Μεταπόντιον

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Μεταπόντιον, πόλις Ἰταλίας, ἡ πρότερον Σῖρις ἀπὸ Μετάβου τοῦ Σισύφου τοῦ Αἰόλου· τὸν γὰρ Μετάποντον οἱ βάρβαροι Μέταβον ἔλεγον. ὁ πολίτης Μεταποντῖνος. ἀφ´ οὗ Φίλων ὁ αὐλητὴς καὶ ποιητής. λέγεται καὶ Μεταπόντιος ὡς Βυζάντιος. καὶ Μεταποντίνη.

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Text Details

Entry#168
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 448.14
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-28
Word count36

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Φίλων (Philon)SH 689
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜεταπόντιονMetapontion (Metapontum/Metaponto) · place · corrected · Q1058770
ἸταλίαItaly · place
ΣίριςSiris · place · corrected · Q2705822
ΜετάβοςMetabus · person
ΣίσυφοςSisyphus · person · corrected · Q102561
ΑἴολοςAeolus · person · corrected · Q406388
ΜεταπόντιονMetapontum (variant form) · place · corrected · Q1058770
ΜετάβονMetabon (barbarian form of Metapontum) · place
ΜεταποντῖνοςMetapontine (citizen of Metapontum) · people
ΜεταπόντιοςMetapontios (demonym) · people
ΒυζάντιοςByzantios (Byzantine, of Byzantium) · people
ΜεταποντίνηMetapontine (feminine) · people
Metapontion (city of Italy, formerly Siris)place · city · Italy · explicit · wikidata: Q50572394 · candidate
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Personfrom Metabus, son of Sisyphus the Aeolian
Borrowing Non Greekfor the barbarians used to call the Metapontian (city) 'Metabon'
Unclear Metalinguisticformerly (called) Siris
Morphological Compositionit is also said 'Metapontios' as (one says) 'Byzantios' (i.e. formed analogously)

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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 · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
FormulaX (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
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 (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 · 1 occurrence
Formulaκαί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN)
formula:0af867b3dd6df580
Translate as "Y is also 'X'"
Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES
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 · 2 occurrences
Formulaὡς + 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
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.368
char LCS 105 (53.0%) · word LCS 19 (52.8%)
Stephanos
Μεταπόντιον, πόλις Ἰταλίας, ἡ πρότερον Σῖρις ἀπὸ Μετάβου τοῦ Σισύφου τοῦ Αἰόλου· τὸν γὰρ Μετάποντον οἱ βάρβαροι Μέταβον ἔλεγον. ὁ πολίτης Μεταποντῖνος. ἀφ´ οὗ Φίλων ὁ αὐλητὴς καὶ ποιητής. λέγεται καὶ Μεταπόντιος ὡς Βυζάντιος. καὶ Μεταποντίνη.
Herodian
…Σαυνιτῶν ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ. λεόντιον, δρακόντιον, ἀκόντιον. ἔστι καὶ Ἀκόντιον πόλις Ἀρκαδίας ἀπὸ Ἀκοντίου τοῦ Λυκάονος. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Εὐβοίας, ὡς Ξεναγόρας καὶ Ἀνδροτίων ὀγδόῃ. ὀδόντιον ἡ βοτάνη καὶ τὸ τοῦ στόματος. γερόντιον, Μεταπόντιον πόλις Ἰταλίας ἡ πρότερον Σῖρις ἀπὸ Μετάβου τοῦ Σισύφου τοῦ Αἰόλου. τὸν γὰρ Μετάποντον οἱ βάρβαροι Μέταβον ἔλεγον. Ἱερόντιον ἡ πόλις. Δυσπόντιον πόλις Πισαίας, ἀπὸ Δυσπόντου τοῦ Πέλοπος, παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν ἐξ Ἤλιδος εἰς Ὀλυμπίαν. Μαμέρτιον πόλις Ἰταλίας. Λαφύστιον. * Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'φιον' οὐδέτερα μονογενῆ προπαροξύνεται, ζωΰφιον, δενδρ…

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