Νέστος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Νέστος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #37
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 472.22 | Billerbeck: Ν37
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 16
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἀρτεμίδωρος (Artemidorus) fr. 27 Stiehle [Γεωγραφουμένων]
Entities: Νέστος (Nestos) [place], Ἰλλυρία (Illyria) [place], Νέστιος (Nestius (ethnicon / demonym)) [people], Νεστίς (Nestis) [place]
Etymologies: 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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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 (gentilic) is Nestios, as Artemidorus says; and Nestis is the region.

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