Μάσσακα - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μάσσακα, πόλις Ἰνδῶν. Ἀρριανὸς ἐν Ἰνδικοῖς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μασσακηνός, ὡς Μάζακα Μαζακηνός.

Massaka: a city of the Indians. Arrian in the Indika. The ethnonym Massakenos, as 'Mazaka' 'Mazakenos'.

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	#90
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 436.4
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count	12

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀρριανός (Arrian)	Ἰνδικοῖς (Ἰνδικά, 'Indica') · (1,8)

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μάσσακα	Massaka (Massaca) · place
Ἰνδοί	Indians · people · corrected · Q17055962
Μασσακηνός	Massakēnos (demonym) · people
Μάζακα	Mazaka (variant of Massaka) · place
Μαζακηνός	Mazakēnos (demonym, variant) · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	the demonym (ethnikon) Massakēnós, as Mazaka Mazakēnós.

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative BOOK NAME) formula:c795eaabedf9a542	*Translate as "Χ, in his 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 · 2 occurrences
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) + 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 PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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.