Μέδμη - Stephanos Ethnika

Μέδμη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Μέδμη, πόλις Ἰταλίας καὶ κρήνη ὁμώνυμος. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Μέδμης κόρης τινός. ὁ πολίτης Μεδμαῖος. ὅθεν ἦν Φίλιππος ἀξιόλογος ἀνὴρ ὁ περὶ ἀνέμων γεγραφώς. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις τῆς Λιγυστικῆς. ἐθνικὸν Μεδμαῖος.

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Text Details

Entry	#114
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 440.5
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count	32

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Εὐρώπῃ · FGrHist 1 F 81

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μέδμη	Medme (Medma) · place · corrected · Q611318
Μέδμη	Medme (Medma) · place · corrected · Q611318
Ἰταλία	Italy · place
Εὐρώπη	Europe · place
Φίλιππος	Philip · person · corrected · Q20000284
Μεδμαῖος	Medmaean (citizen of Medme) · people
Λιγυστική	Ligustica (the Ligurian region) · place · corrected · Q207023
Medme (city of Italy)	place · city · Italy · explicit · wikidata: Q592123 · candidate
Medme spring	place · spring · Italy · explicit · wikidata: Q592123 · candidate
Medme in Hekataios' Europa	place · city · Europe (uncertain subregion) · implicit · wikidata: Q592123 · candidate
Medme in Ligystike	place · city · Ligystike · implicit · wikidata: Q592123 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	From (or after) Medme, a certain maiden (i.e. named for a woman called Medme).
Morphological Composition	The ethnic/demonym is 'Μεδμαῖος' (formed from the place-name, i.e. Medma- + -aios).
Unclear Metalinguistic	Medme: a city of Italy and a homonymous spring (the name is shared by both a city and a spring).

Links

Place links	Medmenham \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1366.jpg
Review	Open review page

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 (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 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 · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" 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
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κρήνη ἡ gloss:55d407396b89d66e	fountain, well Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ὁμωνύμως/ὁμώνυμος -ον gloss:0fbae2a88778c0fa	homonymous, having the same name Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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 1.324

char LCS 42 (24.3%) · word LCS 7 (21.9%)

Stephanos

Μέδμη, πόλις Ἰταλίας καὶ κρήνη ὁμώνυμος. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Μέδμης κόρης τινός. ὁ πολίτης Μεδμαῖος. ὅθεν ἦν Φίλιππος ἀξιόλογος ἀνὴρ ὁ περὶ ἀνέμων γεγραφώς. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις τῆς Λιγυστικῆς. ἐθνικὸν Μεδμαῖος.

Herodian

… ὀξύνει, ὡς δηλοῖ καὶ ὁ κωμικὸς ἐν τῷ »οὔτοι ἀφεστήκασι πλεῖν ἢ δύο δοχμά«. ἐν μέντοι, φησί, τοῖς ἀκριβεστέροις ἀντιγράφοις ὀξεῖα ἐπίκειται τῇ πρώτῃ συλλαβῇ κατὰ τὸ λόχμη, λόγχη, ὄχθη, ὄχνη. τὸ δὲ Μέδμη κόρη τις, ἀφ´ ἧς πόλις Ἰταλίας καὶ κρήνη ὁμώνυμος, Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ, κύριόν ἐστι, μεθ´ οὗ καὶ Ἀλύχμη τρισύλλαβον, ἐν ᾗ τιμᾶται Ἀλύχμιος Ἑρμῆς. τὸ μέντοι χάσμη βαρύνεται δασὺ ἔχον τὸ σύμφωνον. Τὰ εἰς 'μη' ἔχοντα σύμφωνον κατὰ διάστασιν βαρύνεται, τόλμη, ἅλμη, χάρμη, σκάλμη, θέρμη. ἔστι κ…