Συκαί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Συκαί, πόλις ἀντικρὺ τῆς νέας Ῥώμης. [ἡ καθ´ ἡμᾶς Ἰουστινιαναί, προσαγορευθεῖσα]. Στράβων ἑνικῶς αὐτὴν λέγει Συκήν .... οἰκειότερον δέ, ὡς λέγονται, Συκαί καλοῖντ´ ἄν. οἱ τόποι γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ὄντων ὀνομάζονται, Κυπάρισσος Ἐλαία, καὶ τύπῳ περιεκτικῶν Σικυών Μαραθών, καὶ εἰς « ους » Δαφνοῦς Κερασοῦς Φηγοῦς Μυρρινοῦς Ἀχερδοῦς Ἁγνοῦς Σελινοῦς. [ἡ πόλις αὕτη παρὰ τὸ γεννικῶς ἀνθεῖν Ἄνθουσα.] οὐδὲν τῶν τοιούτων εἰς « ις » λήγει, Συκίς, ἀλλ´ ἐχρῆν ἢ Συκάς ἢ Συκήν ἢ Συκοῦντα ἢ Συκῶνα καλεῖσθαι. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Συκή πλησίον Συρακουσῶν. καὶ Κιλικίας. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Ἀλεξανδρείας. [φησὶν ἕνα τῶν Τιτάνων Συκέα διωκόμενον τὴν μητέρα Γῆν ὑποδέξασθαι καὶ ἀνεῖναι τὸ φυτὸν τοῦτο.] ὁ πολίτης ὤφειλε Συκαῖος. ἔστι δὲ νῦν Συκαΐτης, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἀπὸ τῆς Συκαῖος, ὡς Θηβαῖος Θηβαΐτης.

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Text Details

Entry	#311
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 590.12
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-21
Word count	80

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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
Formula	X (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
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 · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the 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	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
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
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.88

char LCS 74 (12.1%) · word LCS 13 (11.0%)

Stephanos

…[ἡ καθ´ ἡμᾶς Ἰουστινιαναί, προσαγορευθεῖσα]. Στράβων ἑνικῶς αὐτὴν λέγει Συκήν .... οἰκειότερον δέ, ὡς λέγονται, Συκαί καλοῖντ´ ἄν. οἱ τόποι γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ὄντων ὀνομάζονται, Κυπάρισσος Ἐλαία, καὶ τύπῳ περιεκτικῶν Σικυών Μαραθών, καὶ εἰς « ους » Δαφνοῦς Κερασοῦς Φηγοῦς Μυρρινοῦς Ἀχερδοῦς Ἁγνοῦς Σελινοῦς. [ἡ πόλις αὕτη παρὰ τὸ γεννικῶς ἀνθεῖν Ἄνθουσα.] οὐδὲν τῶν τοιούτων εἰς « ις » λήγει, Συκίς, ἀλλ´ ἐχρῆν ἢ Συκάς ἢ Συκήν ἢ Συκοῦντα ἢ Συκῶνα καλεῖσθαι. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Συκή πλησίον Συρακουσῶν. καὶ Κιλικίας. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα …

Herodian

…». ἔστι δὲ καὶ Χαλκίς ποταμός, ἀφ´ οὗ ἡ Χαλκῖτις νῆσος ἐκλήθη. φαρκίς, κηκίς. Γραικίς, Σακίς, Συκίς πόλις ἀπὸ τῶν συκῶν καλουμένη. οἱ τόποι γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ὄντων ὀνομάζονται, Κυπάρισσος, Ἐλαία, καὶ τύπῳ περιεκτικῷ Σικυών Μαραθών καὶ εἰς 'ους' Δαφνοῦς, Κερασοῦς, Φηγοῦς, Μυρρινοῦς, Ἀχερδοῦς, Ἀγνοῦς, Σελινοῦς. οὐδὲν δὲ τῶν τοιούτων εἰς 'ις' λήγει, Συκίς, ἀλλ´ ἐχρῆν ἢ Συκᾶς ὡς καὶ λέγονται, ἢ Συκῆν, ὡς Στράβων αὐτὴν λέγει, ἢ Συκοῦντα ἢ Συκῶνα λέγεσθαι. τὸ δὲ Κίκις βαρύνεται. ἔτι καὶ τὰ ὑπερδισύλλαβα, παλλακίς, πινακίς, φαρμακ…

Herodian 1.313

char LCS 67 (11.0%) · word LCS 12 (10.2%)

Stephanos

…ς « ους » Δαφνοῦς Κερασοῦς Φηγοῦς Μυρρινοῦς Ἀχερδοῦς Ἁγνοῦς Σελινοῦς. [ἡ πόλις αὕτη παρὰ τὸ γεννικῶς ἀνθεῖν Ἄνθουσα.] οὐδὲν τῶν τοιούτων εἰς « ις » λήγει, Συκίς, ἀλλ´ ἐχρῆν ἢ Συκάς ἢ Συκήν ἢ Συκοῦντα ἢ Συκῶνα καλεῖσθαι. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Συκή πλησίον Συρακουσῶν. καὶ Κιλικίας. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Ἀλεξανδρείας. [φησὶν ἕνα τῶν Τιτάνων Συκέα διωκόμενον τὴν μητέρα Γῆν ὑποδέξασθαι καὶ ἀνεῖναι τὸ φυτὸν τοῦτο.] ὁ πολίτης ὤφειλε Συκαῖος. ἔστι δὲ νῦν Συκαΐτης, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἀπὸ τῆς Συκαῖος, ὡς Θηβαῖος Θηβαΐτης.

Herodian

…ημαῖνον φωνὴν λέοντος. τὸ δὲ ἠκή ἄρχεται ἀπὸ φωνήεντος. τὸ δὲ συκῆ ἀπὸ τοῦ συκέα συναλειφθὲν περισπᾶται. ἔστι καὶ Συκῆ πόλις ἀντικρὺ Βυζαντίου. Στράβων ἑνικῶς λέγει Συκῆν. οἰκειότερον δέ, ὡς λέγονται, Συκαῖ λέγοιντ´ ἄν. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Συκῆ πλησίον Συρακουσῶν. καὶ Κιλικίας. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Ἀλεξανδρείας. Τὰ εἰς 'κη' ἰαμβικὰ ἀσυνάλειπτα, εἰ μὲν τῷ 'ο' παραλήγοιτο, ὀξύνεται ῥηματικὰ ὄντα, πλέκω πλοκή, δέκω δοκή ἡ ὑπόνοια, πέκω ποκή τὸ ἔριον. τὸ μέντοι κρόκη ἀπὸ τοῦ κροκός. εἰ δὲ ἄλλῳ φωνήεντι, βαρύνεται, δίκη. ἔστι δὲ το…