Μάρκαιον - Stephanos Ethnika

Μάρκαιον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

mountain

Μάρκαιον, ὄρος τῆς Τρῳάδος πρὸς τῇ Γέργιθι. οἱ οἰκήτορες Μαρκαιίσσιοι.

Markaion: a mountain of the Troad near Gergis. The inhabitants Markaiissioi.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry	#73
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 433.13
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count	10

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μάρκαιον	Markaeon (Markaion) · place
Τρωάς	Troad · place
Γέργις	Gergis · place
Μαρκαῖος	Markaeans · people
Μάρκαιον	place · explicit · wikidata: Q20742722 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	“Markaeon: a mountain of the Troad near Gergithos. The inhabitants are called Markaians.” — The entry gives the place-name and its demonym but does not provide an etymological origin.

Links

Place links	Μάρκαιον (Pauly-Wissowa)
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1296.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 (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ὄρος ὁ gloss:184051ff413f789d	mountain, mount (X ὄρος = 'Mount X') Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES	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.

Herodian 1.369

char LCS 35 (60.3%) · word LCS 7 (70.0%)

Stephanos

Μάρκαιον, ὄρος τῆς Τρῳάδος πρὸς τῇ Γέργιθι. οἱ οἰκήτορες Μαρκαιίσσιοι.

Herodian

…ας. Πολύβιος ἑνδεκάτῳ. Χάλαιον πόλις Λοκρῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ «μετὰ δὲ Λοκροί· ἐν δὲ Χάλαιον πόλις, ἐν δὲ Οἰάνθη πόλις». σπήλαιον τὸ ἄντρον. Τύπαιον ὄρος Ἤλιδος. Παυσανίας Ἠλιακῶν αʹ (c. 6, 7). Σάρδαιον ὄρος περὶ Ἀσωπόν. Μάρκαιον ὄρος τῆς Τρῳάδος πρὸς τῇ Γέργιθι. Λήναια ἀγὼν Διονύσου ἐν ἀγροῖς. τὸ δὲ Τομαῖον ὄρος παρὰ τὸ Κορυφάσιον τῆς Πύλου καὶ Σηταῖον χωρίον παρὰ Σύβαριν καὶ Συρμαῖον πεδίον μεταξὺ Νομάδων τε καὶ Ναβαταίων. Τυχαῖον ὄρος μεταξὺ Ἐρετρίας καὶ Βοιωτίας καὶ Θυραῖον…