Ἔγγαδα - Stephanos Ethnika

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village

Ἔγγαδα, κώμη μεγάλη πλησίον Σοδόμων Ἀραβίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐγγαδηνός ὡς Ζοαρηνός, καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως.

Engada: a large village in Arabia near Sodoma. The ethnonym is 'Engadenos', as in 'Zoarenos', and in the feminine and neuter too.

Text Details

Entry	#5
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 260.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-22
Word count	15
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἐγγάδα	Enggada (place) · place · corrected · Q25489001
Σόδομα	Sodom · place
Ἀραβία	Arabia · place · corrected · Q57751375
Ἐγγαδηνός	Ethnic name 'Enggadēnos' (inhabitant of Enggada) · people
Ζοαρηνός	Ethnic name 'Zoarēnos' (inhabitant of Zoar) · people
Engada near Sodom in Arabia	place · village · Arabia, near Sodom · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnicon Ἐγγαδηνός (from Ἐγγάδα), also as Ζοαρηνός, and used in the feminine and the neuter.

Links

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Page scans	vol2_155.jpg
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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 · 2 scan rows · 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 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	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 (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
Gloss	κώμη ἡ gloss:e14972622087326b	village Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.379

char LCS 37 (42.5%) · word LCS 6 (40.0%)

Stephanos

Ἔγγαδα, κώμη μεγάλη πλησίον Σοδόμων Ἀραβίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐγγαδηνός ὡς Ζοαρηνός, καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως.

Herodian

… Μώαβα μοῖρα τῆς Ἀραβίας. Ἀνάζαρβα πόλις Κιλικίας. κέκληται ἀπὸ τοῦ προκειμένου ὄρους ἢ ἀπὸ Ἀναζάρβα τοῦ κτίσαντος. * Τὰ εἰς 'γον' καὶ 'δον' οὐδέτερα κύρια ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς προπαροξύνεται, Βήσσυγα ἐμπόριον τῆς Ἰνδικῆς. Ἔγγαδα κώμη μεγάλη πλησίον Σοδόμων Ἀραβίας. Μασανώραδα πόλις Καρίας ἀπὸ Μασανωράδου τοῦ Κινδαψοῦ παιδός. Σύνναδα πόλις Φρυγίας. λέγουσι δὲ Ἀκάμαντα μετὰ τὰ Τρωϊκὰ ἀποπλανηθέντα ἐλθεῖν εἰς Φρυγίαν καὶ καταλαβεῖν πολιορκούμενον τὸν τῶν τόπων δυνάστην καὶ βοηθήσαντ…