Ἐγγάδα - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἐγγάδα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

village

Entry #5
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: - | Billerbeck: Ἐ5
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-22
Word count: 15
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Ἐγγάδα (Enggada (place)) [place], Σόδομα (Sodom) [place], Ἀραβία (Arabia) [place], Ἐγγαδηνός (Ethnic name 'Enggadēnos' (inhabitant of Enggada)) [people], Ζοαρηνός (Ethnic name 'Zoarēnos' (inhabitant of Zoar)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: The ethnicon Ἐγγαδηνός (from Ἐγγάδα), also as Ζοαρηνός, and used in the feminine and the neuter.
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Ἐγγαδά, κώμη μεγάλη πλησίον Σοδόμων Ἀραβίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἐγγαδηνός ὡς Ζωσηρνός, καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως.

Engada: a large village near the Sodom of Arabia. The ethnic (gentilic) is Engadēnos, as (one says) Zoarēnos; and likewise in the feminine and the neuter.

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

Stephanos

Ἐγγαδά, κώμη μεγάλη πλησίον Σοδόμων Ἀραβίας. τὸ
ἐθνικὸν Ἐγγαδηνός ὡς Ζωσηρνός, 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…