Ὕσκανα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὕσκανα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Ὕσκανα, πόλις Ἰλλυρίδος, οὐδετέρως. Πολύβιος ηʹ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὑσκανεύς, ὡς Ἀδανεύς Τυανεύς.

Hyskana: a city in Illyris; the name is neuter. Polybios, book 8. The ethnonym is 'Hyskaneus', as in 'Adaneus' and 'Tyaneus'.

AI translation — gpt-6.1-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#52
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 653.14
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-26
Word count	12
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6.1-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Πολύβιος (Polybius)	η̅ (8,14b,2)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὕσκανα	Hyscana · place
Ἰλλυρίς	Illyris · place
Ἀδανεύς	Adanaeus · place
Τυανεύς	Tyanaeus · place
Ὕσκανα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q46187190 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The ethnic name is ‘Hyscanean,’ formed in the same way as ‘Adanean’ and ‘Tyanian.’

Links

Place links	Uscana \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol4_412.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 (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	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
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	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 (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
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.

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