Λίβυσσα - Stephanos Ethnika

Λίβυσσα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

Λίβυσσα, φρούριον Βιθυνίας ἐπιθαλάσσιον, ὡς πολυίστωρ Ἀλέξανδρος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λιβυσσαῖος.

Libyssa: a coastal fort of Bithynia, as Alexander Polyhistor. The ethnonym Libyssaios.

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	#57
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 416.1
OCR	unknown
Word count	9

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Βιθυνία	Bithynia · place · corrected · Q373189
Ἀλέξανδρος	Alexander · person · corrected · Q441138
Λιβυσσόσιος	Libyssosios (ethnic name) · people
Λίβυσσα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q65088659 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnicon (demonym) is 'Libyssosios'.

Links

Place links	Libyssa \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 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	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 1.268

char LCS 49 (65.3%) · word LCS 6 (60.0%)

Stephanos

Λίβυσσα, φρούριον Βιθυνίας ἐπιθαλάσσιον, ὡς πολυίστωρ Ἀλέξανδρος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λιβυσσαῖος.

Herodian

…καὶ τὰ παρεσχηματισμένα, Μάκεσσα, Θρέϊσσα, Ἀράβισσα, Αἰθιόπισσα, Καππαδόκισσα, πανδόκισσα, Φοίνισσα, Κίλισσα, βασίλισσα, Ἀρκάδισσα, Καβάλισσα ἡ Καβαλίς, ὁ πολυίστωρ Ἀλέξανδρος, Μολύκρισσα, Κούρισσα, Λίβυσσα. ἔστι δὲ καὶ φρούριον Βιθυνίας ἐπιθαλάσσιον, ὡς πολυίστωρ Ἀλέξανδρος. Βέβρυσσα. τὰ δὲ παραλήγοντα τῇ 'ου', εἰ μὲν ἔχοιεν ἓν 'σ', προπαροξύνεται· Φαέθουσα θυγάτηρ Ἡλίου, Ἀρέθουσα, κρήνη Σικελίας. αὕτη Κυπάρα ἐλέγετο. ἔστι καὶ Ἰθάκης »πὰρ Κόρακος πέτρῃ ἐπί τε κρήνῃ Ἀρεθούσῃ. Ὅμηρος (Od. ν …