Ταρκυνία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ταρκυνία, πόλις Τυρρηνίδος, ἀπὸ Τάρκωνος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ταρκύνιος ἢ καὶ Ταρκυνιεύς, ὡς Δουλιχιεύς καὶ Βουπρασιεύς, ποτὲ δὲ καὶ Ταρκυνῖται. εἰσὶ καὶ Ταρκυναῖοι ἔθνος Ὑπερβορέων, παρ´ οἷς οἱ γρῦπες τὸν χρυσὸν φυλάσσουσιν, ὡς Ἱεροκλῆς ἐν τοῖς φιλίστορσιν.

Tarkynia: a city in Tyrrhenis, named after Tarkon. The ethnonym is 'Tarkynios', or also 'Tarkynieus' (as in 'Doulichieus' and 'Bouprasieus'), and sometimes 'Tarkynitai'. There are also the Tarkynaioi, a people of the Hyperboreans, among whom the griffins guard the gold, as per Hierokles in his Philistores.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#31
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 603.21
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-22
Word count	36
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἱεροκλῆς (Hierocles)	Φιλίστορσιν (Philistories) · FHG IV 430 F 3
Φιλίστοροι (Philistories)	Philistories · FHG IV 430 F 3

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ταρκυνία	Tarquinia · place
Τυρρηνίς	Tyrrhenia/Etruria · place
Τάρκων	Tarquon · person
Ταρκύνιος	Tarquinian · people
Ταρκυνιεύς	Tarquinian · people
Ταρκυνίτης	Tarquinian(s) · people
Ταρκυναῖος	Tarqunaeans · people
Ὑπερβόρειοι	Hyperboreans · people
Ταρκυνία	place · explicit · wikidata: Q3515797 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	from Tάρκων (Tarquon/Tarcon); the city Tarkynia was named after him.

Links

Place links	Tarquinia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol4_290.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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	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	Χ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e	*Translate as "X, in book Y of his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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

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