Ὕδρα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὕδρα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

Ὕδρα, νῆσος Λιβύης περὶ Καρχηδόνα, ὡς Ἔφορος πέμπτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὑδραῖος ἢ Ὑδράτης.

Hydra: an island of Libya near Karchedon, as per Ephoros, book 5. The ethnonym is 'Hydraios' or 'Hydrates'.

AI translation — gpt-5.5; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#15
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 645.21
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-26
Word count	13
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἔφορος (Ephorus)	FGrHist 70 F 51

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὕδρα	Hydra · place
Λιβύη	Libya · place
Καρχηδών	Carthage · place
Ὑδραῖος	Hydraean · people
Ὑδράτης	Hydratian · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	“Hydra: an island of Libya near Carthage, according to Ephorus (book 5, FGrHist 70 F 51). The ethnic name is Hydrāios or Hydratēs.” The passage identifies the place and its ethnic derivative but does not explain the origin of the name Hydra.

Links

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 (nominative AUTHOR NAME)... + ὡς αὐτός formula:4caae33810f40dfa	Translate as "X... as per X." Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 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	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.264

char LCS 38 (57.6%) · word LCS 7 (53.8%)

Stephanos

Ὕδρα, νῆσος Λιβύης περὶ Καρχηδόνα, ὡς Ἔφορος πέμπτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὑδραῖος ἢ Ὑδράτης.

Herodian

…ς ῥῖνας ἀκρωτηριασμένων οὕτω καλουμένη«. Βαλβέρουρα· οὕτως τινὲς Ἰνδικὴν πόλιν Ἰβηρίας φασίν, μεθ´ ὧν καὶ δίφουρα ἡ γέφυρα. Τὰ εἰς 'ρα' μονογενῆ μετ´ ἐπιπλοκῆς συμφώνου παροξύνεται καὶ μακρὸν ἔχει τὸ 'α', ὕδρα· ἔστι καὶ νῆσος Λιβύης περὶ Καρχηδόνα, ὡς Ἔφορος πέμπτῳ. πέτρα· ἔστι καὶ πόλις Παλαιστίνης. λέπρα, ῥήτρα ἡ συνθήκη »ἀλλά γε νῦν ῥήτρην ποιησόμεθα« (ξ 393). φαρέτρα, γάστρα, μήτρα, φρήτρα, φράτρα καὶ φάτρα, μίτρα ἡ ζώνη· Ὅμηρος »μίτρης θ´ ἣν ἐφόρειν« (Δ 137), λίτρα, χύτρα, αἴ…