Ὑποθῆβαι - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ὑποθῆβαι, τινὲς οὕτως φασὶ τὰς Ποτνίας τῆς Βοιωτίας κεκλῆσθαι. οἱ δὲ πολισμάτιόν τι διὰ τὴν τοῦ τόπου θέσιν οὕτως ὠνομασμένον, ὡς τὴν Ὑποχαλκίδα καλοῦσι διὰ τὸ ὑπὸ τὸ ὄρος τὴν Χαλκίδα κεῖσθαι. πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ μετὰ προθέσεως τόποι, Ἐπικνημίδιοι Ὑπερβόρεοι Παραποτάμιοι Προποντίς Παρωκεανῖται.

Hypothebai: Some say that Potniai in Boiotia is so called. Others say that a certain small town was named thus because of its location, just as they call one place 'Hypochalkis' because Chalkis is situated below the mountain. Many other places also have names formed with prepositions: 'Epiknemidioi', 'Hyperboreoi', 'Parapotamioi', 'Propontis', 'Parokeanitai'.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#41
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 651.7
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-26
Word count	43
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὑποθῆβαι	Hyp Thebes / Sub-Thebes · place
Ποτνιαί	Potniae · place
Βοιωτία	Boeotia · place
Ὑποχαλκίς	Hypochalcis / Sub-Chalcis · place
Χαλκίς	Chalcis · place
Ἐπικνημίδιοι	Epicnemidian Locrians / Epicnemidians · people
Ὑπερβόρεοι	Hyperboreans · people
Παραποτάμιοι	Parapotamians / River-dwellers · people
Προποντίς	Propontis · place
Παρωκεανῖται	Paroceanites / peoples beside Ocean · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	Some say that the Potniai of Boeotia were called ‘Hyp Thebes’ (or that this name was applied to them) in this way.
Morphological Composition	Others say it is a small settlement named so because of the position of the place, just as they call Hypochalcis so because Chalcis lies beneath the mountain.
Morphological Composition	There are also many places whose names contain a preposition: Epiknemidioi, Hyperboreoi, Parapotamioi, Propontis, and Parokeanitai.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (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 · 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + 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
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	κεῖται gloss:ab7a888bea5343a6	is situated Domain: MEASUREMENT & SPACE Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ὄρος ὁ gloss:184051ff413f789d	mountain, mount (X ὄρος = 'Mount X') Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES	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 1.308

char LCS 136 (56.4%) · word LCS 28 (65.1%)

Stephanos

Ὑποθῆβαι, τινὲς οὕτως φασὶ τὰς Ποτνίας τῆς Βοιωτίας κεκλῆσθαι. οἱ δὲ πολισμάτιόν τι διὰ τὴν τοῦ τόπου θέσιν οὕτως ὠνομασμένον, ὡς τὴν Ὑποχαλκίδα καλοῦσι διὰ τὸ ὑπὸ τὸ ὄρος τὴν Χαλκίδα κεῖσθαι. πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ μετὰ προθέσεως τόποι, Ἐπικνημίδιοι Ὑπερβόρεοι Παραποτάμιοι Προποντίς Παρωκεανῖται.

Herodian

…ἰάζων Ἀρίσβαν καλεῖ ἐν πρώτῃ (c. 151). Ἀστελέβη πόλις Λυδίας. Ξάνθος ἐν τετάρτῃ Λυδιακῶν. Κακκάβη. οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο Καρχηδών. τούτῳ δὲ κατὰ τὴν οἰκείαν αὐτῶν λέξιν ἵππου κεφαλὴ δηλοῦται. Ὑποθῆβαι· τινὲς οὕτως φασὶ τὰς Ποντίας τῆς Βοιωτίας κεκλῆσθαι. οἱ δὲ πολισμάτιόν τι διὰ τὴν τοῦ τόπου θέσιν οὕτως ὠνομασμένον, ὡς τὴν Ὑποχαλκίδα καλοῦσι διὰ τὸ ὑπὸ τὸ ὄρος τὴν Χαλκίδα κεῖσθαι. πολλοὶ δὲ μετὰ προθέσεως τόποι, Ἐπικνημίδιοι, Ὑπερβόρεοι, Παραποτάμιοι, Προποντίς, Παρωκεανῖται. κολόβη. Ἀττικοὶ δὲ ὀξύνουσιν. τὸ δὲ ἀμοιβή ὀξύνεται ὡς ἔχον τὴν 'οι' δίφθογγον. Τὰ εἰς 'βη' ἰαμβικὰ κύρια ἢ παρώνυμα βαρύνεται, Ἄβη …