Νέαι, νῆσος πλησίον Λήμνου, ἐν ᾗ Φιλοκτήτης κατά τινας ἐδήχθη ὑπὸ ὕδρου. ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ προσνήξασθαι Ἡρακλέα. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νεαῖος. ἔστι καὶ Νέα κώμη φρούριον Μυσίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν τὸ αὐτό.
Neai: an island near Lemnos, on which, according to some, Philoctetes was bitten by a water-snake. It was so named from Heracles’ having swum up to it. The ethnic (gentilic) is Neaios. There is also Nea, a village and fort of Mysia; the ethnic is the same.