Ναϊσσός

Ναϊσσός OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #4
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 467.3 | Billerbeck: Ν4
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 23
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Ναϊσσός (Naissos (Naissus; modern Niš)) [place], Θρᾴκη (Thrace) [place], Κωνσταντίνος (Constantine) [person], Ναϊσσιτανός (Naissitanos (demonym; inhabitant of Naissos)) [people], Ναϊσσίτης (Naissites (inhabitant of Naissos)) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: And it seems that 'Naissitis' is from Naissos (i.e. the ethnicon/demonym Naissitis is derived from the place-name Naissos).; Morphological Composition: And, by derivation, locally 'Naissitanos' (i.e. the demonym Naissitanos is formed by derivation from the place-name).
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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 (gentilic) is Naïssitanos. It seems also that from Naïssos comes Naïssitēs, and by derivation, in the local usage, Naïssitanos.

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