Μένουθις - Stephanos Ethnika

Μένουθις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

village

Μένουθις, Αἰγυπτία κώμη πρὸς τῷ Κανώβῳ. καὶ νῆσος Αἰθιοπίας Μενουθιάς· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μενουθίτης τοῦ Μένουθις διὰ τὸν τῆς χώρας χαρακτῆρα, τοῦ δὲ Μενουθιάς Μενουθιεύς.

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#145
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 445.7
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count	24

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Μένουθις	Menouthis · place · corrected · Q1492594
Αἰγυπτία	Aigyptia (village) · place · corrected · Q11768
Κάνωπος	Canopus · place · corrected · Q1145180
Αἰθιοπία	Aethiopia (Ethiopia) · place · corrected · Q410453
Μενουθιά	Menouthias · place
Μενουθίτης	Menouthis, inhabitant (ethnic) · people
Μενουθιεὺς	Menouthieus, inhabitant (ethnic) · people
Menouthis (Egyptian village near Kanobos)	place · village · Egypt, near Kanobos · explicit · wikidata: Q1492594 · candidate
Menouthias (island of Aithiopia)	place · island · Aithiopia · explicit · wikidata: Q16938623 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The ethnicon 'Μενουθίτης' (Menouthites), of Menouthis, [is so] because of the character/feature of the country (i.e. derived from the nature of the place).
Morphological Composition	And (the ethnicon) of Menouthias is 'Μενουθιεύς' (Menouthieus).

Links

Place links	Menouthis \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1412.jpg
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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 · high 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 · 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	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.88

char LCS 19 (14.1%) · word LCS 5 (20.8%)

Stephanos

Μένουθις, Αἰγυπτία κώμη πρὸς τῷ Κανώβῳ. καὶ νῆσος Αἰθιοπίας Μενουθιάς· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μενουθίτης τοῦ Μένουθις διὰ τὸν τῆς χώρας χαρακτῆρα, τοῦ δὲ Μενουθιάς Μενουθιεύς.

Herodian

…ς, κολοκυνθίς, ἀγαθίς. Ἠμαθίς χώρα ἡ νῦν Μακεδονία. Ἀσπαλαθίς νῆσος Λυκίας. λέγεται οὕτω διὰ τὰς ἐν αὐτῇ πεφυκυίας ἀσπαλάθους. Ἀψυνθίς χώρα. Ἐρυμανθίς, Οἰανθίς, Τιρυνθίς, Παρνηθίς, Πεπαρηθίς. τὸ δὲ Ταμίαθις καὶ Μένουθις κώμη πρὸς τῷ Κανώβῳ καὶ Τερένουθις, Θέρμουθις, Ἔλβονθις πόλις μεταξὺ Αἰγύπτου καὶ Κυρήνης, Φενέβηθις, Ἕρμωνθις πόλεις Αἰγύπτου βαρύνονται. Τὰ εἰς 'κις' δισύλλαβα ὀξύνεται, Φωκίς χώρα περὶ τὸν Παρνασόν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Φώκου τινός. κερκίς,…