Ἀσβύστα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Ἀσβύστα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Ἀσβύστα, πόλις Λιβύης. καὶ ὁ πολίτης Ἀσβύστης. “οἵη τε Τρίτωνος ἐφ´ ὕδασιν Ἀσβύσταο” Καλλίμαχος Αἰτίων πρώτῃ. δύο δέ εἰσι Τρίτωνες, ὁ μὲν Λιβύης ὁ δὲ Βοιωτός.

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Text Details

Entry#470
Greek textmeineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source idMeineke 130.5
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-05
Word count26

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Translation Guidance

KindRuleGuidanceDetection
FormulaX (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
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 · 1 occurrence
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
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.78
char LCS 36 (29.0%) · word LCS 6 (23.1%)
Stephanos
Ἀσβύστα, πόλις Λιβύης. καὶ ὁ πολίτης Ἀσβύστης. “οἵη τε Τρίτωνος ἐφ´ ὕδασιν Ἀσβύσταο” Καλλίμαχος Αἰτίων πρώτῃ. δύο δέ εἰσι Τρίτωνες, ὁ μὲν Λιβύης ὁ δὲ Βοιωτός.
Herodian
…τοῦ 'η' φησὶ καὶ καθ´ ὕφεσιν τοῦ ἑνὸς 'ρ'. ὁμοίως δὲ τῷ Ὀρέστης βαρύνεται καὶ Πιάστης ἔθνος πρὸς τῷ Πόντῳ καὶ Προνάστης ἔθνος Βοιωτίας »Βοιωτῶν δέ τινες τὸ πάλαι ἔθνος Προνάσται καλέονται«. καὶ Ἀσβύστης ἔθνος Λιβύης »οἵ τε Τρίτωνος ἐφ´ ὕδασιν Ἀσβύσταο« Καλλίμαχος

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