Μάκαλλα - Stephanos Ethnika

Μάκαλλα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Μάκαλλα, πόλις Ἰταλίας. κέκληται ἀπὸ τοῦ μαλακισθῆναι ἐν αὐτῇ Φιλοκτήτην. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μακαλλαῖος ὡς Γογγυλαῖος.

Makalla: a city in Italy. It is named after Philoktetes was enfeebled there. The ethnonym is 'Makallaios', as in 'Gongylaios'.

AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#22
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 427.4
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count	15
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μάκαλλα	Makalla (Macalla) · place · corrected · Q3841935
Ἰταλία	Italy · place
Φιλοκτήτης	Philoctetes · person · corrected · Q212827
Μακαλλαῖος	Makallaean (inhabitant of Makalla) · people
Ἀγυλλαῖος	Agyllaean (inhabitant of Agylla/Caere) · people
Μάκαλλα	place · explicit · wikidata: Q3841935 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Folk Etymology Narrative	It is called from (the fact) that Philoctetes was ‘softened’ there (i.e. 'μαλακισθῆναι'—to be made soft).

Links

Place links	Macalla \| 📍 Map
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1227.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative AUTHOR NAME)... + ὡς αὐτός formula:4caae33810f40dfa	Translate as "X... as per X." Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS 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 ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" 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
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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.