Ἄκτιον - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἄκτιον, πόλις Ἀκαρνάνων, ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀμβρακικοῦ κόλπου ἀρξαμένοις. ἐν ταύτῃ Ἀπόλλωνος γυμνικὸς ἀγὼν καὶ ἱππικὸς καὶ πλοίων ἅμιλλα διὰ τριετηρίδος ἦν. ὁμωνύμως δὲ λέγεται καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ ἡ ἄκρα ἡ ποιοῦσα τὸ στόμα τοῦ κόλπου καὶ ἡ πόλις καὶ ὁ Ἀπόλλων καὶ ὁ πολίτης. λέγεται καὶ Ἀκταῖος Ἀπόλλων καὶ Ἀκτιακός. λέγεται [καὶ Ἀκταιώτης] καὶ Ἀκταιῶτις θηλυκόν. Ἀρκάδιος δ´ ἐν τῇ ὀρθογραφίᾳ φησίν “Ἀκτία καὶ ἡ πόλις καὶ ἡ ἑορτή”. ἀλλ´ ἡ μὲν ἑορτὴ βαρύνεται, τὰ Ἄκτια, ἡ δὲ πόλις λέγεται οὐδετέρως, τὸ Ἄκτιον.

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Text Details

Entry	#177
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 65.3
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-31
Word count	86

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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

Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.358

char LCS 80 (19.7%) · word LCS 20 (23.3%)

Stephanos

Ἄκτιον, πόλις Ἀκαρνάνων, ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀμβρακικοῦ κόλπου ἀρξαμένοις. ἐν ταύτῃ Ἀπόλλωνος γυμνικὸς ἀγὼν καὶ ἱππικὸς καὶ πλοίων ἅμιλλα διὰ τριετηρίδος ἦν. ὁμωνύμως δὲ λέγεται καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ ἡ ἄκρα ἡ ποιοῦσα τὸ στόμα τοῦ κόλπου καὶ ἡ πόλις καὶ ὁ Ἀπόλλων καὶ ὁ πολίτης. λέγεται καὶ Ἀκταῖος Ἀπόλλων καὶ Ἀκτιακός. λέγεται [καὶ Ἀκταιώτης] καὶ Ἀκταιῶτις θηλυκόν. Ἀρκάδιος δ´ ἐν τῇ ὀρθογραφίᾳ φησίν “Ἀκτία καὶ ἡ πόλις καὶ ἡ ἑορτή”. ἀλλ´ ἡ μὲν ἑορτὴ βαρύνεται, τὰ Ἄκ…

Herodian

…). Πύθιον τὸ πάλαι μεσαίτατον τῆς ἐν Κρήτῃ Γόρτυνος. καὶ Μακεδονίας Πύθιον, ἐν ᾧ καὶ τὰ Πύθια ἐπιτελεῖται. ἔστι καὶ Πύθιον πλησίον τοῦ Ἀστακηνοῦ κόλπου. Ἄκτιον πόλις Ἀκαρνάνων πρώτη ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀμβρακικοῦ κόλπου ἀρξαμένοις. ὁμωνύμως δὲ λέγεται καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ ἡ ἄκρα ἡ ποιοῦσα τὸ στόμα τοῦ κόλπου καὶ ἡ πόλις.