Σωφηνή - Stephanos Ethnika

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Σωφηνή, χώρα τῶν πρὸς Ἀρμενίαν, ὡς Στράβων ἐν ἑνδεκάτῃ. παρὰ δ´ Ἀρριανῷ Σωφανηνή τετρασυλλάβως. οἱ κατοικοῦντες Σωφηνοί. φησὶ γὰρ Στράβων ἐν τῇ εἰρημένῃ “Σωφηνὸς Ἀρσάκης ἔχων τὰ νότια μέρη”. ἀντίκειται δὲ ταύτῃ ἡ Κομμαγηνὴ ὅμορος οὖσα τῇ Μελιτηνῇ.

Sophene: Sophene, a region of those towards Armenia, as Strabo in the eleventh book. But in Arrian Sophanene, with four syllables. The inhabitants Sophenoi. For Strabo says in the aforementioned book: "Arsakes the Sophenian, holding the southern parts". Opposite this lies Commagene, which borders on Melitene.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry	#344
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 597.1
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-21
Word count	38

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 occurrences
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) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON) formula:e1b19e84652cc7be	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form '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... + 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
Gloss	χώρα ἡ gloss:54f628c16aa263ce	region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.