Μαυριτανίαι - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μαυριτανίαι, δύο, ἡ μὲν Τιγγιτανή ἡ δὲ Καισαρησία, ὡς Μαρκιανὸς ἐν τῷ περίπλῳ.

Mauritaniai: two, the one Tingitane, the other Caesarensis, as Markianos in the Periplous.

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	#100
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 437.9
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count	13

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Μαρκιανός (Marcianus)	Περίπλους · 2,47 [GGM 1,562,25]

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μαυριτανία	Mauretania / the Mauritanias · place
Τιγγιτανή	Tingitana (Mauretania Tingitana) · place
Καισαρησία	Caesariensis (Mauretania Caesariensis) · place

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	'Mauritanias; two, one Tiggitanē, the other Kaisaresia, according to Marcianus in the Periplus.' (Lists two names for the region but gives no derivation.)

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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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 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 · 4 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 · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formula	Χ (AUTHOR NAME) + ἐν + Y (dative NUMBER) + Z (genitive BOOK NAME) formula:c22408ee90fd1a1e	*Translate as "X, in book Y of his Z"* Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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	περίπλους ὁ gloss:45874e1d0f0f7fb7	sea voyage Domain: MEASUREMENT & SPACE Rule status: In progress	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 1.297

char LCS 40 (64.5%) · word LCS 8 (61.5%)

Stephanos

Μαυριτανίαι, δύο, ἡ μὲν Τιγγιτανή ἡ δὲ Καισαρησία, ὡς Μαρκιανὸς ἐν τῷ περίπλῳ.

Herodian

….. Χθονία· οὕτως καλεῖται ἡ Κρήτη. Λουσιτανία ὅμορος τῆς Βαιτίκης. Λυκαονία χώρα Λυκίας τε καὶ Ἰσαυρίας. Μαριανδυνία χώρα τοῦ Πόντου. Εὔπολις Χρυσῷ γένει «ὁρῶ. θεῶ νῦν τήνδε Μαριανδυνίαν». ἀπὸ Μαριανδυνοῦ τινος Αἰολέως. Μαυριτανίαι δύο, ἡ μὲν Τιγγιτανή, ἡ δὲ Καισαρησία. Μιλωνία πόλις Σαυνιτῶν ἐπιφανεστάτη. Διονύσιος ιζʹ. Μυγδονία μοῖρα Μακεδονίας καὶ ἑτέρα Φρυγίας τῆς μεγάλης. ἀπὸ Μυγδόνος. ἐλέγετο καὶ Μυχθονία. Μυονία πόλις Φωκίδος. Παυσανίας ιʹ (c. 38, 8). λέγεται καὶ Μύων. Μυρμιδον…