Μάζαινα

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Μάζαινα, πόλις Παλαιστίνης, ἀπὸ Μαζαίνου. οἱ πολῖται Μαζαινηνοί.

Mazaina: a city in Palaistine, named after Mazainos. The citizens are 'Mazainenoi'.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry#12
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 425.16
OCRunknown
Word count7
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΠαλαιστίνηPalestine · place · corrected · Q23792
ΜαζαῖνοςMazainos · person
ΜαζαιννόςMazainni (inhabitants of Mazainos) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Person(named) from Mazainos; the citizens are called Mazainnoi

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
FormulaX (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
Formulaὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN)
formula:bcd70ae781e7b205
Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + 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
Glossπολίτης ὁ
gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb
citizen
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.257
char LCS 34 (64.2%) · word LCS 5 (62.5%)
Stephanos
Μάζαινα, πόλις Παλαιστίνης, ἀπὸ Μαζαίνου. οἱ πολῖται Μαζαινηνοί.
Herodian
…όλις Μιναίων ἔθνους πλησίον Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης. Ἄμμανα πόλις Συρίας ἡ ὕστερον Ἀστάρτη. Μάργανα πόλις τῆς Ἰνδικῆς. ἔστι καὶ Μαργάναι πληθυντικῶς. τρίαινα, μύραινα εἶδος θαλασσίου θηρίου. Ζύγαινα νῆσος ἐν τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ. Μάζαινα πόλις Παλαιστίνης ἀπὸ Μαζαίνου. Δρύαινα πόλις Κιλικίας κτίσμα Δρυαίνου ὡς Σκύθαινα, Κηρύκαινα, Δύμαινα. Εὐφορίων »δαίμων ἀντιάσαιτο φιλοπλοκάμοισι Δυμαίναις«. Φίδηνα καὶ Φιδήνη πόλις Ἀλβανῶν. Σάλωνα πόλις Ἐρετρίας. Μόργυνα πόλις Σικελῶν. Φίλιστος δευ…

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