Νεφθαλῖται - Stephanos Ethnika

Νεφθαλῖται OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

people

Entry #40
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 473.8 | Billerbeck: Ν40
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 10
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἰώσηπος (Josephus) AJ 5,86 [Antiquitates Judaicae (AJ)]
Entities: Νεφθαλῖτης (Naphtalites (Naphtali)) [people], Νεφθαλῖτης (a Naphtalite (female)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: a people who held/took possession of the east/dawn, according to Josephus (AJ 5.86)
Source: e9783110219630_i1652.jpg
Edit

Νεφθαλῖται, ἔθνος κρατῆσαν τῆς ἕω, ὡς Ἰώσηπος. καὶ θηλυκῶς Νεφθαλῖτις.

Nephthalitai: a people who held sway over the East, as Josephus says (Antiquitates Judaicae 5.86). The feminine form is Nephthalitis.

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.76

char LCS 27 (47.4%) · word LCS 6 (60.0%)

Stephanos

Νεφθαλῖται, ἔθνος κρατῆσαν τῆς ἕω, ὡς Ἰώσηπος. καὶ θηλυκῶς Νεφθαλῖτις.

Herodian

…καδίας, περὶ οὗ Ξενοφῶν καὶ Ἔφορος καὶ Ἀνδροτίων φασίν. Εὐωνυμίτης ἔθνος Αἰγύπτιον πρὸς τῇ Αἰθιοπίᾳ. Ἀλέξανδρος Αἰθιοπικῶν πρώτῳ. Ἰβηρίτης ὁ καὶ Ἴβηρ ἔθνος. Παρθένιος ἐν Λευκαδίᾳ »Ἰβηρίτῃ πλεύσει ἐν αἰγιαλῷ«. Νεφθαλίτης ἔθνος κρατῆσαν τῆς ἕω, ὡς Ἰώσηπος (A. I. 5, 1). Ὁμηρίτης ἔθνος Αἰθιόπων. Ὀρβίτης ἔθνος Ἰνδικόν, ὡς Ἀπολλόδωρος δευτέρῳ, περὶ Ἀλεξάνδρειαν. Σαυνίτης τῶν Ἰαπύγων ὅμορος. Τρωΐτης ποταμὸς Αἰγύπτου. ἀστίτης. Σοφοκλῆς Ἀλεξάνδρῳ »οὐ γάρ τι θεσμὰ τοῖσιν ἀστίται…