Λάβαι - Stephanos Ethnika

Λάβαι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

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

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Text Details

Entry	#2
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 404.10 · Billerbeck Λ2
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-24
Word count	24

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Πολύβιος (Polybius)	ιγ (13,9,1)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Λάβαι	Labai · place
Σάβαι	Sabai / Sabae · place
Χαττηνία	Hattinia (Χαττηνία) · place
Λαβαῖος	Labaeans (ethnic) · people
Σαβαῖος	Sabaeans (ethnic) · people
Γέρραι	Gerrhaeans · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
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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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 3 scan rows · 6 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.