Μαντύη καὶ Μάντυα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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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.

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Text Details

Entry#55
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 431.12
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count30

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Πολύβιος (Polybius)(16,40,7)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜάντυαMantua · place
ῬωμαῖοιRomans · people
ΜαντυανόςMantuan (ethnic) · people
ΜάντυαMantua (variant spelling) · place
ΒιργίλιοςVirgil · person
ΜαντούτηςMantuan (ethnic, variant) · people
ΖελείτηςZeleites (ethnic/form) · people
Μαντύη καὶ Μάντυαplace · explicit · pleiades: 383704 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionIt is also written Μάντουα according to the Roman custom.
Morphological CompositionFrom it was Virgil the poet, being called Mantuites (Μαντούτης).
Morphological CompositionAnd it is by syncopation (a contraction/shortening), like (the name) Zeleitēs.

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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
Formulaτὸ 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
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Herodian overlaps

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Last updated: 2026-07-12 10:23:36 UTC