Νῆσος - Stephanos Ethnika

Νῆσος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Νῆσος, ἡ ἐν θαλάσσῃ πόλις. ὁ ταύτην οἰκῶν νησίτης, ὡς Κάνωβος Κανωβίτης. τοῦ δὲ νησίον νησιώτης καὶ νησιῶτις θηλυκῶς. καὶ νησαῖος ὡς χερσαῖος. τὸ κτητικὸν νησιωτικός. ἔστι καὶ Νῆσος πόλις Ἰβηρική.

Nesos, the city in the sea. An inhabitant of it is called a 'Nesites', just as 'Kanobites' is from Kanobos. From 'nesion' come 'Nesiotes' and the feminine 'Nesiotis'; also 'Nesaios', as in 'chersaios'. The possessive adjective is 'nesiotikos'. There is also an Iberian city called Nesos.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#48
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 474.7
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count	31
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Νῆσος	Nēsos (Nisos) / "Nēsos" (a place name; also means 'island') · place · corrected · Q23442
Κάνοβος	Kanōbos (Canopus) · place
Κανωβίτης	Canobite (inhabitant of Canopus) · people
Ἰβηρία	Iberia · place

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	'the city in the sea.' (i.e. Nῆσος denotes a city situated in the sea — 'island/city in the sea').
Morphological Composition	'the one dwelling in it (is called) νησίτης, as Κάνωβος (is) Κανωβίτης.' (formation of a demonym from the place-name).
Morphological Composition	'of the island (νησίον) (the forms) νησιώτης and νησιῶτις in the feminine.' (alternative demonymal/feminine forms).
Morphological Composition	'and νησαῖος like χερσαῖος.' (adjectival formation analogous to 'land-' adjective).
Morphological Composition	'the possessive adjective νησιωτικός.' (possessive adjective derived from the place-name).
Unclear Metalinguistic	'There is also a city Νῆσος in Iberia.' (note of a place with the same name in Iberia, without etymological explanation).

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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative AUTHOR NAME)... + ὡς αὐτός formula:4caae33810f40dfa	Translate as "X... as per X." Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 4 occurrences
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὡς + X (AUTHOR NAME) formula:d915b1886270056c	Translate as "as per X" Domain: SOURCE CITATIONS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:bcd70ae781e7b205	Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	κτητικόν τό gloss:80c7f336a009c2c3	possessive Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	νησιώτης ὁ gloss:ef8de9dec54fa178	islander Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

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No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.