Τάξιλα

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Τάξιλα, πόλις Ἰνδική. Στράβων ιεʹ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ταξιλίτης τῷ τῆς χώρας τύπῳ καὶ Ταξιληνός, τῷ δὲ παρ´ ἡμῖν Ταξιλεύς.

Taxila: a city in India. Strabo, book 15. The ethnonyms according to the pattern of the region are 'Taxilites' and 'Taxilenos'; according to our pattern, 'Taxileus'.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#23
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 602.8
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-22
Word count	19
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	15.1.28 (C 698,8)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Τάξιλα	Taxila · place
Ἰνδική	India/Indian (here: Indian, modifying πόλις) · place
Ταξιλίτης	Taxilite · people
Ταξιληνός	Taxilenian · people
Ταξιλεύς	Taxilean · people
Τάξιλα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q156093 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnic form is Taxilites, following the form used for the country, and also Taxilenos; among us, however, it is Taxileus.

Links

Place links	Taxila \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol4_284.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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	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	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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences