Ἄζιλις - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἄζιλις, πόλις Λιβύης. οἱ δὲ περὶ Σαλούστιον οὐ πόλιν, ἀλλὰ τόπον φασὶ καὶ ποταμὸν εἶναι. τινὲς δὲ Ἄζιριν μετὰ τοῦ « ρ » λέγουσι τὸν χῶρον. Χάραξ δὲ Ἄζιρον λέγει αὐτήν. ὁ πολίτης Ἀζιλίτης, ὅτι πρωτότυπον εἰς « ις », τῷ Λιβυκῷ χαρακτῆρι καὶ Αἰγυπτίῳ, καὶ ὡς Κάνωβος Κανωβίτης. εἰ δ´ οὐδετέρως Ἄζιρον, τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀζιρεύς, ὡς Σουνιεύς.

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Text Details

Entry	#75
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 32.10
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-29
Word count	54

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 1 scan row · 2 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 · 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 · 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
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 · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.91

char LCS 60 (23.4%) · word LCS 14 (25.9%)

Stephanos

Ἄζιλις, πόλις Λιβύης. οἱ δὲ περὶ Σαλούστιον οὐ πόλιν, ἀλλὰ τόπον φασὶ καὶ ποταμὸν εἶναι. τινὲς δὲ Ἄζιριν μετὰ τοῦ « ρ » λέγουσι τὸν χῶρον. Χάραξ δὲ Ἄζιρον λέγει αὐτήν. ὁ πολίτης Ἀζιλίτης, ὅτι πρωτότυπον εἰς « ις », τῷ Λιβυκῷ χαρακτῆρι καὶ Αἰγυπτίῳ, καὶ ὡς Κάνωβος Κανωβίτης. εἰ δ´ οὐδετέρως Ἄζιρον, τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀζιρεύς, ὡς Σουνιεύς.

Herodian

…λίς· Πείσανδρος δεκάτῳ, Ἀργολίς, Ὀζολίς ἡ χώρα, Δασκυλίς, πηγυλίς «νὺξ γὰρ ἐπῆλθε κακὴ Βορέαο πεσόντος πηγυλίς» (Od. ξ 475), Θηγυλίς ἐπίθετον Ἀθηνᾶς, γογγυλίς. τὸ μέντοι Ἄζιλις τὸ 'ζι' μακρὸν ἔχει. ἔστι δὲ πόλις Λιβύης. τινὲς δὲ Ἄζιριν μετὰ τοῦ 'ρ' λέγουσι τὸν χῶρον. Χάραξ δὲ Ἄζιρον λέγει αὐτήν. ὁμοίως καὶ τὸ Ἄγρυλις προπαροξύνεται διὰ τὸ τοῦ 'υ' μῆκος. καὶ τὸ Σισίγυλις πόλις μεγάλη πλησίον Κελτικῆς. τὸ δὲ Παμφυλίς ἐθνικὸν καὶ Τριφυλίς ὀξύνεται ὡς Αἰολίς Αἰτωλίς καὶ τὰ ὅμοια. Τὰ εἰς 'λις' παρώνυμα τῷ 'ω' ἢ διφθόγ…