Ἀμμωνία - Stephanos Ethnika

Ἀμμωνία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Ἀμμωνία, ἡ μεσόγειος Λιβύη. καὶ αὐτὴ δὲ πᾶσα ἡ Λιβύη οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ Ἄμμωνος. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Ἀμμώνιος. ταῦτα δὲ διὰ τοῦ « ι ». τὸ δ´ Ἀμμώνειον διὰ διφθόγγου ὡς Δημήτρειον καὶ Ἀπολλώνειον.

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Text Details

Entry	#273
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 86.1
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-02
Word count	31

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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 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	ὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:bcd70ae781e7b205	Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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

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

Herodian 1.295

char LCS 64 (44.4%) · word LCS 14 (45.2%)

Stephanos

Ἀμμωνία, ἡ μεσόγειος Λιβύη. καὶ αὐτὴ δὲ πᾶσα ἡ Λιβύη οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ Ἄμμωνος. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Ἀμμώνιος. ταῦτα δὲ διὰ τοῦ « ι ». τὸ δ´ Ἀμμώνειον διὰ διφθόγγου ὡς Δημήτρειον καὶ Ἀπολλώνειον.

Herodian

…υρήτων πρὸς τῷ Ἀχελῴῳ. Ἀκμονία πόλις Φρυγίας ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ πολυίστωρ ἐν τρίτῳ περὶ Φρυγίας. κτίσαι δὲ αὐτὴν Ἄκμονα τὸν Μάνεω. λέγεται καὶ Ἀκμόνεια. Ἀλβανία χώρα πρὸς τοῖς ἀνατολικοῖς Ἴβηρσιν. Ἀμαζονία πόλις Μεσσαπίας. Ἀμμωνία ἡ μεσόγειος Λιβύη. καὶ αὐτὴ δὲ πᾶσα ἡ Λιβύη οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ Ἄμμωνος. Ἀμυθαονία μοῖρα τῆς Ἤλιδος ἀπὸ Ἀμυθάονος τοῦ Κρηθέως, ὡς Ῥιανός. Ἀπολλωνία. αʹ πόλις Ἰλλυρίας, ἣν ᾤκουν Ἰλλυριοί, κατ´ Ἐπίδαμνον. βʹ ἐν νήσῳ πρὸς τῇ Σαλμυδησσῷ, ἀποικία Μιλησίων καὶ Ῥοδίων. γʹ Μακεδονίας. δʹ πόλις Λιβύ…