Μάγαρσος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μάγαρσος, μέγιστος ὄχθος ἐν Κιλικίᾳ πρὸς τῇ Μαλλῷ. τὸ τοπικὸν Μαγάρσιος, καὶ Μαγαρσία Ἀθηνᾶ ἐκεῖ ἵδρυται, ὡς Λυρνησσός Λυρνήσσιος.

Magarsos: a very large mound in Kilikia near Mallos. The local adjective is 'Magarsios', and Athena Magarsia is established there, as 'Lyrnessios' is from 'Lyrnessos'.

Text Details

Entry	#1
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 424.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count	19
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μάγαρσος	Magarsos · place · corrected · Q11934549
Κιλικία	Cilicia · place · corrected · Q620864
Μάλλος	Mallus · place
Μαγάρσιος	Magarsios (local name) · other
Μαγαρσία	Magarsia (epithet) · other
Ἀθηνᾶ	Athena · deity · corrected · Q37122
Λυρνησσός	Lyrnessos · place
Λυρνησσίος	Lyrnessios (ethnic) · people
Magarsos in Cilicia	place · mountain or hill · Cilicia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	Magarsos; (it is) the greatest hill in Cilicia near Mallus. The local demonym is Magarsios, and an Athena called Magarsia was established there (i.e. Athena bearing an epithet formed from the place name).
Morphological Composition	'as Lyrnessos (gives) Lyrnessios' — a parallel showing the formation of an adjectival/demonymic from a place name.

Links

Place links	Magarsa \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1213.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	Y (EPITHET) + X (DEITY) formula:e59d8efd6da15c82	Translate as "X Y" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	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 · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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.