Ἀμβρακία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἀμβρακία, πόλις Θεσπρωτίας, ἀπὸ Ἄμβρακος τοῦ παιδὸς Θεσπρωτοῦ τοῦ Λυκάονος, ἢ ἀπὸ Ἀμβρακίας τῆς Αὐγέου θυγατρός, περὶ ἧς Φιλέας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀμβρακιεύς καὶ Ἀμβρακιώτης. Φίλιστος δὲ Ἀμβρακῖνος φησὶ Σικελικῷ τύπῳ. εὕρηται καὶ διὰ τοῦ « π » ἀντὶ τοῦ « β », ὅθεν καὶ τὸ Ἀμπρακιώτης ἀπὸ τῆς Ἄμπρακος γενικῆς καὶ Ἀμπρακία. τὰ γὰρ εἰς « ια » θηλυκὰ καὶ εἰς « ιον » οὐδέτερα διὰ τοῦ « ωτης » ποιεῖ τὰ ἐθνικά, Σικελιώτης Πηλιώτης. λέγεται καὶ Ἀμβράκιος καὶ Ἀμβρακία ἡ γυνή. τὸ δ´ Ἀμβρακία ἀπὸ τῆς Ἄμβρακος γενικῆς, οὐκ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀμβράκιος· ἦν γὰρ Ἀμβρακιακός.

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Text Details

Entry	#265
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 84.22
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-02
Word count	86

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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 · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 3 occurrences
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
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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Herodian 1.301

char LCS 82 (19.2%) · word LCS 16 (18.6%)

Stephanos

Ἀμβρακία, πόλις Θεσπρωτίας, ἀπὸ Ἄμβρακος τοῦ παιδὸς Θεσπρωτοῦ τοῦ Λυκάονος, ἢ ἀπὸ Ἀμβρακίας τῆς Αὐγέου θυγατρός, περὶ ἧς Φιλέας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀμβρακιεύς καὶ Ἀμβρακιώτης. Φίλιστος δὲ Ἀμβρακῖνος φησὶ Σικελικῷ τύπῳ. εὕρηται καὶ διὰ τοῦ « π » ἀντὶ τοῦ « β », ὅθεν καὶ τὸ Ἀμπρακιώτης ἀπὸ τῆς Ἄμπρακος γενικῆς καὶ Ἀμπρακία. τὰ γὰρ εἰς « ια » θηλυκὰ καὶ εἰ…

Herodian

… ἐφ´ Ἑλλησπόντῳ καὶ ἡ περὶ τὸν Ὄλυμπον, ἡ καὶ ἐπίκτητος λεγομένη». ἔστι καὶ Φρυγία τόπος τῆς Οἴτης ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐκεῖ πεφρύχθαι τὸν Ἡρακλέα«. Βεβρυκία, Ὀρτυγία, Αἰθικία. Θεόπομπος τριακοστῇ ἐνάτῃ Φιλιππικῶν. Κιλικία, Ἀμβρακία ἀπὸ Ἄμβρακος τοῦ παιδὸς Θεσπρωτοῦ τοῦ Λυκάονος ἢ ἀπὸ Ἀμβρακίας τῆς Αὐγέου θυγατρός, περὶ ἧς Φιλέας. εὕρηται καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'π' ἀντὶ τοῦ 'β'. Τεμμικία παρὰ τῷ Λυκόφρονι (v. 786) »ὃν Βομβύλεια κλιτὺς ἡ Τεμμικία«. Νεφελοκοκκυγγία πόλις κωμικῶς ἐπινοηθεῖσα παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει, καὶ ἑνικῶς καὶ πληθυντικῶς λεγομένη. Κωρυκία ἀκρωτ…