Τάμασος - Stephanos Ethnika

Τάμασος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Τάμασος, πόλις Κύπρου, ἐν μεσογείᾳ, διάφορον ἔχουσα χαλκόν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ταμασίτης, καὶ Ταμάσιος ὡς Ἐφέσιος Θάσιος. ἐντεῦθέν τινες γράφουσιν “ἐς Τάμασιν μετὰ χαλκόν”. ἀπιθάνως. ἔστι γὰρ καὶ Ταμέση πόλις τῆς Ἰταλίας καὶ ποταμός. Πολύβιος δ´ ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ Τεμέσειαν τὴν πόλιν καλεῖ. τὸ ταύτης ἐθνικὸν Τεμεσαῖος.

Tamasos: a city in Cyprus, inland, possessing notable copper. The ethnonym is 'Tamasites', and also 'Tamasios' as in 'Ephesios', 'Thasios'. Hence some write 'to Tamasin for copper'. Implausibly: for there is also Tamese, a city in Italy, and a river. Polybios in book 1 calls the city Temeseia. The ethnonym from this is 'Temesaios'.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#10
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 599.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-22
Word count	47
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Πολύβιος (Polybius)	13.10.3

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Τάμασος	Tamasus · place
Κύπρος	Cyprus · place
Ταμασίτης	Tamasite · people
Ταμάσιος	Tamasian · people
Ἐφέσιος	Ephesian · people
Θάσιος	Thasian · people
Ταμάση	Tamasa · place
Ταμέση	Tamesa · place
Ἰταλία	Italy · place
Tamasos in Cyprus	place · city · Cyprus, inland · explicit · unresolved
Tamese in Italy	place · city · Italy · explicit · unresolved
Tamese river in Italy	place · river · Italy · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Some people consequently write “to Tamasis for bronze” ... improbably. For there is also a city of Italy called Tamesē and a river; and Polybius calls the city Temeseia.

Links

Place links	Tamassos \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol4_278.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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	Y (EPITHET) + X (DEITY) formula:e59d8efd6da15c82	Translate as "X Y" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.341

char LCS 31 (12.6%) · word LCS 7 (15.2%)

Stephanos

…ρου, ἐν μεσογείᾳ, διάφορον ἔχουσα χαλκόν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ταμασίτης, καὶ Ταμάσιος ὡς Ἐφέσιος Θάσιος. ἐντεῦθέν τινες γράφουσιν “ἐς Τάμασιν μετὰ χαλκόν”. ἀπιθάνως. ἔστι γὰρ καὶ Ταμέση πόλις τῆς Ἰταλίας καὶ ποταμός. Πολύβιος δ´ ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ Τεμέσειαν τὴν πόλιν καλεῖ. τὸ ταύτης ἐθνικὸν Τεμεσαῖος.

Herodian

…ς λεγομένη νῆσος Ὠνεανῖτις. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη χερρόνησος τῆς Ἰνδικῆς Χρυσῆ καλουμένη. Γενέση πόλις Λακωνικῆς. Τεμέση πόλις Ἰταλίας καὶ ποταμός. Ὅμηρος »ἐς Τεμέσην μετὰ χαλκόν, ἄγω δ´ αἴθωνα σίδηρον« (Od. α 184). Πολύβιος δὲ ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ Τεμέσειαν τὴν πόλιν καλεῖ. Ἀγχίση πόλις Ἰταλίας ἀπὸ τοῦ προπάτορος Ἀγχίσου, ὡς Διονύσιος ἐν πρώτῃ περὶ Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας. τὸ λισσή ὀξύνεται »ἔστι δέ τις λισσὴ αἰπεῖά