Ναβαταῖοι - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #2
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 466.20 | Billerbeck: Ν2
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 29
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Ναβαταῖος (Nabataeans) [people], Εὐδαίμονες (Eudaimones (ethnic group)) [people], Ἄραβες (Arabs) [people], Ναβάτης (Nabathes (personal name)) [person], Ναβάτης (Nabathes (personal name)) [person], Ναβατηνή (Nabatene (the land of the Nabataeans)) [place], Ναβατηνός (Nabathenos (personal name)) [person]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: From a certain Nabatus.; Borrowing Non Greek: 'Nabates' (Ναβάτης) in Arabic is one born of adultery.; Morphological Composition: Therefore from 'Ναβάτης' comes 'Ναβαταῖος' (the ethnonym).; Morphological Composition: And 'Ναβατηνή' is the country (name of the region).; Unclear Metalinguistic: And 'Ναβατηνός' is a proper personal name.
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Ναβαταῖοι, ἔθνος τῶν εὐδαιμόνων Ἀράβων, ἀπὸ Ναβάτου τινός. Ναβάτης δέ ἐστιν ἀραβιστὶ ὁ ἐκ μοιχείας γενόμενος. ἀπὸ οὖν τοῦ Ναβάτης Ναβαταῖος καὶ Ναβατηνή ἡ χώρα καὶ Ναβατηνός ὄνομα κύριον.

Nabataioi: a people of the Eudaimones (i.e. “Blessed”) Arabs, named after someone called Nabatos. Now Nabates in Arabic means “one born of adultery.” Hence from Nabates comes Nabataios. And Nabatenē is the country; and Nabatenos is a personal name.

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Herodian 1.73

char LCS 42 (27.3%) · word LCS 8 (27.6%)

Stephanos

Ναβαταῖοι, ἔθνος τῶν εὐδαιμόνων Ἀράβων, ἀπὸ Ναβάτου τινός. Ναβάτης δέ ἐστιν ἀραβιστὶ ὁ ἐκ μοιχείας γενόμενος. ἀπὸ οὖν τοῦ Ναβάτης Ναβαταῖος καὶ Ναβατηνή ἡ χώρα καὶ Ναβατηνός ὄνομα κύριον.

Herodian

καὶ Χαριμάται, κάτω δ´ Ἡνίοχοι, ἄνω δὲ Κοραξοί«. Ναβάτης ἀφ´ οὗ ἔθνος τῶν εὐδαιμόνων Ἀράβων. Ναβάτης δέ ἐστιν ἀραβιστὶ ὁ ἐκ μοιχείας γενόμενος. οἰκέτης, ὀφελέτης, φυλέτης, εὐνέτης, ἐρέτης, γενέτης, γαμέτης, Μακέτης ὁ Μακεδών, Ματυκέτης ἔθνος Σκυθικόν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Μασσαγέτης ἔθνος Σκυθῶν, ἔνθα Κῦρος ἐτελεύτησε. Εὐεργέτης Σκυθικὸν ἔθνος. Στράβων ὃ καὶ Ἀριμα…

Herodian 1.131

char LCS 39 (25.3%) · word LCS 7 (24.1%)

Stephanos

Ναβαταῖοι, ἔθνος τῶν εὐδαιμόνων Ἀράβων, ἀπὸ Ναβάτου τινός. Ναβάτης δέ ἐστιν ἀραβιστὶ ὁ ἐκ μοιχείας γενόμενος. ἀπὸ οὖν τοῦ Ναβάτης Ναβαταῖος καὶ Ναβατηνή ἡ χώρα καὶ Ναβατηνός ὄνομα κύριον.

Herodian

… «καθάπερ οἱ τὸν Δία Δωδωναῖον μὲν καλοῦντες ὅτι δίδωσι ἡμῖν τὰ ἀγαθά, Πελασγικὸν δὲ ὅτι τῆς γῆς πέλας ἐστίν». Κλεωναῖος «Κλεωναίοιο χάρωνος». βωμιαῖος. Σοφοκλῆς Αἰχμαλωτίσι «καὶ βωμιαῖον ἐσχάρας λαβὼν λίθον». Ναβαταῖος ἔθνος τῶν εὐδαιμόνων Ἀράβων ἀπὸ Ναβάτου τινός. Παραυαῖοι ἔθνος Θεσπρωτικόν. Ῥιανὸς ἐν τετάρτῳ Θεσσαλικῶν «σὺν δὲ Παραυαίους καὶ ἀμύμονας Ὀμφαλιῆας». καλοῦνται δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ παρὰ τὸν Αὖον ποταμὸν οἰκεῖσθαι. Τιλαταῖος ἔθνος Θρᾴκης. Θουκυδίδης δευτέρᾳ (c. 96). Τραγασαῖος…