Ἀγαμός - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἀγαμός OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Ἀγαμός, πόλις περὶ Ἡράκλειαν τὴν Ποντικήν. ὠνόμασται δὲ ἀπὸ παλαιᾶς βασιλίδος, ἣ στέρξασα παρθένος καὶ κυνηγὸν καί .... αὐτήν. ὁ πολίτης Ἀγάμιος.

Agamos: a city near Herakleia Pontike. It was named after an ancient queen, who chose to remain a virgin and a huntress, and … her. A citizen is an 'Agamios'.

Text Details

Entry	#27
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 13.11
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-27
Word count	21
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἀγαμός	Agamos · place
Ἡράκλεια	Heraclea · place
Ποντικός	Pontic (of the Pontus) · other
Ἀγάμιος	Agamios · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	It was named after an ancient queen, who, having fallen in love while still a virgin with a hunter, and [with/…] herself [the text is corrupt or incomplete].

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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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences

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.