Νεών

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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city
Entry #41
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 473.10 | Billerbeck: Ν41
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 15
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus) (8,32,1)
Entities: Νεών (Neon) [place], Φωκίς (Phocis) [place], Νεώνιος (Neonios (demonym)) [people], Ἐλεών (Eleon) [place], Ἐλεώνιος (Eleonios (demonym)) [people], Νεωνία (Neonia (demonym)) [people], Νεωναῖος (Neonaeos (demonym)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: No etymological explanation is given. The entry simply states: 'Neōn: a city of Phocis. (Herodotus ...) The ethnicon Neōnios, as Eleōn Eleōnios, and Neōnia and Neōnaîos.'
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Νεών, πόλις Φωκίδος. Ἡρόδοτος ὀγδόῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νεώνιος ὡς Ἐλεών Ἐλεώνιος, καὶ Νεωνία καὶ Νεωναῖος.
Neōn: a city of Phokis. Herodotos. The ethnic (gentilic) is Neōnios, as (from) Eleōn (comes) Eleōnios; also (attested are) Neōnia and Neōnaios.

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Herodian 1.18
char LCS 30 (37.5%) · word LCS 5 (33.3%)
Stephanos
Νεών, πόλις Φωκίδος. Ἡρόδοτος ὀγδόῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νεώνιος ὡς Ἐλεών Ἐλεώνιος, καὶ Νεωνία καὶ Νεωναῖος.
Herodian
…εται ὡς Πλάτων, τὰ δὲ περισπᾶται ὡς Ξενοφῶν. Τὰ εἰς 'ων' ἀρσενικὰ δισύλλαβα παραληγόμενα 'α' βραχεῖ ἢ 'ε' βαρύνεται, μὴ ὄντα περιεκτικά, Φάων, Κάων, Κρέων, Θέων, Κλέων, λέων, Νέων, νεών δὲ ὡς περιεκτικόν· ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ Νεών πόλις Φωκίδος. Ἡρόδοτος ὀγδόῃ (c. 32). Τὰ εἰς 'ων' παραληγόμενα 'α' μακρῷ βαρύνεται, Ἄων ἔθνος Βοιωτίας, Δάων ἔθνος τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἀπὸ Δάονος, Χάων ἔθνος Ἠπείρου. Ἑλλάνικος ἱερειῶν Ἥρας τρίτῳ «Ἀμβρακιῶται καὶ οἱ μετ´ αὐτῶν Χάονες καὶ Ἠπειρῶται». καὶ ὁ Πρόξενος δὲ…