Ἀσία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Ἀσία, πόλις Λυδίας παρὰ τῷ Τμώλῳ, ἐν ᾗ τρίχορδος εὑρέθη κιθάρα, διὸ [καὶ Ἀσιὰς ἐκλήθη.] καὶ Ἀσία ἡ ἤπειρος. οἱ μὲν ἀπὸ πόλεως Λυδίας, οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ Ἀσίου τοῦ Λυδοῦ, ἢ ἐκ τῆς Προμηθέως γυναικός, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ πολλὴν ἄσιν ἔχειν, τουτέστιν ἰλύν. ὁ ἐνοικῶν Ἀσιάτης καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἀσιᾶτις. λέγεται καὶ Ἀσίς “ἰσθμὸς ἄνω τέταταί τις ὑπέρτατος Ἀσίδος αἴης”. καὶ Ἀσιάς. τὸ δὲ Ἀσιανός, ὡς Στράβων ἑνδεκάτῃ “ἦν δὲ ἐμπόριον κοινὸν τῶν τε Ἀσιανῶν καὶ τῶν Εὐρωπαίων Νομάδων”. καὶ τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἀσιανή. ἔστι καὶ Ἀσιανή πόλις Ἠλείας. λέγεται καὶ Ἀσιαῖος. ἔστι καὶ Ἀσία νῆσος Αἰθιοπίας. ὁ πολίτης Ἀσιάτης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀσιεύς, ὡς Ὑρία Ὑριεύς. ἔστι καὶ Ἄσιος λειμών. Ὅμηρος “Ἀσίῳ ἐν λειμῶνι”. ἢ μᾶλλον Ἀσίας, ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἀσίου (γενικὴ γάρ ἐστιν, οὐκ Ἀσιανῷ· ἀγνοεῖ γὰρ Ὅμηρος τὴν Ἀσίαν ὡς καὶ τὴν Εὐρώπην) καὶ ἰωνικῶς Ἀσίεω καὶ Ἀσίω ὡς ἐυμμελίω.

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Entry	#474
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 130.20
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-02-05
Word count	143

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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 (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 (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	καί + 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
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	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
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	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 1.52

char LCS 97 (15.3%) · word LCS 23 (16.4%)

Stephanos

…τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἀσιανή. ἔστι καὶ Ἀσιανή πόλις Ἠλείας. λέγεται καὶ Ἀσιαῖος. ἔστι καὶ Ἀσία νῆσος Αἰθιοπίας. ὁ πολίτης Ἀσιάτης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀσιεύς, ὡς Ὑρία Ὑριεύς. ἔστι καὶ Ἄσιος λειμών. Ὅμηρος “Ἀσίῳ ἐν λειμῶνι”. ἢ μᾶλλον Ἀσίας, ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἀσίου (γενικὴ γάρ ἐστιν, οὐκ Ἀσιανῷ· ἀγνοεῖ γὰρ Ὅμηρος τὴν Ἀσίαν ὡς καὶ τὴν Εὐρώπην) καὶ ἰωνικῶς Ἀσίεω καὶ Ἀσίω ὡς ἐυμμελίω.

Herodian

…τῶν Ἀγραῶν ἔθνος». λέγονται καὶ Ἀγράϊοι καὶ Ἀγριεῖς ὡς Θεόπομπος καὶ Ἀγριᾶνες. Ἀδρίας κόλπος παρὰ τὴν Ἀδρίαν πόλιν καὶ ποταμός, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος. Καλατίας γένος Ἰνδικόν. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Ἀσίας. Ὅμηρος (Β 461) «Ἀσίω ἐν λειμῶνι» ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἀσίου (γενικὴ γάρ ἐστιν, οὐκ Ἀσιανῷ. ἀγνοεῖ γὰρ Ὅμηρος τὴν Ἀσίαν ὡς καὶ τὴν Εὐρώπην)· καὶ Ἰωνικῶς Ἀσίεω καὶ Ἀσίω ὡς τὸ «ἐϋμμελίω Πριάμοιο» (Δ 47). διὸ χωρὶς τοῦ 'ι'. Ἱππίας, πωγωνίας, Γλαυκίας, τοξίας, Ἀφίας κύριον παρ´ Εὐφορίωνι, Πευκετίας ἔθνος τοῖς Οἰνωτροῖς προσεχές, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ, Πικίας ἔθνος Ἰταλίας, Παρίας· ἔστι δὲ ὄνομα…

Herodian 1.408

char LCS 32 (5.0%) · word LCS 7 (5.0%)

Stephanos

…οπίας. ὁ πολίτης Ἀσιάτης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀσιεύς, ὡς Ὑρία Ὑριεύς. ἔστι καὶ Ἄσιος λειμών. Ὅμηρος “Ἀσίῳ ἐν λειμῶνι”. ἢ μᾶλλον Ἀσίας, ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἀσίου (γενικὴ γάρ ἐστιν, οὐκ Ἀσιανῷ· ἀγνοεῖ γὰρ Ὅμηρος τὴν Ἀσίαν ὡς καὶ τὴν Εὐρώπην) καὶ ἰωνικῶς Ἀσίεω καὶ Ἀσίω ὡς ἐυμμελίω.

Herodian

…υ Ἀτρείδεω, Ὀρέστου Ὀρέστεω, Αἰνείου Αἰνείεω, ἀπαθεῖς δηλονότι οὖσαι· ἐὰν γὰρ πάθωσι, πρὸ μιᾶς τοῦ τέλους ἔχουσι τὴν ὀξεῖαν οἷον Ἑρμείου Ἑρμείεω καὶ κατὰ συγκοπὴν Ἑρμείω παροξυτόνως »Ἥρης Ἑρμείω τε« (Ο 214), Ἀσίας Ἀσίου καὶ Ἰωνικῶς Ἀσίεω καὶ Ἀσίω ὡς εὐμμελίω »Ἀσίω ἐν λειμῶνι« (Β 461). εἰ δὲ ἀπὸ περισπωμένων κοινῶν γενικῶν ὦσι, παροξύνονται οἷον αὐλητοῦ αὐλητέω, Θαλῆς Θαλοῦ (ἔστι δὲ ὄνομα κύριον) τοῦ Θαλέω. Αἱ διὰ τοῦ 'αο' Βοιωτικαὶ γενικαί, εἰ μὲν ἀπὸ βαρυτόνων κοινῶν γενικ…