Νησαῖον πεδίον

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Νησαῖον πεδίον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Entry #47
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 474.5 | Billerbeck: Ν47
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 9
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Νησαῖον (Nēsaion (the Nesaion plain)) [place], Μῆδοι (the Medes) [people], Νησαῖος (the Nēsaioi (inhabitants of Nēsaion)) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: The Nisaean plain — from which, among the Medes, are the Nisaean horses (i.e. the plain is named for the Nisaean horses found among the Medes).
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Νησαῖον πεδίον, ἀφ´ οὗ παρὰ Μήδοις οἱ Νησαῖοι ἵπποι.
Nēsaion Plain: from which (sc. place-name) among the Medes come the Nēsaian horses.

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