Νήιον - Stephanos Ethnika

Νήιον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

mountain

Νήιον, ὄρος Ἰθάκης, ἀφ´ οὗ κατὰ Κράτητα αἱ νηιάδες. οἱ δὲ τὰς διατριβούσας περὶ τὰ νάματα. τὸ δὲ Ὑπονήιον σύνθετον ὡς τὸ Ἐπικνημίδιοι. αἱ δὲ νηιάδες ἀπὸ τοῦ νήιος ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ νηιεύς.

Neion: a mountain on Ithake, from which, according to Krates, the 'Neiades' take their name. Others use the name for those who dwell around springs. 'Hyponeion' is a compound, as is 'Epiknemidioi'. The 'Neiades' are from 'neios' or 'neieus'.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#42
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 473.12
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count	33
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Κράτατα (Krateta)	fr. 47 Broggiato

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Νήιος	Nēios · place · corrected · Q25016169
Ἰθάκη	Ithaca · place · corrected · Q187471
Νηιᾶδες	Naiads (Nēiades) · deity
Ἐπικνημίδιοι	Epiknemidii · people
Νήιος	Nēios · person · corrected · Q25016169
Νηιεῦς	Nēieus · person
Νήιον	place · explicit · wikidata: Q25016169 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	from which, according to Kratetas (fr. 47 Broggiato), the Neiiades [are named].
Morphological Composition	but (they are) those who frequent the streams/springs.
Morphological Composition	and the 'hyponeion' is a compound, like the 'Epiknemidion'.
Eponym Person	and the Neiiades [derive] from Nēios or from Nēieus.

Links

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Page scans	e9783110219630_i1652.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	[NO ANTECEDENT] + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:85dbc02f91e20d41	Translate as "as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 3 occurrences
Formula	X (MASCULINE ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:04e9b95236efcdc4	Translate as "X... from/after whom is 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (NEUTER ETYMON) + ἀφ' οὗ + Y (DERIVED NOUN) formula:36c80425f64385f6	Translate as "X... from which is Y" or "X... as per 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ὄρος ὁ gloss:184051ff413f789d	mountain, mount (X ὄρος = 'Mount X') Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.361

char LCS 70 (49.6%) · word LCS 16 (48.5%)

Stephanos

Νήιον, ὄρος Ἰθάκης, ἀφ´ οὗ κατὰ Κράτητα αἱ νηιάδες. οἱ δὲ τὰς διατριβούσας περὶ τὰ νάματα. τὸ δὲ Ὑπονήιον σύνθετον ὡς τὸ Ἐπικνημίδιοι. αἱ δὲ νηιάδες ἀπὸ τοῦ νήιος ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ νηιεύς.

Herodian

…ύμφωνα, ὧν οὐδέτερον ἢ τὸ ἓν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀμετάβολον, παροξύνεται, ἰσχίον, ἱστίον, ὀγκίον, κυμβίον, ἀντίον τὸ τοῦ ἱστοῦ. τὸ σίλφιον καὶ ὅρκιον προπαροξύνεται. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ηϊον' Ἰωνικὰ προπαροξύνεται, λήϊον, νήϊον· ἔστι καὶ Νήϊον ὄρος Ἰθάκης, ἀφ´ οὗ κατὰ Κράτητα αἱ νηϊάδες, οἱ δὲ τὰς διατριβούσας περὶ τὰ νάματα. αἱ δὲ νηϊάδες ἀπὸ τοῦ νήϊος ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ νηΐς. τὸ δὲ Ὑπονήϊον σύνθετον ὡς τὸ Ἐπικνημίδιοι. Λυκήϊον, Μιδήϊον πόλις Φρυγίας, ἣ Μιδάϊον καὶ Μιδάειον λέγεται. Ταρσήϊον πόλις πρὸς ταῖς Ἡρακλείαις στήλαις. Πολύβιος τρίτῳ (c. 24…