Λάβαι

Λάβαι OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #2
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 404.10 | Billerbeck: Λ2
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-24
Word count: 24
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Πολύβιος (Polybius) ιγ (13,9,1)
Entities: Λάβαι (Labai) [place], Σάβαι (Sabai / Sabae) [place], Χαττηνία (Hattinia (Χαττηνία)) [place], Λαβαῖος (Labaeans (ethnic)) [people], Σαβαῖος (Sabaeans (ethnic)) [people], Γέρραι (Gerrhaeans) [people]
Etymologies: 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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Λάβαι, [πόλις,] ὡς Σάβαι, Χαττηνίας πόλις. Πολύβιος τρισκαιδεκάτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λαβαῖος ὡς Σαβαῖος. τῆς αὐτῆς χώρας ἀμφότεραι. ἡ γὰρ Χαττηνία τῶν Γερραίων ἐστὶ χώρα.

Lábai: a city, as (spelled) Sábai; a city of Chattēnia. Polybius, book 13. The ethnicon is Labaîos, as Sabaîos. Both belong to the same region; for Chattēnia is a district of the Gerrhaeans.

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