Μελαιναί - Stephanos Ethnika

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Μελαιναί, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἀπὸ Μελαινέως τοῦ Λυκάονος, ὡς Παυσανίας. ὁ πολίτης Μελαινεύς, ὡς τῆς Ἡραίας Ἡραιεύς. Ῥιανὸς ἐν Ἠλιακῶν πρώτῳ “Γόρτυν´ Ἥραιάν τε πολυδρύμους τε Μελαινάς”. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ Λυκίας Μελαιναί πόλις, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος Λυκιακοῖς. δύναται τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μελαινίτης ὡς Κελαινίτης.

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Text Details

Entry	#120
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 441.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count	41

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Παυσανίας (Pausanias)	(8,26,8)
Ῥιανός (Rhianos (Rhiannos))	Ἠλιακῶν · FGrHist 265 F 8 = fr. 20 Powell
Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander)	Λυκιακοῖς · FGrHist 273 F 62

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μελαιναί	Melainai / Melaina · place · corrected · Q12755125
Ἀρκαδία	Arcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
Μελαινεύς	Melain(e)us (Melainēus) · person
Λυκάων	Lycaon · person · corrected · Q5016671
Μελαινεύς	Melain(e)us (citizen name) · person
Ἡραία	Heraia / Heraea · place
Ἡραιεύς	Heraean (inhabitant of Heraia) · people
Γόρτυς	Gortyn / Gortys · place · corrected · Q1136193
Μελαιναί	Melainai (acc. pl.) · place · corrected · Q12755125
Λυκία	Lycia · place · corrected · Q18927
Μελαινίτης	Melainites (ethnic/demonym) · people
Κελαινίτης	Kelainites (ethnic/demonym) · people
Melainai in Arkadia	place · city · Arkadia · explicit · unresolved
Melainai in Lykia	place · city · Lykia · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	from Melainēos son of Lykaon, according to Pausanias (8.26.8).
Morphological Composition	the citizen (demonym) 'Melainēus', like the citizen of Heraia 'Hēraieus'.
Unclear Metalinguistic	the ethnicon 'Melainitēs' may be (formed) as 'Kelainitēs'.
Unclear Metalinguistic	There are also cities Melainai in Lycia, according to Alexander 'Lycians'.

Links

Place links	Melaeneae \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1377.jpg
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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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high 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 · 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 · 1 scan row · 4 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 · 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 (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 · 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 · 1 scan row · 4 occurrences

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.250

char LCS 105 (45.3%) · word LCS 19 (46.3%)

Stephanos

Μελαιναί, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἀπὸ Μελαινέως τοῦ Λυκάονος, ὡς Παυσανίας. ὁ πολίτης Μελαινεύς, ὡς τῆς Ἡραίας Ἡραιεύς. Ῥιανὸς ἐν Ἠλιακῶν πρώτῳ “Γόρτυν´ Ἥραιάν τε πολυδρύμους τε Μελαινάς”. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ Λυκίας Μελαιναί πόλις, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος Λυκιακοῖς. δύναται τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μελαινίτης ὡς Κελαινίτης.

Herodian

…οίως δὲ καὶ τὸ ταρφειαί. Τὰ εἰς 'να' συνεσταλμένον ἔχοντα τὸ 'α' ἀπὸ τῆς γενικῆς τοῦ ἀρσενικοῦ σχηματιζόμενα προπαροξύνεται, μέλανος μέλαινα· τὸ δὲ Μελαιναί πόλις Ἀρκαδίας ὀξύνεται· ἀπὸ Μελανέως τοῦ Λυκάονος, ὡς Παυσανίας ( 8, 26, 8). Ῥιανὸς ἐν Ἠλιακῶν πρώτῳ »Γόρτυν´ Ἥραιάν τε πολυδρύμους τε Μελαινάς«. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ Λυκίας Μελαιναί πόλις, ὡς Ἀλέξανδρος Λυκιακοῖς. καὶ Καλλίμαχος Μελαινάς φησι Μελαινεῖς τὸν δῆμον τῆς Ἀντιοχίδος φυλῆς ἐν Ἑκάλῃ. τάλανος τάλαινα, Λάκων Λάκαινα, δράκων δράκαινα, θεράπαινα, θέαινα, λέαινα. Ἔτι τὰ εἰς 'ρα' βραχὺ παρεσχηματισμένα, σωτήρ σώτειρα. ἔστι κα…