Μαντύη καὶ Μάντυα

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[Μαντύη καὶ] Μάντυα, πόλις Ῥωμαίων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μαντυανός. Πολύβιος ἑκκαιδεκάτῳ. γράφεται καὶ Μάντουα τῷ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἔθει. ἐξ αὐτῆς ἦν Βεργίλιος ὁ ποιητὴς Μαντούτης χρηματίζων. ἔστι δὲ κατὰ συγκοπήν, ὡς τὸ Ζελείτης.

[Mantye and] Mantya: a city of the Romans. The ethnonym is 'Mantyanos'. Polybios, book 16. It is also written 'Mantoua', according to Roman usage. The poet Bergilios came from it and was styled 'Mantoutes'. This is a syncopated form, as in 'Zeleites'.

AI translation — gpt-6.1-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#55
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 431.12
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count	30
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6.1-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Πολύβιος (Polybius)	(16,40,7)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μάντυα	Mantua · place
Ῥωμαῖοι	Romans · people
Μαντυανός	Mantuan (ethnic) · people
Μάντυα	Mantua (variant spelling) · place
Βιργίλιος	Virgil · person
Μαντούτης	Mantuan (ethnic, variant) · people
Ζελείτης	Zeleites (ethnic/form) · people
Μαντύη καὶ Μάντυα	place · explicit · pleiades: 383704 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	It is also written Μάντουα according to the Roman custom.
Morphological Composition	From it was Virgil the poet, being called Mantuites (Μαντούτης).
Morphological Composition	And it is by syncopation (a contraction/shortening), like (the name) Zeleitēs.

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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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 (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 (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	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
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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