Ἀγαθοῦ δαίμονος

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island

Ἀγαθοῦ δαίμονος, νῆσος ἐν τῇ Ἰνδικῇ θαλάσσῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν κατὰ τέχνην ἐξ Ἀγαθοῦ δαίμονος, διὰ τὸ ἄπορον.

Agathou Daimonos: an island in the Indian Ocean. According to the grammatical rule, the ethnonym is ‘from Agathos Daimon’, because a derived form is impracticable.

Text Details

Entry	#22
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 11.20
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-27
Word count	17
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἀγαθὸς Δαίμων	Agathos Daimon (Good Spirit) · deity
Ἰνδική	India · place

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The ethnic name is formed artificially from “Agathos Daimon,” because the [usual derivation/name formation] is impossible or unavailable.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 3 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 · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κατὰ τέχνην; ἐκ τῆς τέχνης gloss:3413cbe76a6e6b70	according to the grammatical rule; from the grammatical rule Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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