Τάμνα - Stephanos Ethnika

Τάμνα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Τάμνα, πόλις Ἀραβική, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ πολυίστωρ. ὁ πολίτης Ταμνίτης.

Tamna: an Arabian city, as per Alexander the Polyhistor. The citizen is 'Tamnites'.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#13
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 600.4
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-22
Word count	10
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ πολυΐστωρ (Alexander the Polyhistor)	FGrHist 273 F 133

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Τάμνα	Tamna · place
Ἀραβία	Arabia / Arabian · place
Ταμνίτης	Tamnite · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Tamna: an Arabian city, according to Alexander the polymath.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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) + 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	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" 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	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen 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 1.256

char LCS 39 (70.9%) · word LCS 7 (70.0%)

Stephanos

Τάμνα, πόλις Ἀραβική, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ πολυίστωρ. ὁ πολίτης Ταμνίτης.

Herodian

…φανῆναι τῇ Λητοῖ τὴν Δῆλον. Μάγνα νῆσος Λιβυκή. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τρίτῳ Λιβυκῶν, ἣ κατὰ τὴν τῶν Λιβύων φωνὴν Σαμαθώ, ὅ ἐστι μεγάλη. Πύδνα πόλις Μακεδονίας. Θάμνα πόλις Παλαιστίνης. Ἰώσηπος πέμπτῳ Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἱστορίας (c. 10). Τάμνα πόλις Ἀραβική, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ πολυίστωρ. Σμύρνα πόλις Ἰωνίας ἀπὸ Σμύρνης Ἀμαζόνος κατεχούσης τὴν Ἔφεσον, ἣ καὶ Σμύρνα ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπ´ αὐτῆς. Σύρνα πόλις Καρίας. Ἄρνα πόλις Λυκίας. οὕτω γὰρ ἡ Ξάνθος ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ Ἄρνου τοῦ καταπολεμήσαντος Πρωτόγονον. Πύτνα πόλις …