Σύϊς

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Σύϊς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Σύϊς, πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος ἐν τῇ αὐτῆς περιηγήσει. καὶ νομὸς Συΐτης.

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Text Details

Entry#310
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 590.10
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-21
Word count12

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
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) + 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 (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
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
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.85
char LCS 49 (81.7%) · word LCS 10 (83.3%)
Stephanos
Σύϊς, πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος ἐν τῇ αὐτῆς περιηγήσει. καὶ νομὸς Συΐτης.
Herodian
…ΐς, Τρωΐς, Ἀθωΐς, Ὁμολωΐς· Ὁμολωΐδες Θηβῶν πύλαι πρὸς τῷ ὄρει. Ἀχελωΐς. ὁ δὲ λόγος ἐπὶ Ἑλληνικῶν ὀνομάτων, μή τις τὸ Ξόϊς καὶ Σάϊς Αἰγύπτια ὄντα καὶ παρ´ Ἡροδότῳ λεχθέντα παράθηται. ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ Θμοῦις πόλις Αἰγύπτου, Σύϊς πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος ἐν τῇ αὐτῆς περιηγήσει, καὶ Κρῶϊς Ἀράβων πόλις βαρύνονται. Τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ καὶ δαΐς ἡ μάχη ὀξύνεται, χωρὶς εἰ μὴ λέγοι τις τοῦτο βεβαρυτονῆσθαι πρὸς ἀντιδιαστολὴν τοῦ ὀξυνομένου ὥσπερ καὶ τὸ ἀκρίς. τὸ δὲ Κράταιϊς δοκεῖ ἐπὶ τοῦ κυρίου βεβαρυτονῆσθαι …

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