Μάγνα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μάγνα, νῆσος Λιβυκή. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τρίτῳ Λιβυκῶν. ἣ κατὰ τὴν τῶν Λιβύων φωνὴν Σαμαθώ ὅ ἐστι μεγάλη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαγνίτης διὰ τὸν Λιβυκὸν τύπον καὶ τὸν Αἰγύπτιον.

Magna: a Libyan island. Alexander, in book 3 of his Libyka. In the language of Libyans, the Libians, the llibyans, the Lybyans">the Libyans it is 'Samatho', which is 'great'. The ethnonym is 'Magnites', by the Libyan and Egyptian pattern.

Text Details

Entry	#5
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 424.16
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count	27
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.5

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander)	Λιβυκῶν · FGrHist 273 F 43

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μάγνα	Magna · place
Λιβύη	Libya (Libyan) · place
Λίβυες	the Libyans · people
Λίβυες	Libyans · people
Σαμαθώ	Samathō · place
Μαγνήτης	Magnetes / inhabitant of Magna · people
Αἰγύπτιος	Egyptian · people
Μάγνα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q2630180 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Borrowing Non Greek	Or, according to the speech/dialect of the Libyans, 'Samathō', which means 'great'.
Morphological Composition	The ethnicon 'Magnētēs' (Μαγνήτης) [is formed] through the Libyan form/pronunciation and the Egyptian.

Links

Place links	Magnaura \| 📍 Map
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1213.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:5e7f1861601f28d1	*Translate as "X, book Y in his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + Y (NUMERAL) formula:a0ca4574d7d0ffdb	Translate as "X, book Y" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his Y"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 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
Formula	Χ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e	*Translate as "X, in book Y of his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS 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

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.256

char LCS 79 (61.2%) · word LCS 17 (63.0%)

Stephanos

Μάγνα, νῆσος Λιβυκή. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τρίτῳ Λιβυκῶν. ἣ κατὰ τὴν τῶν Λιβύων φωνὴν Σαμαθώ ὅ ἐστι μεγάλη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαγνίτης διὰ τὸν Λιβυκὸν τύπον καὶ τὸν Αἰγύπτιον.

Herodian

…ἔστι καὶ Πελοποννήσου πόλις ἀρσενικῶς καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ ἑνικῶς καὶ πληθυντικῶς. Οἴνα πόλις Τυρρηνίας ἐχυρὰ λίαν. Φάνα πόλις Αἰτωλίας καὶ Φάναι πληθυντικῶς ἀκρωτήριον τῆς Χίου ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐκεῖθεν ἀναφανῆναι τῇ Λητοῖ τὴν Δῆλον. Μάγνα νῆσος Λιβυκή. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τρίτῳ Λιβυκῶν, ἣ κατὰ τὴν τῶν Λιβύων φωνὴν Σαμαθώ, ὅ ἐστι μεγάλη. Πύδνα πόλις Μακεδονίας. Θάμνα πόλις Παλαιστίνης. Ἰώσηπος πέμπτῳ Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἱστορίας (c. 10). Τάμνα πόλις Ἀραβική, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ πολυίστωρ. Σμύρνα πόλις Ἰωνίας ἀπὸ Σμύρνης Ἀμαζόνος κατεχούσης τὴν Ἔφεσον, ἣ καὶ Σμύρνα ἐ…

Herodian 1.271

char LCS 31 (24.0%) · word LCS 5 (18.5%)

Stephanos

Μάγνα, νῆσος Λιβυκή. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τρίτῳ Λιβυκῶν. ἣ κατὰ τὴν τῶν Λιβύων φωνὴν Σαμαθώ ὅ ἐστι μεγάλη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαγνίτης διὰ τὸν Λιβυκὸν τύπον καὶ τὸν Αἰγύπτιον.

Herodian

…Ἔφορος κηʹ. Ἔγεστα πόλις Σικελίας, ἔνθα θερμὰ ὕδατα ὡς Φίλων. ἀπὸ Ἐγέστου τοῦ Τρωός. Λάδεστα μία τῶν Λιβυρνίδων νήσων. λέγεται καὶ Λάδεστον. Θεόπομπος καʹ Φιλιππικῶν. Αὔγουσται πόλεις ἐν Κιλικίᾳ καὶ Ἰταλίᾳ. Εὔφραντα πόλις Λιβυκή, Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τρίτῳ Λιβυκῶν. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'αια' καὶ 'υια' δισύλλαβα προπερισπᾶται, μαῖα· ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἑλλησποντία, γαῖα ἀπὸ τοῦ γῆ, αἶα, ὅπερ ἀπὸ τοῦ γαῖα γέγονε κατὰ ἀφαίρεσιν τοῦ 'γ', ἔστι δὲ καὶ Αἶα πόλις Κόλχων· ἔστι δὲ καὶ Θετταλίας ἄλλη, ἧς …

Herodian 1.348

char LCS 22 (17.1%) · word LCS 5 (18.5%)

Stephanos

Μάγνα, νῆσος Λιβυκή. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τρίτῳ Λιβυκῶν. ἣ κατὰ τὴν τῶν Λιβύων φωνὴν Σαμαθώ ὅ ἐστι μεγάλη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαγνίτης διὰ τὸν Λιβυκὸν τύπον καὶ τὸν Αἰγύπτιον.

Herodian

…ις »ὡς γάρ οἱ χρείων μυθήσατο Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων Πυθοῖ ἐν ἠγαθέῃ« (Od. θ 80). Σαβώ πόλις μεγάλη πέραν τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης. Σαρδώ νῆσος· τῇ Σαρδοῖ ἀναλόγως λέγεται καὶ Σαρδών ὡς τῇ Πυθοῖ παράκειται Πυθών. Σαμαθώ ὅ ἐστι μεγάλη κατὰ τὴν τῶν Λιβύων φωνήν, καλεῖται Μάγνα νῆσος Λιβυκή. Καβειρώ ἡ Πρωτέως καὶ Ἀγχινόης, ἀφ´ ἧς καὶ Ἡφαίστου Καδμῖλος. Ῥοιώ ἡ Ζάρηκος θυγάτηρ. Συρακώ λίμνη. Ταχεμψώ νῆσος Αἰθιοπίας πρὸς τῇ Λιβύῃ, ὡς Ἡρόδοτος δευτέρᾳ (c. 29). Χομψώ νῆσος ἐν τῷ Νεί…