Λάβδαλον - Stephanos Ethnika

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Λάβδαλον, ἄκρον τῶν Ἐπιπολῶν, Συρακουσῶν πλησίον. Θουκυδίδης ἕκτῃ.

Labdalon: a peak of the Epipolai, near Syrakousai. Thucydides, book 6.

Text Details

Entry	#4
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 405.1
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-24
Word count	8
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Θουκυδίδης (Thucydides)	(6,97,5)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Λάβδαλον	Labdalon · place · corrected · Q20108318
Ἐπιπόλαι	Epipoli (the Epipolae, district near Syracuse) · place · corrected · Q3589176
Συράκουσαι	Syracuse (the Syracusans) · place
Λάβδαλον	place · explicit · wikidata: Q20108318 · seeded_headword_alignment

Links

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἄκρον τό gloss:e28240a1e2cb325b	cape (when on the coast, sgl.), headlands (when on the coast, plu.); peak (when inland) Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.381

char LCS 55 (100.0%) · word LCS 8 (100.0%)

Stephanos

Λάβδαλον, ἄκρον τῶν Ἐπιπολῶν, Συρακουσῶν πλησίον. Θουκυδίδης ἕκτῃ.

Herodian

τὸ προσηγορικόν, ὅταν δὲ ἐπίθετον ᾖ, ὀξύνεται «εὖτ´ ἂν ὁ παῖς ἀπὸ μὲν γυαλὸν λίθον ἀγκάσασθαι». Μαίναλον τὸ ὄρος. Λάβδαλον ἄκρον τῶν Ἐπιπολῶν, Συρακουσῶν πλησίον. Θουκυδίδης ἕκτῃ (c. 97). Αἴκαλον φρούριον τῆς Ἰταλίας. Διονύσιος ἑκκαιδεκάτῳ Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας. Γάμαλα κατοικία Συρίας. Γάβαλα πόλις Φοινίκης, ἣν θηλυκῶς Ἑκαταῖός φησιν, ὁ δὲ Στράβων Συρίας, πλησίον Λαοδικείας. ἔστι καὶ χώρα Ἀραβία…