Νέστος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Νέστος, πόλις καὶ ποταμὸς Ἰλλυρίας. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νέστιος, ὡς Ἀρτεμίδωρος δευτέρῳ γεωγραφουμένων, καὶ Νεστίς ἡ χώρα.

Nestis, Nestus">Nestos: a city and a river of Illyria. The ethnic is Nestios, as Artemidorus says; and Nestis is the region.

Text Details

Entry#37
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 472.22 · Billerbeck Ν37
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count16
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἀρτεμίδωρος (Artemidorus)Γεωγραφουμένων · fr. 27 Stiehle
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΝέστοςNestos · place
ἸλλυρίαIllyria · place
ΝέστιοςNestius (ethnicon / demonym) · people
ΝεστίςNestis · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguistic'the ethnicon Νéstios, according to Artemidorus of the Geographoumena (fr. 27 Stiehle), and Néstis the country' — a note on the forms of the name (demonym and country-name).

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC