Νησαῖον πεδίον

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Νησαῖον πεδίον, ἀφ´ οὗ παρὰ Μήδοις οἱ Νησαῖοι ἵπποι.

Nēsaion Plain: from which among the Medes come the Nēsaian horses.

Text Details

Entry#47
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 474.5 · Billerbeck Ν47
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count9
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΝησαῖονNēsaion (the Nesaion plain) · place
Μῆδοιthe Medes · people
Νησαῖοςthe Nēsaioi (inhabitants of Nēsaion) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionThe 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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