Τελχίς - Stephanos Ethnika

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Τελχίς, πόλις Αἰθιοπίας πρὸς τῇ Λιβύῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν τῷ μὲν ἔθει τῆς χώρας Τελχίτης, τῷ δὲ κοινῷ χαρακτῆρι Τελχίνιος, ἀπὸ τῆς γενικῆς, ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἡ Κρήτη Τελχινία ἐλέγετο καὶ οἱ Κρῆτες Τελχῖνες. λέγονται καὶ τελχῖνες θηλυκῶς αἱ ὑπὸ πληγῆς εἰς θάνατον καταφοραί. Τελχινία δὲ καὶ ἡ Σικυὼν ἐκαλεῖτο. καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Τελχίνιος.

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Text Details

Entry	#81
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 614.4
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-23
Word count	52

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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 · 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 ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form '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 · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near 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 · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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

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Herodian 1.17

char LCS 48 (18.5%) · word LCS 9 (17.3%)

Stephanos

Τελχίς, πόλις Αἰθιοπίας πρὸς τῇ Λιβύῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν τῷ μὲν ἔθει τῆς χώρας Τελχίτης, τῷ δὲ κοινῷ χαρακτῆρι Τελχίνιος, ἀπὸ τῆς γενικῆς, ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἡ Κρήτη Τελχινία ἐλέγετο καὶ οἱ Κρῆτες Τελχῖνες. λέγονται καὶ τελχῖνες θηλυκῶς αἱ ὑπὸ πληγῆς εἰς θάνατον καταφοραί. Τελχινία δὲ καὶ ἡ Σικυὼν ἐκαλεῖτο. καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Τελχίνιος.

Herodian

… ὁμοφώνως, τέρην, Θέρην ποταμός, περπέρην. Τὰ εἰς 'ιν' δικατάληκτα ἁπλᾶ μὲν ὀξύνεται, δελφίν καὶ δελφίς, Τελχίν καὶ Τελχίς. Τελχῖνες δὲ ἐλέγοντο οἱ Κρῆτες. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ φθονεροὶ δαίμονες οἰκήσαντες τὴν Ῥόδον· λέγονται δὲ καὶ Τελχῖνες θηλυκῶς αἱ ὑπὸ πληγῆς εἰς θάνατον καταφοραί· ἔστι δὲ καὶ Τελχίς πόλις Αἰθιοπίας πρὸς τῇ Λιβύῃ. Σαλαμίν καὶ Σαλαμίς, Ἐλευσίν καὶ Ἐλευσίς δῆμος τῆς Ἱπποθοωντίδος φυλῆς, ἀκτίν καὶ ἀκτίς. Τούτοις ὅμοιον καὶ τὸ Ἀβοριγῖνες ἔθνος Ἰταλικόν, ὡς Ἰόβας ἐν Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἱστορίας …