Ἀμαζόνες - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἀμαζόνες, ἔθνος γυναικεῖον πρὸς τῷ Θερμώδοντι, ὡς Ἔφορος, ἃς νῦν Σαυροματίδας καλοῦσι. “φασὶ δὲ περὶ αὐτῶν ὅτι τῇ φύσει τῶν ἀνδρῶν διαφέροιεν, αἰτιώμενοι τοῦ τόπου τὴν κρᾶσιν, ὡς γεννᾶν εἰωθότος τὰ θήλεα σώματα ἰσχυρότερα καὶ μείζω τῶν ἀρσενικῶν. ἐγὼ δὲ φυσικὸν νομίζω τὰ κοινὰ πάντων πάθη, ὥστ´ ἄλογος ἡ αἰτία. πιθανωτέρα δ´ ἥν φασιν οἱ πλησιόχωροι. οἱ γὰρ Σαυρομάται ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐπὶ τὴν Εὐρώπην στρατεύσαντες καὶ πάντες διαφθαρέντες, τὰς γυναῖκας οὔσας μόνας .... καὶ αὐξησάντων τῶν ἀρρένων, στασιάσαι πρὸς τὰς γυναῖκας, ὑπερεχουσῶν δὲ τῶν γυναικῶν καταφυγεῖν τοὺς ἄρρενας εἰς δασύν τινα τόπον καὶ ἀπολέσθαι. φοβηθεῖσαι δὲ μή πως ἀπὸ τῶν νεωτέρων τιμωρία τις γένηται, δόγμα ἐποίησαν ὥστε τὰ μέλη συντρῖψαι καὶ χωλοὺς πάντας ποιῆσαι”. ἐκαλοῦντο δὲ καὶ Σαυροπατίδες παρὰ τὸ σαύρας πατεῖν καὶ ἐσθίειν, ἢ [Σαυροματίδες] διὰ τὸ ἐν τῇ Σαυροματικῇ Σκυθίᾳ οἰκεῖν. ἔστι καὶ Ἀμαζονία πόλις Μεσσαπίας. λέγεται καὶ Ἀμαζών ἀρσενικῶς. λέγεται καὶ Ἀμαζόνιον τὸ οὐδέτερον διὰ τοῦ « ι » καὶ Ἀμαζονίδης.

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Text Details

Entry	#246
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 81.4
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-02
Word count	81

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 3 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 · 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
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.28

char LCS 39 (4.9%) · word LCS 7 (4.6%)

Stephanos

Ἀμαζόνες, ἔθνος γυναικεῖον πρὸς τῷ Θερμώδοντι, ὡς Ἔφορος, ἃς νῦν Σαυροματίδας καλοῦσι. “φασὶ δὲ περὶ αὐτῶν ὅτι τῇ φύσει τῶν ἀνδρῶν διαφέροιεν, αἰτιώμενοι τοῦ τόπου τὴν κρᾶσιν, ὡς γεννᾶν εἰωθότος τὰ θήλεα σώματα ἰσχυρότερα καὶ μείζω τῶν ἀρσενικῶν. ἐγὼ δὲ φυσικὸν νομίζω τὰ κοιν…

Herodian

…αὶ ὀξύνεται πρὸς ἀντιδιαστολὴν τοῦ «λαοὶ δ´ ὑπ´ ὀλίζονες ἦσαν» (Σ 519). ὠνομάσθη δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ μικρὰ εἶναι. Θεσσαλοὶ γάρ, ὡς ἱστορεῖ Δημοσθένης ἐν κτίσεσι, τὸ μικρὸν ὄλιζον καλοῦσι. τὸ δὲ Ἀμαζών ἔχει μακρὸν τὸ 'α'· ἔστι δὲ ἔθνος γυναικεῖον πρὸς τῷ Θερμώδοντι, ὡς Ἔφορος. τινὲς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐστερῆσθαι μαζῶν· ἀπίθανος δὲ ἡ τοιαύτη ἐτυμολογία· Θεμισταγόρας δὲ καὶ ἐν τῇ χρυσῇ βίβλῳ φησίν «ὅτι κατὰ τὴν Ἀλόπην τὴν νῦν καλουμένην Λυκίαν τὴν πρὸς τῇ Ἐφέσῳ γυναῖκες μίᾳ συμβουλῇ τὰ συνήθη ταῖς γυναιξ…