Ἀζανοί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἀζανοί, Φρυγίας πόλις. Στράβων δωδεκάτῃ “τῆς δ´ Ἐπικτήτου Φρυγίας Ἀζανοί τέ εἰσι καὶ Νακόλεια”. οἱ πολῖται Ἀζανῖται, τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἀζανῖτις. Ἡρωδιανὸς διὰ τῆς « αι » ἐν πρώτῃ τῶν καθόλου λέγων “Αἰζὴν Ταντάλου παῖς, ἀφ´ οὗ ἐν Φρυγίᾳ πόλις Αἰζανοί”. τινὲς δὲ Ἀζάνιον αὐτήν φασιν. Ἑρμογένης δέ φησιν οὐδὲ οὕτως, ἀλλ´ Ἐξουάνουν αὐτὴν καλεῖσθαι· λέγεται γὰρ παρὰ τὸν τόπον ἀγροικίας εἶναι, λιμοῦ δὲ γενομένου συνελθόντες οἱ ποιμένες ἔθυον εὐβοσίαν γενέσθαι· οὐκ ἀκουόντων δὲ τῶν θεῶν Εὔφορβος τὴν οὐανοῦν, ὅ ἐστιν ἀλώπηξ, καὶ ἔξιν, ὅ ἐστιν ἐχῖνος, θῦσαι τοῖς δαίμοσιν· εὐαρεστησάντων δὲ τῶν θεῶν εὐφορίαν γενέσθαι καὶ τὴν γῆν πολυκαρπῆσαι, τοὺς δὲ περιοίκους πυθομένους ἱερέα καὶ ἄρχοντα αὐτὸν καταστῆσαι. ἐξ αὐτοῦ δὲ κληθῆναι τὴν πόλιν Ἐξουάνουν, ὃ μεθερμηνευόμενον ἔστιν ἐχιναλώπηξ. ἔοικε δὲ μετηλλοιῶσθαι ἐκ τοῦ Ἐξουάνουν τὸ Ἀζάνιον. ἔστι δὲ ὅμοιον τῷ Βιθυνίῳ, περὶ οὗ ἐροῦμεν.

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Text Details

Entry	#72
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 31.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-28
Word count	134

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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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.15

char LCS 42 (6.0%) · word LCS 9 (6.8%)

Stephanos

Ἀζανοί, Φρυγίας πόλις. Στράβων δωδεκάτῃ “τῆς δ´ Ἐπικτήτου Φρυγίας Ἀζανοί τέ εἰσι καὶ Νακόλεια”. οἱ πολῖται Ἀζανῖται, τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἀζανῖτις. Ἡρωδιανὸς διὰ τῆς « αι » ἐν πρώτῃ τῶν καθόλου λέγων “Αἰζὴν Ταντάλου παῖς, ἀφ´ οὗ ἐν Φρυγίᾳ πόλις Αἰζανοί”. τινὲς δὲ Ἀζάνιον αὐτήν φασιν. Ἑρμογένης δέ φησιν οὐδὲ οὕτως, ἀλλ´ Ἐξουάνουν αὐτὴν καλεῖσθαι· λέγεται γὰρ παρὰ τὸν τόπον ἀγροικίας εἶναι, λιμοῦ δὲ γενομένου συνελθόντες οἱ ποιμένες ἔθυον εὐβοσίαν γενέσθαι· οὐκ ἀκουόντω…

Herodian

…α ἔχοντα πρὸ τοῦ 'η' τὸ 'σ' ἢ διπλοῦν σύμφωνον μὴ παραληγόμενον τῇ 'ου' διφθόγγῳ ὀξύνεσθαι θέλει, εἰ μὴ παρασχηματίζοιτο οὐδετέρῳ γένει οἷον ἐσσήν ὁ οἰκιστής «Μυρμιδόνων ἐσσῆνα» Καλλίμαχος. καμασήν ὁ ἰχθῦς, Δαμασήν, ἐρσήν, Αἰζήν, Ταντάλου παῖς, ἀφ´ οὗ ἐν Φρυγίᾳ πόλις Αἰζανοί. Ἀζήν ἔθνος τῆς Ἀρκαδίας ὃ καὶ Ἀζάν, ἀζήν ὁ πώγων κατὰ Φρύγας, ἀψήν. Τροιζήν καὶ ὁ κτιστὴς καὶ ἡ πόλις. εὑρίσκεται γὰρ καὶ πόλεσιν ὁμοφωνοῦντα τὰ τῶν κτιστῶν ὀνόματα· Καμικός Κολοφών Κόρινθος Κῶς Σικυών Κύρνος Λέσβος· ο…