Ναϊσσός

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Ναϊσσός, πόλις Θρᾴκης, κτίσμα καὶ πατρὶς Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ βασιλέως. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ναϊσσιτανός. καὶ ἔοικεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ναϊσσός Ναϊσσίτης καὶ κατὰ παραγωγὴν ἐπιχωρίως Ναϊσσιτανός.

Naïssos: a city of Thrace, a foundation and the native city of the emperor Constantine. The ethnic is Naïssitanos. It seems also that from Naïssos comes Naïssitēs, and by derivation, in the local usage, Naïssitanos.

Text Details

Entry#4
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 467.3 · Billerbeck Ν4
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count23
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΝαϊσσόςNaissos (Naissus; modern Niš) · place
ΘρᾴκηThrace · place
ΚωνσταντίνοςConstantine · person
ΝαϊσσιτανόςNaissitanos (demonym; inhabitant of Naissos) · people
ΝαϊσσίτηςNaissites (inhabitant of Naissos) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionAnd it seems that 'Naissitis' is from Naissos (i.e. the ethnicon/demonym Naissitis is derived from the place-name Naissos).
Morphological CompositionAnd, by derivation, locally 'Naissitanos' (i.e. the demonym Naissitanos is formed by derivation from the place-name).

Links

Place linksNaissus | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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Herodian overlaps

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