Νήιον

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Νήιον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
mountain
Entry #42
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 473.12 | Billerbeck: Ν42
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 33
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Κράτατα (Krateta) fr. 47 Broggiato
Entities: Νήιος (Nēios) [place], Ἰθάκη (Ithaca) [place], Νηιᾶδες (Naiads (Nēiades)) [deity], Ἐπικνημίδιοι (Epiknemidii) [people], Νήιος (Nēios) [person], Νηιεῦς (Nēieus) [person]
Etymologies: 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.
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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.
Nēïon: a mountain of Ithakē, from which, according to Kratēs, come the nēïades; others [say the term denotes] the women who spend their time about the springs. The form hyponēïon is a compound, as [in] Epiknēmídioi. And the nēïades are [so called] either from Nēïos or from Nēïeus.

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…

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