Λυχνιδός - Stephanos Ethnika

Λυχνιδός OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Λυχνιδός, πόλις Ἰλλυρίας ἀρσενικῶς λεγομένη καὶ λίμνη θηλυκῶς. Ἡρωδιανὸς Λυχνιτὸν αὐτόν φησι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λυχνίδιος καὶ Λυχνιδία λίμνη. καὶ Λυχνίτης. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἀρμενίας Λυχνῖτις χώρα.

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#116
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 423.14
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count	26

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἡρωδιανός (Herodian (the author))	(2,547,16)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Λυχνιδός	Lychnidos · place · corrected · Q380826
Ἰλλυρία	Illyria · place · corrected · Q32047
Λυχνιτός	Lychnitos (variant of Lychnidos) · place
Λυχνίδιος	Lychnidios (ethnic name) · people
Λυχνιδία	Lychnidia (lake) · place
Λυχνίτης	Lychnites (inhabitant/ethnic) · people
Ἀρμενία	Armenia · place · corrected · Q1423867
Λυχνῖτις	Lychnitis (region in Armenia) · place
Lychnidos (city of Illyria)	place · city · Illyria · explicit · wikidata: Q1456371 · candidate
Lychnidia (lake)	place · lake · Illyria · explicit · unresolved
Lychnitis (district in Armenia)	place · district · Armenia · explicit · wikidata: Q181932 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	A city of Illyria called (grammatically) masculine, and the lake (called) feminine.
Unclear Metalinguistic	Herodian calls it 'Lychniton'.
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnic (adjective) 'Lychnidios' and 'Lychnidia' (for the lake); and 'Lychnites'.
Unclear Metalinguistic	There is also a region in Armenia called 'Lychnitis'.

Links

Place links	Lychnidos \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1200.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 3 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	λιμή ὁ gloss:6f81c31b2d09b3f3	lake, harbor Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.