Ἄγυλλα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Ἄγυλλα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Ἄγυλλα, πόλις Τυρρηνίας. Λυκόφρων “Ἄγυλλαν Αὐσονῖτιν εἰσεκώμασεν”. ἔστι δὲ κτίσμα τῶν ἐκ Θετταλίας Πελασγῶν, μετωνομάσθη δὲ Καῖρε. Θετταλῶν γὰρ κρατούντων τῆς πόλεως προσελθών τις τῶν ἀπὸ Λυδίας μετοικησάντων Τυρρηνῶν ἠρώτα τί ἂν εἴη τὸ ὄνομα τῆς πόλεως, τὶς δὲ ἀντὶ τῆς ἀποκρίσεως τὸ χαῖρε εἶπεν· ὅθεν Τυρρηνοὶ κρατήσαντες Καῖρε προσηγόρευσαν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Καιρετανοί, ὡς Στράβων. ὁ πολίτης Ἀγυλλαῖος. Ῥιανὸς δὲ Ἀγύλλιον εἶπε χαλκόν.

Caere (also written Caere/Cære)">Agylla, a city in Tyrrhenia. Lykophron: ‘He came revelling into Ausonian Agylla.’ It is a foundation of the Pelasgians from Thessaly, and was renamed Kaire. For, while the Thessalians held the city, one of the Tyrrhenians who had migrated from Lydia approached and asked what the city’s name was. Instead of answering, someone said ‘chaire’ (‘greetings’); hence, when the Tyrrhenians gained control, they called it Kaire. The ethnonym is ‘Kairetanoi’, as per Strabo. A citizen is an ‘Agyllaios’. Rhianos spoke of ‘Agyllian bronze’.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON)
formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d
Translate as "X... after Y"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
Rule status: In progress
Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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
Formulaὁ 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
Formulaτὸ 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
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
Glossἐθνικόν τό
gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a
ethnonym
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossκτίσμα τό
gloss:fb49af0b4b56155e
foundation
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Rule status: In progress
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Glossπολίτης ὁ
gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb
citizen
Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL
Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

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