Τάμβραξ - Stephanos Ethnika

Τάμβραξ OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Τάμβραξ, πόλις Παρθυαίων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ταμβράκιος, διὰ δὲ τὴν χώραν Ταμβρακηνός.

Tambrax: a city of the Parthyaioi. The ethnonym is 'Tambrakios', but in reference to the territory, 'Tambrakenos'.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#11
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 599.12
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-22
Word count	11
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Τάμβραξ	Tambrax · place
Πάρθυαι	Parthians · people
Ταμβράκιος	Tambρακian (inhabitant of Tambrax) · people
Ταμβρακηνός	Tambρακian (of the region of Tambrax) · other
Τάμβραξ	place · explicit · wikidata: Q138507716 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Tambrax, a city of the Parthians.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Its ethnic name is Tambrakios, but in reference to the territory it is Tambrakenos.

Links

Place links	Tambrax
Page scans	vol4_278.jpg
Review	Open review page

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 · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
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	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
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
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

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

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