Μάζακα - Stephanos Ethnika

Μάζακα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Μάζακα, πόλις Καππαδοκίας, ἡ νῦν Καισάρεια· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαζακηνός. λέγεται καὶ Μαζακεύς, ὡς Τύανα Τυανεύς. λέγεται καὶ ἀπὸ Μαζάκων.

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#9
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 425.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count	19

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μαζάκα	Mazaca · place
Καππαδοκία	Cappadocia · place · corrected · Q217265
Καισάρεια	Caesarea (modern Kayseri) · place
Μαζακηνός	Mazakenos (ethnic name, inhabitant of Mazaca) · people
Μαζακεύς	Mazakeus / Mazacean (inhabitant of Mazaca) · people
Τύανα	Tyana · place
Τυανεύς	Tyaneus / Tyanean (inhabitant of Tyana) · people
Μαζάκες	the Mazakes (people of Mazaca) · people
Mazaka in Cappadocia (later Caesarea)	place · city · Cappadocia · explicit · wikidata: Q10439273 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	It is also said to be from the Mazakes (i.e., named after the Mazakes).
Morphological Composition	It is also called 'Mazakeus', like Tyana 'Tyaneus' (showing the demonym formation with the suffix -εύς).
Morphological Composition	The ethnic/demonym is 'Mazakênos'.

Links

Place links	Kayseri \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1218.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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	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
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

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.