Αἴγυπτος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Αἴγυπτος, καὶ ἡ χώρα καὶ ὁ ποταμός. ἐκλήθη ἀπὸ τοῦ Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Χάραξ “Βήλου παῖς ὢν καὶ Ἀερίας τῆς καὶ Ποταμίτιδος βασιλεύσας ἔτη τετταράκοντα τρία”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Αἰγύπτιος, ὡς ἔχει τὸ ἰαμβεῖον “δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς Αἰγύπτιοι”. καὶ αἰγυπτιάζειν τὸ πανοῦργα καὶ δόλια καὶ ὕπουλα πράττειν. τὸ θηλυκὸν Αἰγυπτία, καὶ τὸ Αἰγύπτιον. ἐκλήθη καὶ Μύσρα ἡ χώρα ὑπὸ Φοινίκων, καὶ Ἀερία καὶ Ποταμῖτις, καὶ Ἀετία ἀπό τινος Ἰνδοῦ Ἀετοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὅσον ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁμοίου Ἀετιεύς ὡς Ἀεριεύς, ὅσον δ´ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐγχωρίου Ἀετίτης. ἀλλὰ καὶ Ὠγυγία ἐκαλεῖτο καὶ Ἑρμοχύμιος καὶ μελάμβωλος καὶ Ἡφαιστία. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλη Αἴγυπτος μικρά.

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Text Details

Entry	#112
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 44.12
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-29
Word count	140

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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 (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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	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
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
Gloss	χώρα ἡ gloss:54f628c16aa263ce	region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.223

char LCS 94 (19.0%) · word LCS 21 (21.0%)

Stephanos

Αἴγυπτος, καὶ ἡ χώρα καὶ ὁ ποταμός. ἐκλήθη ἀπὸ τοῦ Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Χάραξ “Βήλου παῖς ὢν καὶ Ἀερίας τῆς καὶ Ποταμίτιδος βασιλεύσας ἔτη τετταράκοντα τρία”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Αἰγύπτιος, ὡς ἔχει τὸ ἰαμβεῖον “δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς Αἰγύπτιοι”. καὶ αἰγυπτιάζειν τὸ πανοῦργα καὶ δόλια καὶ ὕπουλα πράττειν. τὸ θηλυκὸν Αἰγυπτία, καὶ τὸ Αἰγύπτιον. ἐκλήθη καὶ Μύσρα ἡ χ…

Herodian

Τὰ εἰς 'τος' ἁπλᾶ ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς ἔχοντα πρὸ τοῦ 'τ' ψιλὸν κατ´ ἐπιπλοκὴν ἐπιθετικὰ ὄντα καὶ ῥηματικὰ ὀξύνεται, ἑλικτός, ἀμελκτός, χαρακτός, ὀρεκτός. τὸ μέντοι Αἴγυπτος—ἡ χώρα καὶ ὁ ποταμός. ἐκλήθη ἀπὸ τοῦ Αἰγύπτου, ὡς Χάραξ «Βήλου παῖς ὢν καὶ Ἀερίας τῆς καὶ Ποταμίτιδος βασιλεύσας ἔτη τριάκοντα τρία». —καὶ Πάνακτος καὶ Ναύπακτος πόλις Αἰτωλίας ἀπὸ ναυπηγίας τῶν Ἡρακλειδῶν, ὡς Ἔφορος καὶ Στράβων. καὶ Πρόνεκτος πόλις Βιθυνίας καὶ Δατύλεπτος ἔθνος Θρᾴκης. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ—μὴ ὄντα ῥηματικὰ προπαροξύνεται. σ…