Λάβαι - Stephanos Ethnika

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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.

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

Text Details

Entry	#2
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 404.10
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-24
Word count	24
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS 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	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 · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:f22af8012162d222	*Translate as 'as per X, in book Y of his Z'* 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 · 4 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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