Μελαινεῖς - Stephanos Ethnika

Μελαινεῖς OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Μελαινεῖς, δῆμος τῆς Ἀντιοχίδος φυλῆς. Καλλίμαχος δὲ Μελαινάς φησι τὸν δῆμον ἐν Ἑκάλῃ. ὁ δημότης ὁμοίως Μελαινεύς. τὸ θηλυκὸν Μελαινηίς. τὰ τοπικὰ ἐκ Μελαινῶν εἰς Μελαινῶν ἐν Μελαινῶν.

Melaineis: a deme of the Antiochid tribe. Kallimachos calls the deme Melainai in the Hekale. The demesman likewise Melaineus. The feminine Melaineis. The locatives from Melainai, to Melainai, in Melainai.

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	#121
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 441.12
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count	27

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus)	fr. 84 Hollis = fr. 266 Pfeiffer

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μελαινεῖς	Melaines (deme/inhabitants) · place · corrected · Q17478712
Ἀντιοχίς	Antiochis (tribe) · people · corrected · Q13415436
Μελαινᾶς	Melainas (deme) · place
Ἑκάλη	Hecale · place · corrected · Q13465104
Μελαινεύς	Melaineus (male inhabitant) · people
Μελαινηίς	Melainēis (female inhabitant) · people
Μελαινεῖς	of the Melaines · place · corrected · Q17478712
Μελαινεῖς	place · explicit · wikidata: Q17478712 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	No explicit origin is given. The passage records: 'Melaines: a deme of the phyle Antiochis. Callimachus, however, calls the deme (or gives the form) Μελαινᾶς in Hecale. The demotic is likewise Μελαινεύς. The feminine is Μελαινής. The local (topical) forms from Μελαινέων to Μελαινέων / ἐν Μελαινέων.' This is a morphological/lexical description of forms, not an etymology deriving the name from a person, place, or non‑Greek source.

Links

Place links	Melainai
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 (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	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 · 2 occurrences
Formula	εἰς + «X» (GREEK LETTER) formula:f06db8d92900ddc7	Translate as "ending in X" Domain: SPELLING & PROSODY Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	δῆμος ὁ gloss:e4ad995bede3b3b3	deme Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	δημότης ὁ gloss:47f8a94e343c05a7	deme-member Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	τοπικά τά gloss:dc551500540a4364	locative term Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	φυλή ἡ gloss:d443eaa1b875776d	tribe Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL 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.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.