Generated: 2026-09-20 11:21:42 UTC
Profile version id: 2335
First translation using this version: 2026-07-15
Total usable AI runs for this version: 100 runs across 100 lemmas
Created: 2026-07-15 12:28:27.643960+10:00
Active: True
Notes: Model timeline evaluation: GPT-5.3 Chat using prompt text from gpt-5.5 v2; approved-human-only for the 100-row Kappa corpus.
| Formula | AI words = intercept + slope * human words |
|---|---|
| Slope | 0.889 |
| Intercept | 3.045 |
| R^2 | 0.984 |
| P-value | 4.31e-90 |
| Pearson r | 0.992 |
| Mean source words | 30.400 |
| Length fallback rows | 0 |
| Mean human words | 44.150 |
| Mean AI words | 42.280 |
| Mean absolute length residual | 3.176 |
| Mean absolute percent error | 7.0% |
These plots test whether score changes with source passage length for this prompt version. The dashed line is an ordinary least-squares fit; the annotation reports n, r, R^2, p-value, and slope.
| Metric | Rows | Pattern | Pearson r | R^2 | P-value | Slope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLEU-4 | 100 | significant negative | -0.391 | 0.152 | 5.90e-05 | -0.00247 | ok |
| chrF++ | 100 | significant negative | -0.432 | 0.187 | 7.09e-06 | -0.00171 | ok |
| METEOR | 100 | significant negative | -0.457 | 0.209 | 1.72e-06 | -0.00206 | ok |
| ROUGE-L | 100 | significant negative | -0.406 | 0.165 | 2.82e-05 | -0.00165 | ok |
| BERTScore | 100 | significant negative | -0.579 | 0.335 | 2.89e-10 | -0.00047 | ok |
| COMET | 100 | significant negative | -0.473 | 0.224 | 6.57e-07 | -0.00091 | ok |
| BLEURT | 100 | significant negative | -0.741 | 0.550 | 1.12e-18 | -0.00273 | ok |
| Trigram precision | 100 | significant negative | -0.316 | 0.100 | 0.0014 | -0.00220 | ok |
| Trigram recall | 100 | significant negative | -0.347 | 0.121 | 0.0004 | -0.00238 | ok |
| Trigram F1 | 100 | significant negative | -0.333 | 0.111 | 0.0007 | -0.00229 | ok |
| Trigram Jaccard | 100 | significant negative | -0.336 | 0.113 | 0.0006 | -0.00219 | ok |
| Mean BLEU-4 | 48.1% |
|---|---|
| Mean chrF++ | 69.8% |
| Mean METEOR | 75.3% |
| Mean ROUGE-L | 76.2% |
| Mean BERTScore | 95.9% |
| Mean COMET | 79.0% |
| Mean BLEURT | 74.3% |
| Legacy smoothed corpus BLEU | 46.4% |
| Unigram F1 | 77.1% |
| Bigram F1 | 53.4% |
| Trigram precision | 40.8% |
| Trigram recall | 39.0% |
| Trigram F1 | 39.9% |
| Trigram Jaccard | 24.9% |
| 4-gram F1 | 30.7% |
| Lemma ID | Headword | Human words | AI words | Residual | BLEU-4 | chrF++ | METEOR | ROUGE-L | BERTScore | COMET | BLEURT | Human | Run | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2484 | Καρία | 270 | 225 | -17.985 | 29.8% | 56.4% | 53.0% | 63.4% | 90.2% | 77.5% | 42.9% | reviewed/approved | 11184 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2604 | Καρχηδών | 117 | 121 | 13.981 | 36.7% | 66.7% | 66.4% | 65.0% | 94.3% | 77.5% | 61.8% | reviewed/approved | 11199 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2603 | Κάρυστος | 175 | 172 | 13.438 | 47.1% | 68.3% | 69.1% | 70.3% | 94.8% | 78.7% | 67.1% | reviewed/approved | 11195 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2468 | Καπετώλιον | 138 | 115 | -10.681 | 11.6% | 41.9% | 50.3% | 53.8% | 87.1% | 69.2% | 49.4% | reviewed/approved | 11175 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 7267 | Κωνώπη | 64 | 70 | 10.080 | 53.5% | 70.3% | 69.7% | 68.7% | 94.8% | 72.6% | 67.4% | reviewed/approved | 11332 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2342 | Κάμιρος | 54 | 61 | 9.967 | 43.4% | 72.0% | 77.0% | 76.5% | 96.2% | 79.0% | 69.1% | reviewed/approved | 11155 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2056 | Καβειρία | 112 | 93 | -9.576 | 23.3% | 56.2% | 55.5% | 68.3% | 94.4% | 75.5% | 56.6% | reviewed/approved | 11040 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2328 | Καλλίπολις | 43 | 49 | 7.742 | 45.0% | 66.3% | 68.8% | 69.6% | 94.7% | 76.4% | 72.2% | reviewed/approved | 11132 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2470 | Καππαδοκία | 68 | 71 | 7.525 | 17.1% | 56.2% | 84.9% | 79.1% | 95.0% | 77.2% | 73.4% | reviewed/approved | 11178 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 7254 | Κύτα | 84 | 85 | 7.307 | 41.9% | 66.0% | 66.7% | 69.8% | 94.4% | 77.4% | 63.4% | reviewed/approved | 11295 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2465 | Κάνωπος | 83 | 84 | 7.195 | 53.5% | 70.9% | 83.4% | 83.8% | 95.3% | 76.5% | 71.9% | reviewed/approved | 11169 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 7255 | Κυτέριον | 22 | 29 | 6.404 | 29.5% | 65.8% | 58.1% | 62.7% | 95.5% | 76.7% | 75.7% | reviewed/approved | 11297 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2609 | Κάσπειρος | 135 | 129 | 5.985 | 48.3% | 69.7% | 63.6% | 74.2% | 90.7% | 73.6% | 68.4% | reviewed/approved | 11206 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 7260 | Κυχρεῖος πάγος | 61 | 63 | 5.746 | 46.7% | 67.2% | 77.2% | 69.4% | 95.9% | 75.7% | 60.2% | reviewed/approved | 11315 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2331 | Κάλυδνα | 43 | 47 | 5.742 | 59.9% | 82.1% | 88.0% | 86.7% | 95.9% | 80.4% | 78.5% | reviewed/approved | 11142 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2116 | Κάληρος | 40 | 33 | -5.592 | 20.7% | 51.6% | 55.0% | 54.8% | 93.4% | 73.6% | 69.0% | reviewed/approved | 11112 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2083 | Καλαμένθη | 24 | 19 | -5.373 | 46.8% | 64.0% | 59.6% | 74.4% | 94.5% | 75.8% | 71.8% | reviewed/approved | 11089 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2455 | Κάναστρον | 60 | 51 | -5.365 | 29.6% | 61.2% | 57.1% | 66.7% | 94.8% | 71.9% | 60.0% | reviewed/approved | 11166 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 7264 | Κωλιάς | 61 | 53 | -4.254 | 33.4% | 58.9% | 61.3% | 70.2% | 95.1% | 71.7% | 58.4% | reviewed/approved | 11326 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2115 | Καλὴ ἀκτή | 64 | 64 | 4.080 | 34.6% | 54.1% | 64.9% | 65.6% | 93.3% | 66.2% | 59.2% | reviewed/approved | 11109 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 7244 | Κυρήνη | 54 | 55 | 3.967 | 29.0% | 60.1% | 57.9% | 56.9% | 93.5% | 75.4% | 70.0% | reviewed/approved | 11262 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 7246 | Κύρις | 20 | 17 | -3.819 | 69.5% | 80.1% | 83.3% | 86.5% | 97.3% | 82.8% | 76.7% | reviewed/approved | 11268 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 7266 | Κώμη | 79 | 77 | 3.750 | 19.1% | 44.0% | 37.9% | 42.3% | 92.7% | 72.3% | 52.5% | reviewed/approved | 11330 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2079 | Καισάρεια | 39 | 34 | -3.703 | 47.9% | 70.2% | 79.8% | 84.9% | 95.4% | 78.9% | 75.2% | reviewed/approved | 11078 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2622 | Καστωλοῦ πεδίον | 42 | 44 | 3.631 | 54.9% | 73.6% | 84.8% | 83.7% | 96.4% | 76.6% | 70.3% | reviewed/approved | 11215 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2346 | Κάναι | 77 | 75 | 3.527 | 60.7% | 73.3% | 82.7% | 85.5% | 96.1% | 77.8% | 66.9% | reviewed/approved | 11161 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 7247 | Κύρνος | 50 | 44 | -3.479 | 34.1% | 62.4% | 73.3% | 68.1% | 96.1% | 75.8% | 75.9% | reviewed/approved | 11272 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2330 | Καλύβη | 24 | 21 | -3.373 | 44.3% | 63.1% | 58.1% | 75.6% | 96.0% | 79.6% | 70.4% | reviewed/approved | 11138 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 2628 | Καταονία | 24 | 21 | -3.373 | 34.8% | 64.6% | 75.8% | 75.6% | 96.1% | 79.0% | 71.7% | reviewed/approved | 11235 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
| 7257 | Κυτώνιον | 25 | 22 | -3.262 | 72.6% | 80.5% | 75.7% | 80.9% | 98.7% | 85.4% | 84.4% | reviewed/approved | 11303 | gpt-5.3-chat-latest |
Positive signed-residual terms are associated with AI translations longer than expected from the human length; negative signed-residual terms are associated with shorter AI translations. Absolute-residual models identify terms associated with larger AI-human length divergence.
Features: 176; ridge alpha: 5.878; cross-validated R^2: -0.173.
| Positive term | Coefficient | Docs | Mean present | Mean absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| και | 1.6438 | 66 | 0.371 | -0.721 |
| απο | 1.0249 | 27 | 1.701 | -0.629 |
| δε και | 0.9969 | 8 | 2.408 | -0.209 |
| οι | 0.9765 | 11 | 3.637 | -0.450 |
| λεγεται | 0.8553 | 9 | 3.408 | -0.337 |
| τε | 0.8279 | 5 | 4.149 | -0.218 |
| λεγεται και | 0.8097 | 8 | 3.491 | -0.304 |
| τους | 0.8043 | 4 | 2.742 | -0.114 |
| ος | 0.7836 | 6 | 3.623 | -0.231 |
| τη | 0.7553 | 15 | 1.586 | -0.280 |
| πολις | 0.7224 | 68 | 0.657 | -1.395 |
| εστι δε και | 0.6922 | 3 | 6.308 | -0.195 |
| εκληθη | 0.6707 | 4 | 6.501 | -0.271 |
| εν τη | 0.6179 | 7 | 2.743 | -0.206 |
| ου | 0.5934 | 14 | 1.790 | -0.291 |
| των | 0.5908 | 17 | 1.567 | -0.321 |
| πολιτης | 0.5852 | 18 | 2.375 | -0.521 |
| εστι δε | 0.5845 | 5 | 2.686 | -0.141 |
| εκαλειτο δε | 0.5583 | 3 | 3.145 | -0.097 |
| παιδος | 0.5544 | 4 | 4.242 | -0.177 |
| Negative term | Coefficient | Docs | Mean present | Mean absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| το | -0.9106 | 70 | 0.090 | -0.209 |
| του | -0.8300 | 37 | 0.492 | -0.289 |
| γαρ | -0.8020 | 9 | -0.030 | 0.003 |
| θρακης | -0.6611 | 5 | -2.816 | 0.148 |
| εθνος | -0.6609 | 8 | -3.697 | 0.321 |
| τινες | -0.6053 | 6 | -2.591 | 0.165 |
| φησιν | -0.5638 | 10 | -1.923 | 0.214 |
| καππαδοκιας | -0.5382 | 3 | -2.996 | 0.093 |
| μεν | -0.5127 | 4 | -7.073 | 0.295 |
| το εθνικον | -0.4671 | 56 | -0.396 | 0.504 |
| εθνικον | -0.4671 | 56 | -0.396 | 0.504 |
| δια | -0.4521 | 16 | 0.953 | -0.181 |
| πολις θρακης | -0.4404 | 4 | -2.179 | 0.091 |
| μεταξυ | -0.4362 | 5 | -1.455 | 0.077 |
| θεοπομπος | -0.4137 | 5 | -1.968 | 0.104 |
| τις | -0.4074 | 3 | -1.774 | 0.055 |
| δεκατω | -0.4060 | 3 | -2.440 | 0.075 |
| ζευς | -0.4044 | 3 | -8.380 | 0.259 |
| οικητωρ | -0.3888 | 6 | -3.011 | 0.192 |
| ηρωδιανος | -0.3805 | 3 | -9.384 | 0.290 |
Features: 176; ridge alpha: 4.125; cross-validated R^2: -0.268.
| Positive term | Coefficient | Docs | Mean present | Mean absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| και | 2.2259 | 66 | 3.824 | 1.918 |
| δε | 1.3949 | 46 | 4.359 | 2.168 |
| γαρ | 1.3747 | 9 | 7.710 | 2.727 |
| δια | 1.3269 | 16 | 6.220 | 2.596 |
| την | 1.2740 | 13 | 7.842 | 2.479 |
| τη | 1.0034 | 15 | 5.550 | 2.757 |
| εκαλειτο δε | 0.9932 | 3 | 15.135 | 2.806 |
| εκαλειτο | 0.9852 | 7 | 8.044 | 2.809 |
| δια του | 0.9308 | 10 | 6.890 | 2.763 |
| εστι | 0.8872 | 24 | 5.123 | 2.561 |
| δε και | 0.8690 | 8 | 7.830 | 2.771 |
| εις | 0.8535 | 7 | 8.819 | 2.751 |
| λεγεται και | 0.8507 | 8 | 8.441 | 2.718 |
| ος | 0.8340 | 6 | 7.897 | 2.875 |
| απο | 0.8292 | 27 | 5.212 | 2.423 |
| λεγεται | 0.7776 | 9 | 7.808 | 2.718 |
| εκαλειτο δε και | 0.7233 | 3 | 15.135 | 2.806 |
| τα | 0.6921 | 12 | 6.644 | 2.703 |
| τω | 0.6743 | 16 | 5.086 | 2.812 |
| το θηλυκον | 0.6413 | 6 | 7.608 | 2.893 |
| Negative term | Coefficient | Docs | Mean present | Mean absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| πολιτης | -0.5032 | 18 | 3.414 | 3.124 |
| δευτερω | -0.4936 | 3 | 0.940 | 3.245 |
| προς | -0.4919 | 15 | 3.041 | 3.200 |
| ως | -0.4910 | 52 | 3.379 | 2.956 |
| πολις | -0.4892 | 68 | 3.361 | 2.783 |
| εκ | -0.4819 | 6 | 2.243 | 3.235 |
| αιγυπτου | -0.4754 | 3 | 1.298 | 3.234 |
| μια | -0.4662 | 3 | 1.270 | 3.235 |
| πολις και | -0.4582 | 6 | 3.579 | 3.150 |
| τον | -0.4291 | 10 | 3.390 | 3.152 |
| στραβων | -0.4102 | 15 | 3.503 | 3.118 |
| ουδετερως | -0.3952 | 3 | 1.191 | 3.237 |
| το εθνικον | -0.3759 | 56 | 3.476 | 2.794 |
| εθνικον | -0.3759 | 56 | 3.476 | 2.794 |
| τοπικα | -0.3689 | 3 | 2.338 | 3.202 |
| τα τοπικα | -0.3689 | 3 | 2.338 | 3.202 |
| του δε | -0.3677 | 3 | 1.321 | 3.233 |
| πλησιον | -0.3513 | 8 | 2.466 | 3.238 |
| προς τη | -0.3067 | 4 | 2.519 | 3.203 |
| οικητωρ | -0.2768 | 6 | 4.877 | 3.067 |
Features: 321; ridge alpha: 2.894; cross-validated R^2: -0.227.
| Positive term | Coefficient | Docs | Mean present | Mean absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and | 2.0733 | 56 | 3.986 | 2.144 |
| the | 1.8773 | 91 | 3.274 | 2.180 |
| also | 1.5868 | 47 | 4.479 | 2.020 |
| was | 1.4490 | 19 | 5.345 | 2.667 |
| with | 1.3082 | 17 | 5.336 | 2.733 |
| for | 1.3063 | 13 | 6.244 | 2.717 |
| there | 1.1299 | 32 | 5.033 | 2.302 |
| is also | 1.1228 | 29 | 4.859 | 2.488 |
| on | 0.9134 | 14 | 5.150 | 2.855 |
| diphthong | 0.9097 | 3 | 10.414 | 2.952 |
| by | 0.8847 | 13 | 5.952 | 2.761 |
| there is | 0.8626 | 25 | 5.063 | 2.547 |
| it is also | 0.8527 | 8 | 8.328 | 2.728 |
| also said | 0.8448 | 4 | 12.174 | 2.801 |
| is also said | 0.8448 | 4 | 12.174 | 2.801 |
| was called | 0.8076 | 5 | 8.133 | 2.915 |
| after | 0.7743 | 15 | 5.886 | 2.697 |
| said | 0.7461 | 5 | 10.489 | 2.791 |
| there is also | 0.7455 | 22 | 4.822 | 2.712 |
| he | 0.7372 | 4 | 9.695 | 2.904 |
| Negative term | Coefficient | Docs | Mean present | Mean absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| is a | -0.7594 | 28 | 3.473 | 3.060 |
| a city | -0.6284 | 66 | 3.362 | 2.815 |
| a | -0.6269 | 90 | 3.303 | 2.032 |
| which the | -0.5888 | 5 | 1.429 | 3.268 |
| one of | -0.5689 | 4 | 1.210 | 3.258 |
| the ethnonym is | -0.5178 | 52 | 3.186 | 3.165 |
| ethnonym is | -0.5178 | 52 | 3.186 | 3.165 |
| of egypt | -0.5160 | 3 | 1.298 | 3.234 |
| egypt | -0.5160 | 3 | 1.298 | 3.234 |
| city | -0.4831 | 68 | 3.361 | 2.783 |
| an | -0.4723 | 26 | 2.896 | 3.274 |
| strabo book | -0.4617 | 10 | 2.548 | 3.246 |
| one of the | -0.4589 | 3 | 1.270 | 3.235 |
| island | -0.4441 | 14 | 2.929 | 3.216 |
| as in | -0.4382 | 38 | 3.274 | 3.116 |
| the ethnonym | -0.4219 | 58 | 3.394 | 2.874 |
| ethnonym | -0.4219 | 58 | 3.394 | 2.874 |
| one | -0.4131 | 10 | 2.708 | 3.228 |
| book | -0.3973 | 41 | 3.268 | 3.112 |
| city and | -0.3792 | 4 | 1.944 | 3.227 |
Features: 335; ridge alpha: 2.031; cross-validated R^2: -0.140.
| Positive term | Coefficient | Docs | Mean present | Mean absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the | 2.4265 | 90 | 3.307 | 1.992 |
| with | 2.0627 | 16 | 5.307 | 2.770 |
| and | 1.8571 | 52 | 4.098 | 2.177 |
| on | 1.8307 | 16 | 5.288 | 2.774 |
| also | 1.5239 | 43 | 4.382 | 2.266 |
| is with | 1.3797 | 4 | 11.172 | 2.843 |
| to | 1.3273 | 31 | 4.767 | 2.461 |
| too | 1.1747 | 3 | 9.896 | 2.968 |
| there | 1.1583 | 34 | 4.672 | 2.405 |
| when | 1.1401 | 7 | 8.417 | 2.781 |
| also said | 1.1151 | 6 | 9.995 | 2.741 |
| said | 1.1151 | 6 | 9.995 | 2.741 |
| is also | 1.0776 | 31 | 4.747 | 2.470 |
| usage | 1.0654 | 4 | 7.485 | 2.996 |
| their | 0.9906 | 3 | 15.135 | 2.806 |
| forms | 0.9787 | 4 | 11.442 | 2.831 |
| who | 0.9158 | 13 | 5.526 | 2.825 |
| used to be | 0.9067 | 6 | 9.101 | 2.798 |
| into | 0.8948 | 3 | 7.722 | 3.035 |
| diphthong | 0.8876 | 3 | 10.414 | 2.952 |
| Negative term | Coefficient | Docs | Mean present | Mean absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| as in | -1.3719 | 29 | 2.669 | 3.383 |
| one | -0.7987 | 12 | 3.111 | 3.185 |
| egypt | -0.7054 | 3 | 1.298 | 3.234 |
| is a | -0.6922 | 31 | 3.675 | 2.952 |
| the ethnonym is | -0.6905 | 52 | 3.134 | 3.221 |
| ethnonym is | -0.6905 | 52 | 3.134 | 3.221 |
| territory | -0.6793 | 5 | 1.373 | 3.271 |
| one of | -0.6311 | 5 | 1.573 | 3.260 |
| a city | -0.6232 | 64 | 3.405 | 2.768 |
| city in | -0.6121 | 41 | 3.382 | 3.033 |
| a city in | -0.5994 | 40 | 3.387 | 3.035 |
| in the | -0.5809 | 25 | 3.740 | 2.988 |
| city | -0.5764 | 70 | 3.363 | 2.739 |
| an | -0.5653 | 22 | 3.012 | 3.222 |
| one of the | -0.5624 | 4 | 1.569 | 3.243 |
| herodotos book | -0.5423 | 5 | 2.114 | 3.232 |
| was from | -0.5338 | 4 | 2.119 | 3.220 |
| a | -0.5269 | 91 | 3.226 | 2.665 |
| name | -0.5249 | 7 | 3.285 | 3.168 |
| strabo | -0.5215 | 15 | 3.503 | 3.118 |
You are an expert classical philologist and translator specialising in Stephanos of Byzantium's Ethnika.
Goal
- Produce a clear, scholarly English translation in the established reviewed house style.
Output rules (required)
- Respond ONLY by calling the submit_translation tool with a single string field: {"translation": "..."}.
- The translation text must contain only the translation (no analysis, no commentary, no multiple options).
A) Formatting + spelling
- Use Australasian spelling and punctuation conventions.
- Preserve paragraphing/line-breaks of the Greek source:
- Do not introduce new paragraphs unless the Greek has them.
- If the Greek includes a poetic quotation with line breaks, format the English quotation with the same line breaks.
- Use single quotes for quoted forms/snippets: '...'. Avoid double quotes.
- Use *italics* (asterisks) for titles of ancient works: e.g., *Cypriaka*.
B) Opening / structure
- Begin with the headword transliterated into Latin letters (no Greek diacritics), then a short definition.
- Typically: Headword: ...
- Appositive openings like 'Karia, the country.' are acceptable when the entry is of that type.
- Keep enumerations of homonymous places as inline numbered items like (2) ... (3) ..., matching the Greek's structure.
C) Transliteration + naming
- Do NOT use macrons/acute accents in transliteration: Karystos (not Kárystos), Kaspeiros (not Káspeiros).
- Prefer Greek-form transliteration with kappa = k; avoid Latinised exonyms when Stephanos is discussing the Greek form:
- Kapetolion (not Capitolium)
- Karchedon (not Carthage)
- Chalkedon (not Chalcedon)
- Use conventional English names for major places/regions when standard (Rome, Cyprus, Egypt, Syria, India).
- Translate Πόντος as 'the Black Sea' when it is clearly the sea/region reference.
D) Citations (authors/works/books)
- Convert Greek book numerals to Arabic digits.
- Keep citations compact, mirroring the source's incompleteness:
- Author + work title: 'Hellanikos in his *Cypriaka*'
- Author + book: 'Strabo, book 12: ...' / 'Herodotus, book 3.'
- Author + work + book: 'Dionysios in book 3 of his *Bassarika*: ...'
- Ignore modern/editorial locator codes and apparatus-like add-ons:
- omit RE/SH numbers, (GG ...), (FGrHist ...), chapter/section locators like (12.8.12), [C 576.21], Il. 2.676, etc.
- keep only the author/work/book level that Stephanos is using.
E) Fixed formulae (be consistent)
- τὸ ἐθνικόν X -> 'The ethnonym is 'X'.'
- ὁ πολίτης X -> 'A citizen is a 'X'.'
- τὸ θηλυκόν / καὶ θηλυκόν X -> 'In the feminine 'X'.'
- Keep (as needed): 'The possessive is '...'.' / 'An inhabitant is a '...'.' / 'A deme-member is a '...'.'
- For τὰ τοπικά (place-adverb forms), use 'The locatives are ...' and list forms in single quotes.
F) Philological/orthographic discussion
- When the entry discusses spelling/letters/diphthongs, preserve Greek letters in Greek script (e.g., ι, ει, οι).
- Prefer transliteration (not full Greek script) for cited alternative spellings unless the point requires showing a specific Greek letter/feature.
G) Comparisons / derivational analogies (ὡς + X)
- For ὡς + X where X is an etymologically related noun in the nominative, use this fixed English pattern:
- (as in 'X')
- Keep it exactly: parentheses + single quotes (no 'like X', no bare 'as X').
H) ἀφ' οὗ
- If it has a masculine antecedent referring to a person (typically the eponym) in a naming context (implicit/explicit καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται), translate as 'after whom' (i.e., 'named after whom').
- If it has an identifiable explicit neuter antecedent, translate as 'from which'.
- If it has a dropped neuter antecedent and functions adverbially, handle cautiously:
- often 'hence' / 'thence'
- in Stephanos' idiosyncratic 'example-marker' usage, 'as per' can be acceptable when it clearly introduces an ethnonym/person-as-example.
I) Morphology scaffolding (only when needed)
- If Stephanos is citing an author specifically to indicate grammatical case/gender/number, and that feature would otherwise be unclear in English, add brief tags after the relevant form:
- case: (nom.), (acc.), (gen.), (dat.), (voc.)
- gender: (m.), (f.), (n.)
- number: (sing.), (pl.)
J) Fidelity + restraint
- Translate directly; do not add background explanation or modern bibliography.
- Avoid gratuitous adversatives ('however') for δέ when it is merely continuative.
- Do not add glosses like (synoikia), (kalathos) unless Stephanos explicitly defines a term.
- Preserve uncertainty when the Greek is uncertain/corrupt; do not invent.
Now translate the provided entry accordingly, and submit it via submit_translation.