Ἀβάκαινον

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Ἀβάκαινον, πόλις Σικελίας, οὐδετέρως καὶ προπαροξυτόνως καὶ ἡ παραλήγουσα διὰ διφθόγγου, ὡς Ἡρωδιανὸς ἐν τρισκαιδεκάτῳ περὶ οὐδετέρων. λέγει δ´ εἶναι πόλιν Καρικήν, ἣν εὑρεῖν οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν. Σικελῶν δὲ μοῖρά τίς ἐστι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀβακαινῖνος, ὡς Ἀκραγαντῖνος, ὃ οὐκ ἄηθες Σικελῶν, Μεταποντῖνος Λεοντῖνος Βρεντεσῖνος Τερεντῖνος Ἀρρητῖνος Ἀσσωρῖνος Ἐρυκῖνος.

Abakainon: a city in Sicily, neuter, with an acute on the antepenult and with the penult written with a diphthong, as per Herodian, in book 13 of his On Neuters. He says that it is a Karian city, which we have not been able to find. It is, however, a particular region of the Sikels. The ethnonym is 'Abakaininos', as in 'Akragantinos', a formation that is not unusual among the Sikels: 'Metapontinos', 'Leontinos', 'Brentesinos', 'Terentinos', 'Arretinos', 'Assorinos', 'Erykinos'.

Text Details

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Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 2.11
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-27
Word count47
AI translationgpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἡρωδιανός (Herodian)Περὶ οὐδετέρων · (1,382,23)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἈβάκαινονAbacaenum · place
ΣικελίαSicily · place
ΚαρικήCaria(n) · place
ΣικελοίSicilians · people
ἈβακαινῖνοςAbacainenian · other
ἈκραγαντῖνοςAcragantine · other
ΣικελοίSicilians · people
ΜεταποντῖνοςMetapontine · other
ΛεοντῖνοςLeontine · other
ΒρεντεσῖνοςBrundisian · other
ΤαραντῖνοςTarentine · other
ἈρρητῖνοςArretine · other
ἈσσωρῖνοςAssorine · other
ἘρυκῖνοςErycine · other
Ἀβάκαινονplace · explicit · wikidata: Q1238713 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear MetalinguisticHe says that it is a Carian city, but we were not able to find it.

Links

Place linksAbacaenum | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
Formulaτὸ 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
FormulaΧ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e
Translate as "X, in book Y of his *Z*"
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + 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
Formulaὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME)
formula:f22af8012162d222
Translate as 'as per X, in book Y of his *Z*'
Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formulaὡς + 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
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossμοῖρα ἡ
gloss:f14779ed84e09347
region or part (in geographic contexts); district (in urban contexts only)
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossπαραλήγω (παραλήγουσα ἡ, παραληγόμενα τά)
gloss:98ac2508e432827d
be next to the end (ἡ π. second last syllable: penult; τὰ π. )
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC
Rule status: In progress		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossπροπαροξύνω
gloss:73cd528e5d0d8546
accent with acute on the antepenult
Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC		Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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Herodian overlaps

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Last updated: 2026-07-12 10:23:37 UTC