Ἀγκυρῶν - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἀγκυρῶν, πόλις, Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τρισκαιδεκάτῳ Αἰγυπτιακῶν. ὠνόμασται δὲ οὕτως, ἐπειδὴ λιθίνας ἔτεμνον αἷς κατεχρῶντο ἀγκύρας ἐκ τῆς παρακειμένης λατομίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ἡ τέχνη ἐκ τοῦ Αἰγυπτίων ἔθους. ὡς γὰρ Κυνῶν πόλις Κυνοπολίτης, Λεόντων πόλις Λεοντοπολίτης, Λύκων πόλις Λυκοπολίτης, Λάτων πόλις Λατοπολίτης, οὕτως Ἀγκυρῶν [πόλις] Ἀγκυροπολίτης.

Ankyron: a city in Egypt, as per Alexander, in book 13 of his Aigyptiaka. It was so named because they cut stone anchors, which they used, from the adjacent quarry. The formation of the ethnonym follows Egyptian custom: for just as 'Kynopolites' is from Kynon polis, 'Leontopolites' from Leonton polis, 'Lykopolites' from Lykon polis, and 'Latopolites' from Laton polis, so 'Ankyropolites' is from Ankyron [polis].

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Text Details

Entry	#35
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 18.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-28
Word count	52
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander)	Αἰγυπτιακά (Egyptian Matters) · FGrHist 273 F 10
Αἰγυπτιακά (Egyptian Matters)	Egyptian Matters · FGrHist 273 F 10

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἄγκυρα	Ankyra (the place-name underlying “of Ankyras”) · place
Αἴγυπτος	Egypt · place
Αἰγύπτιος	Egyptians · people
Κῦνος	Kynos (the place-name underlying “of Kynos”) · place
Κυνοπολίτης	Cynopolite · people
Λέων	Leōn (the place-name underlying “of Leōn”) · place
Λεοντοπολίτης	Leontopolite · people
Λύκος	Lykos (the place-name underlying “of Lykos”) · place
Λυκοπολίτης	Lycopolite · people
Λάτων	Laton (the place-name underlying “of Laton”) · place
Λατοπολίτης	Latopolite · people
Ἀγκυροπολίτης	Ankyropolite · people
Ἀγκυρῶν	place · explicit · pleiades: 736888 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Folk Etymology Narrative	It was named this way because they cut stone columns from the adjacent quarry, which they used as anchors.
Morphological Composition	The ethnic name is formed according to Egyptian usage. Just as Cynonpolis has the ethnic name Cynopolites, Leontonpolis Leontopolites, Lykonpolis Lykopolites, and Latonpolis Latopolites, so Ankyrōnpolis has Ankyropolites.

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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 (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 8 occurrences
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 · 3 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 · 5 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	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 · 1 scan row · 5 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	Χ (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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + 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
Formula	ὡς + 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
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 · 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

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Herodian 1.262

char LCS 30 (10.1%) · word LCS 5 (10.6%)

Stephanos

Ἀγκυρῶν, πόλις, Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τρισκαιδεκάτῳ Αἰγυπτιακῶν. ὠνόμασται δὲ οὕτως, ἐπειδὴ λιθίνας ἔτεμνον αἷς κατεχρῶντο ἀγκύρας ἐκ τῆς παρακειμένης λατομίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ἡ τέχνη ἐκ τοῦ Αἰγυπτίων ἔθους. ὡς γὰρ Κυνῶν πόλις Κυνοπολίτης, Λεόντων πόλις Λεοντοπολίτ…

Herodian

ἔστι καὶ πόλις Βοιωτίας, τινὲς δὲ τοὺς αὐτοὺς εἶναι καὶ Ταναγραίους φασίν, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος καὶ Στράβων. Τέντυρα, πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τρίτῳ Αἰγυπτιακῶν. λέγεται καὶ Τέντυρις. Τίμυρα πόλις περὶ Ἰσαυρίαν. ὄλυρα. γόργυρα καὶ Γόργυρα τόπος ἐν Σάμῳ, ὡς ἱστορεῖ Δοῦρις, Θεμίσκυρα πόλις, ἥ ἐστιν ἀντίον Θερμώδοντος, καὶ ἡ χώρα. Ἴμυρα πόλις Φοινίκης. Κόσσυρα Λιβύης…