Τάβις - Stephanos Ethnika

Τάβις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Τάβις, πόλις Ἀραβίας. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Αἰγύπτου. ὁ πολίτης Ταβηνός.

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Text Details

Entry	#4
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 597.22
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-22
Word count	9

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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 · 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

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.86

char LCS 43 (74.1%) · word LCS 6 (66.7%)

Stephanos

Τάβις, πόλις Ἀραβίας. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Αἰγύπτου. ὁ πολίτης Ταβηνός.

Herodian

… λαβίς παρὰ τὸ λαβή καὶ ἐπιθετικὰ οἷον Λεσβίς καὶ ἐκτείνοντα τὸ 'ι' οἷον βαλβίς· τὰ δὲ μὴ οὕτως ἔχοντα βαρύνεται, ἶβις, Ἄρβις ποταμὸς Ἰνδικῆς καὶ ἔθνος· λέγεται δὲ καὶ Ἄραβις. Νίβις πόλις Αἰγύπτου, Φλέγων ρμʹ Ὀλυμπιάδι, Τάβις πόλις Ἀραβίας. Ἑκαταῖος περιηγήσει Αἰγύπτου. Νάρβις Ἰλλυρίας πόλις. Ζόμβις πόλις τῆς Μηδίας. Χέμβις νῆσος ἐν Βουτοῖ, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος ἐν περιηγήσει Αἰγύπτου «ἐν Βουτοῖ περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τῆς Λητοῦς ἐστι νῆσος Χέμβις ὄνομα, ἱρὴ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος· ἔστι δὲ ἡ νῆσος μεταρσίη καὶ πε…