

Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.99

char LCS 48 (22.4%) · word LCS 8 (19.5%)

Stephanos

Σῖρις, πόλις Ἰταλίας πλησίον τοῦ Μεταποντίου καὶ ποταμός. μετωνομάσθη δὲ καὶ Πολίειον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐν Ἰλίῳ Πολιάδος Ἀθηνᾶς. ὁ πολίτης Σιρίτης ὡς Σύβαρις Συβαρίτης, τὸ θηλυκὸν Σιρῖτις. καὶ Σιρῖνος. ἔστι καὶ Σῖρις ἐν Παιονίᾳ, ἧς τὸ ἐθνικὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γενικῆς Σιριοπαίονες.

Herodian

… ἡ οἰκία, ὡς Ποσείδιππος, καὶ ἡ συνοικία ὡς Ἔφορος, χάρις, Φᾶρις πόλις τῆς Λακωνικῆς. Ὅμηρος «Φᾶρίν τε Σπάρτην τε πολυτρήρωνά τε Μέσσην» (Il. Β 582). ἔρις, δῆρις, νῆρις, Ἶρις, κῖρις εἶδος ὀρνέου, ξῖρις φυτὸν ἀρωματικόν, Σῖρις πόλις Ἰταλίας πλησίον τοῦ Μεταποντίου καὶ ποταμός· ἔστι καὶ Σῖρις ἐν Παιονίᾳ. καὶ ὁ Νεῖλος μετὰ Συήνην Σῖρις ὠνόμασται. Κύρις μητρόπολις Σαβίνων. Τύρις πόλις καὶ ποταμὸς ἐν Εὐξείνῳ πόντῳ. λέγεται καὶ Τύρας. Χαῖρις, Μοῖρις, ἀφ´ οὗ ἡ Μοίριδος λίμνη, θοῦρις, Κοῦρις ὁ Ῥωμα…