Ὑπερδέξιον - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ὑπερδέξιον, χωρίον Λέσβου, ἐν ᾧ Ζεὺς Ὑπερδέξιος καὶ Ὑπερδεξία Ἀθηνᾶ. ὡς οὖν ἀπὸ τοῦ Βυζαντίου Βυζάντιος, οὕτως παρὰ τὸ Ὑπερδέξιον Ὑπερδέξιος τὸ ἐθνικόν. Νικόλαος δὲ πληθυντικῶς Ὑπερδεξίους φησίν.

Hyperdexios, Hyperdexious (plural form), Hyperdexium, Hyperdexyon, ...+1 more">Hyperdexion: a locality on Lesbos, in which Zeus Hyperdexios and Athena Hyperdexia are worshipped. Accordingly, as 'Byzantios' is from Byzantion, so the ethnonym 'Hyperdexios' derives from the form 'Hyperdexion'. Nikolaos, however, gives 'Hyperdexioi' in the plural.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#38
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 650.13
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-26
Word count	28
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Νικόλαος (Nikolaos)	FGrHist 90 F 88

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὑπερδέξιον	Hyperdexion · place
Λέσβος	Lesbos · place
Ζεύς	Zeus · deity
Ὑπερδέξιος	Hyperdexios · deity
Ὑπερδεξία	Hyperdexia · deity
Ἀθηνᾶ	Athena · deity
Βυζάντιον	Byzantium · place
Βυζάντιος	Byzantios / Byzantine · people
Ὑπερδέξιος	Hyperdexios · people
Ὑπερδέξιον	place · place · explicit · wikidata: Q65121321 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	Just as the ethnic name Βυζάντιος (‘Byzantine’) comes from Βυζάντιον, so the ethnic name Ὑπερδέξιος (‘Hyperdexian’) is formed from Ὑπερδέξιον.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Hyperdexion: a place in Lesbos in which there are Zeus Hyperdexios and Athena Hyperdexia. The divine names are derived from the place name, or at least attest its application, but no further origin of Ὑπερδέξιον is explained.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Nikolaos says that the name is used in the plural, Ὑπερδεξίους (‘Hyperdexians’). This records a grammatical form rather than explaining the name’s origin.

Links

Place links	Hyperdexion
Page scans	vol4_404.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON) formula:e1b19e84652cc7be	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (INFINITIVE denoting an etymology) formula:af28c8e3172cf77e	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	Y (EPITHET) + X (DEITY) formula:e59d8efd6da15c82	Translate as "X Y" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" 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
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χωρίον τό gloss:619c2907ea980b25	locality; point (only in μέσα χωρία: ‘halfway point’) 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.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.