Λητοῦς - Stephanos Ethnika

Λητοῦς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

Λητοῦς, πόλις Αἰγύπτου. ἔστι δὲ μοῖρα Μέμφιδος, καθ´ ἣν αἱ πυραμίδες. Λητοῦς ἱερόν. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τρίτῳ περὶ Αἰγύπτου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λητοπολίτης· οὕτως γὰρ Πολύστρατος καὶ Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς λεγόμενος ἀναγράφει.

Letous: a city in Egypt. It is a part of Memphis where the pyramids are. A sanctuary of Leto. Alexander, in book 3 of his On Egypt. The ethnonym is 'Letopolites'; for this is how Polystratos and Apollonios, who is called the high priest, record it.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#50
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 414.1
OCR	unknown
Word count	29
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander)	Περὶ Αἰγύπτου · FGrHist 273 F 7

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Αἴγυπτος	Egypt · place · corrected · Q11768
Μέμφις	Memphis · place
Λητώ	Leto · deity · corrected · Q1013648
Λητοπολίτης	Letopolites (inhabitant of Letopolis) · people
Πολύστρατος	Polystratos · person
Ἀπολλώνιος	Apollonios · person
Λητοῦς	place · explicit · wikidata: Q1013648 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	A sanctuary (temple) of Leto. The ethnicon is 'Lētopolítēs' (i.e. inhabitants called after Leto); thus Polýstratos and Apollōnios the high priest are recorded with that name.

Links

Place links	Letopolis \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · medium 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
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	μοῖρα ἡ gloss:f14779ed84e09347	region or part (in geographic contexts); district (in urban contexts only) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · medium 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.