Λίβυς - Stephanos Ethnika

Λίβυς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

Λίβυς, κύριον, κλίνεται Λίβυος, ἀφ´ οὗ Λιβύη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λίβυς Λίβυσσα Λίβυ, Λιβυκός Λιβυκή, καὶ Λιβύστιον, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ Λίβυστος τοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ Λίβυος ὄντος κατὰ πλεονασμόν. καὶ Λιβυστῖνον καὶ Λιβυστῖνος καὶ Λιβυστίνη, καὶ Λιβυστιάς καὶ Λιβυστίς, καὶ Λιβυσσαία ἀπὸ τοῦ Λίβυσσα. καὶ κτητικὸν “Λιβυστικὰς πλάκας” Λυκόφρων, ὅ τινες διὰ τοῦ « γ » γράφουσι κακῶς.

Libys: a proper name, declined 'Libyos', from which Libya. The ethnonym Libys Libyssa Liby, Libykos Libyke, and Libystion, as from 'Libystos', which is from 'Libyos' by pleonasm. And Libystinon and Libystinos and Libystine, and Libystias and Libystis, and Libyssaia from 'Libyssa'. And the possessive, "Libystian plains", Lykophron, which some write wrongly with 'g'.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry	#56
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 415.12
OCR	unknown
Word count	53

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Λυκόφρων (Lycophron)	(648)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Λίβυς	Libya / Libyan · place · corrected · Q121890650
Λίβυσσα	Libyssa / Libyan (fem.) · people · corrected · Q65088659
Λίβυς	Liby (variant) · people · corrected · Q121890650
Λιβυκός	Libyan (adj.) · other
Λιβυκή	Libyan (fem. adj.) · other
Λιβύστιον	Libystion (ethnic/diminutive) · other
Λίβυτος	Libytos (personal name / eponym) · person
Λίβυος	Libyos (variant eponym) · person
Λιβυστῖνος	Libystinus (ethnic) · people
Λιβυτόντιον	Libytondion (form) · other
Λιβυστίδας	Libystidas (ethnic/form) · people
Λιβυστίς	Libystis (ethnic/form) · people
Λιβυσκοτάς	Libyskotai (ethnic plural) · people
Λίβυθος	Libythos (variant) · person

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	'Libystion, as from (ἀπὸ) the Λίβυτος, which itself is from Λίβυος, by pleonasm' — i.e. the form is derived from Λίβυτος (ultimately from Λίβυος), an example of morphological formation/redundant derivation.
Morphological Composition	'Libyscotás from (ἀπὸ) the Λίβυθος' — the name (or form) is derived from Λίβυθος.

Links

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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	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 · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.152

char LCS 50 (17.8%) · word LCS 10 (18.5%)

Stephanos

…σα Λίβυ, Λιβυκός Λιβυκή, καὶ Λιβύστιον, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ Λίβυστος τοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ Λίβυος ὄντος κατὰ πλεονασμόν. καὶ Λιβυστῖνον καὶ Λιβυστῖνος καὶ Λιβυστίνη, καὶ Λιβυστιάς καὶ Λιβυστίς, καὶ Λιβυσσαία ἀπὸ τοῦ Λίβυσσα. καὶ κτητικὸν “Λιβυστικὰς πλάκας” Λυκόφρων, ὅ τινες διὰ τοῦ « γ » γράφουσι κακῶς.

Herodian

…ὴν διὰ τὴν εὐφωνίαν. Ταυρικός, βαρβαρικός, Γαδειρικός Εὔπολις ἐν Μαρικᾷ «πότερον ἦν τὸ τάριχος Φρύγιον ἢ Γαδειρικόν». Ἑλληνικός, Ἑλλαδικός. Καρικός. Ἡρόδοτος ἐν πρώτῃ (c. 171) «τὸ Καρικὸν ἔθνος δοκιμώτατον». Λιβυστικός «Λιβυστικὰς πλάκας» Λυκόφρων (v. 648), ὅ τινες διὰ τοῦ 'γ' γράφουσι κακῶς. Μηδικός «ὁ Μηδικὸς ὀπός». Στράβων «φέρει δὲ σίλφιον ἡ χώρα, ἀφ´ ἧς ὁ Μηδικὸς καλούμενος ὀπός, οὐ πολὺ λειπόμενος τοῦ Κυρηναϊκοῦ». Πελασγικός «Πελασγικὸν Ἄργος ἔναιον» (Β 681). ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἐν Ἀθήναις τεῖχος «Πελαργικόν»…