Μέδμη

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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 textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Edition idsMeineke 440.5 · Billerbeck Μ114
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count32

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)Εὐρώπῃ · FGrHist 1 F 81
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜέδμηMedme (Medma) · place · corrected · Q611318
ΜέδμηMedme (Medma) · place · corrected · Q611318
ἸταλίαItaly · place
ΕὐρώπηEurope · place
ΦίλιπποςPhilip · person · corrected · Q20000284
ΜεδμαῖοςMedmaean (citizen of Medme) · people
ΛιγυστικήLigustica (the Ligurian region) · place · corrected · Q207023
Medme (city of Italy)place · city · Italy · explicit · wikidata: Q592123 · candidate
Medme springplace · spring · Italy · explicit · wikidata: Q592123 · candidate
Medme in Hekataios' Europaplace · city · Europe (uncertain subregion) · implicit · wikidata: Q592123 · candidate
Medme in Ligystikeplace · city · Ligystike · implicit · wikidata: Q592123 · candidate
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Etymologies

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

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
FormulaX (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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
Formulaὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC)
formula:9b2896a329a36c7e
Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'"
Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS
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

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…

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