Μαίναλος - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μαίναλος, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἀπὸ Μαινάλου τοῦ Λυκάονος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαινάλιος καὶ θηλυκὸν Μαιναλία καὶ Μαιναλίτης ὡς Ἴναχος Ἰναχίτης, καὶ Μαιναλεύς ὡς Σουνιεύς. παρὰ τὸ ὄρος τὸ Μαίναλον ἔστι καὶ Μαιναλία πόλις Γαλατίας.

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Text Details

Entry	#17
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 426.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count	32

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μαῖναλος	Mainalos (Mainalon) · place · corrected · Q6035819
Ἀρκαδία	Arcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
Μαῖναλος	Mainalos · person · corrected · Q6035819
Λυκάων	Lycaon · person · corrected · Q5016671
Μαιναλίος	Mainalian (demonym) · people
Μαιναλία	Mainalia / Mainalian (feminine) · people
Μαιναλίτης	Mainalites (demonym) · people
Ἴναχος	Inachos (river/river-god) · place
Ἰναχίτης	Inachites (demonym) · people
Μαιναλεύς	Mainaleus (demonym) · people
Σουνιεύς	Sounieus (demonym) · people
Μαῖναλον	Mainalon (mountain) · place · corrected · Q112302501
Γαλατία	Galatia · place · corrected · Q1249412
Mainalos (Arkadian city)	place · city · Arcadia · explicit · wikidata: Q11936450 · candidate
Mainalon (mountain)	place · mountain · Arcadia · implicit · wikidata: Q11936450 · candidate
Mainalia (city in Galatia)	place · city · Galatia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	from Mainalos, son of Lycaon.
Morphological Composition	the ethnic (demonym) Mainalios and the feminine Mainalia and Mainalites, like Inachos → Inachites (showing formation of demonyms).
Place Transfer	Mainaleus, like Sounieus, (formed or located) by the mountain Mainalon (derivation/association from the mountain).
Place Transfer	There is also a Mainalia, a city of Galatia (the Galatian city bears the same name — name transferred).

Links

Place links	Maenalus \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1223.jpg
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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 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 (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" 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	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 PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS 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 · 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 · 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 · 2 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

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