Λάβαι

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Λάβαι, [πόλις,] ὡς Σάβαι, Χαττηνίας πόλις. Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λαβαῖος ὡς Σαβαῖος. τῆς αὐτῆς χώρας ἀμφότεραι. ἡ γὰρ Χαττηνία τῶν Γερραίων ἐστὶ χώρα.

Labai: a city, as Sabai, a city of Chattenia. Polybios, book 13. The ethnonym is 'Labaios', as 'Sabaios'. Both are of the same region; for Chattenia is a region of the Gerraioi.

Text Details

Entry#2
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 404.10 · Billerbeck Λ2
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-24
Word count24
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Πολύβιος (Polybius)ιγ (13,9,1)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΛάβαιLabai · place
ΣάβαιSabai / Sabae · place
ΧαττηνίαHattinia (Χαττηνία) · place
ΛαβαῖοςLabaeans (ethnic) · people
ΣαβαῖοςSabaeans (ethnic) · people
ΓέρραιGerrhaeans · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguistic“Λάβαι (a city) as Σάβαι” — the place Λάβαι is given as (also) called Σάβαι.
Unclear Metalinguistic“the ethnic (name) Λαβαῖος as Σαβαῖος” — the demonym is Λαβαῖος, like Σαβαῖος (variant).

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Herodian overlaps

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