Ὕβα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὕβα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

village

Ὕβα, οὕτως ὁ δῆμος τῆς Λεοντίδος φυλῆς. τινὲς δὲ τὸν δῆμον Ὑβάδαι λέγουσι. τὰ τοπικὰ ἐξ Ὑβαδῶν εἰς Ὑβαδῶν ἐν Ὑβαδῶν.

Hyba: so named is the deme of the Leontis tribe. Some call the deme 'Hybadai'. The locative terms are 'from Hybadai', 'to Hybadai', 'in Hybadai'.

Text Details

Entry	#8
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 644.19
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-26
Word count	21
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὕβα	Hyba · place
Λεοντίς	Leontis · place
Ὑβάδαι	Hybadae · people
Ὑβάδαι	of the Hybadae / Hybae · people
Ὑβάδαι	of the Hybadae / Hybae · people
Ὑβάδαι	of the Hybadae / Hybae · people
Ὕβα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q13465112 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	“Hyba: thus [is called] the deme of the Leontid tribe. Some, however, call the deme Hybadai. The local forms are: from/by Hybades, to Hybades, in Hybades.” The passage identifies variant forms of the place-name but does not explain its origin.

Links

Place links	Hybadai \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol4_390.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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
Gloss	δῆμος ὁ gloss:e4ad995bede3b3b3	deme Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	τοπικά τά gloss:dc551500540a4364	locative term Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	φυλή ἡ gloss:d443eaa1b875776d	tribe Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL 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 1.252

char LCS 50 (54.3%) · word LCS 10 (47.6%)

Stephanos

Ὕβα, οὕτως ὁ δῆμος τῆς Λεοντίδος φυλῆς. τινὲς δὲ τὸν δῆμον Ὑβάδαι λέγουσι. τὰ τοπικὰ ἐξ Ὑβαδῶν εἰς Ὑβαδῶν ἐν Ὑβαδῶν.

Herodian

…βα πόλις τῆς τῶν Σολύμων γῆς, ἣν Φίλων Ὀλβίαν Παμφυλίας φησίν. Ῥάβα πόλις πρὸς τῷ Ἰονίῳ κόλπῳ. Νόμβα πόλις τῆς Ἰουδαίας. Ἰώσηπος ἕκτῳ τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας ( 12, 1 et 4). Κύρβα πόλις Κρήτης ἡ ὕστερον Ἱεράπυτνα, Ὕβα δῆμος τῆς Λεοντίδος φυλῆς. τινὲς δὲ τὸν δῆμον Ὑβάδαι λέγουσι. Δόλβα πόλις τῆς Ἀδιαβηνῆς. Ἀρριανὸς γʹ Παρθικῶν. Γάβα πόλις Γαλιλαίας. Ἰώσηπος πέμπτῳ Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας (c. 2). Γάββα πόλις Συρίας. Θίβα μία τῶν Ἀμαζόνων ὑφ´ Ἡρακλέους ἀναιρεθεισῶν, ὅθεν ἐκλήθη Θιβαΐς τόπος πρὸς τ…