Νεφελοκοκκυγία - Stephanos Ethnika

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city

Entry #39
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 473.5 | Billerbeck: Ν39
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 14
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Sources: Ἀριστοφάνης (Aristophanes) Av. 819 [Av.]
Entities: Νεφελοκοκκυγία (Nefelokokkygia (Cloud‑cuckoo‑land)) [place], Νεφελοκοκκυγιεύς (Nefelokokkygius (demonym: inhabitant of Nefelokokkygia)) [people]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: 'Nephelokokkygia: a city comically invented by Aristophanes (Av. 819).
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Νεφελοκοκκυγία, πόλις κωμικῶς ἐπινοηθεῖσα παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει, καὶ ἑνικῶς καὶ πληθυντικῶς λεγομένη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νεφελοκοκκυγιεύς.

Nephelokokkygia: a city comically invented by Aristophanes (Birds 819), spoken of both in the singular and in the plural. The ethnic (gentilic) is Nephelokokkygieus.

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Stephanos

Νεφελοκοκκυγία, πόλις κωμικῶς ἐπινοηθεῖσα παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει, καὶ ἑνικῶς καὶ πληθυντικῶς λεγομένη. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νεφελοκοκκυγιεύς.

Herodian

…ἀπὸ Ἄμβρακος τοῦ παιδὸς Θεσπρωτοῦ τοῦ Λυκάονος ἢ ἀπὸ Ἀμβρακίας τῆς Αὐγέου θυγατρός, περὶ ἧς Φιλέας. εὕρηται καὶ διὰ τοῦ 'π' ἀντὶ τοῦ 'β'. Τεμμικία παρὰ τῷ Λυκόφρονι (v. 786) »ὃν Βομβύλεια κλιτὺς ἡ Τεμμικία«. Νεφελοκοκκυγγία πόλις κωμικῶς ἐπινοηθεῖσα παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει, καὶ ἑνικῶς καὶ πληθυντικῶς λεγομένη. Κωρυκία ἀκρωτήριον Κρήτης, Ἰαπυγία δύο πόλεις, μία ἐν τῇ Ἰταλίᾳ καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν τῇ Ἰλλυρίδι, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος. Καππαδοκία χώρα τῇ Κιλικίᾳ πρόσχωρος, ὥς φησι Μένιππος, ἀπὸ Σινώπης εἰς Εὔαρχον ποταμόν, ὃς ὁρίζει Παφλαγονίαν καὶ …