Νίκαια - Stephanos Ethnika

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Νίκαια, πόλις Βιθυνίας, Βοττιαίων ἄποικος. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ πρότερον Ἀγκώρη εἶτα Ἀντιγόνεια· ὕστερον δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Λυσιμάχου γυναικὸς Νίκαια μετεκλήθη. δευτέρα τῶν Ἐπικνημιδίων Λοκρῶν. τρίτη ἐν Ἰλλυρίδι. τετάρτη ἐν Ἰνδοῖς. πέμπτη ἐν Κύρνῳ τῇ νήσῳ. ἕκτη ἐν Λεύκτροις τῆς Βοιωτίας. ἑβδόμη Κελτικῆς, Μασσαλιωτῶν ἄποικος. ὀγδόη Θρᾴκης. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλαι. ἢ παρὰ Θερμοπύλας καὶ Θρᾴκην. λέγεται δὲ προπαροξυτόνως. εἰ δ´ ἔστι νικαῖος, τὸ θηλυκὸν νικαία. ὁ πολίτης Νικαιεύς καὶ Νικαεύς διχῶς. ἐξ αὐτῆς Ἰσίγονος καὶ Ἀσκληπιάδης καὶ Παρθένιος καὶ Ἀπολλωνίδης καὶ Ἐπιθέρσης γραμματικὸς γράψας περὶ λέξεων ἀττικῶν καὶ κωμικῶν καὶ τραγικῶν.

Nikaia: a city in Bithynia, a settlement of the Bottiaioi. It used to be called Ankore, then Antigoneia; later it was renamed Nikaia after Lysimachos’ wife. A second is among the Epiknemidian Lokrians; a third in Illyris; a fourth among the Indoi; a fifth on the island of Kyrnos; a sixth in Leuktra in Boiotia; a seventh in Keltike, a settlement of the Massaliotai; an eighth in Thrace. There are others too, or one near Thermopylai and one in Thrace. The name is pronounced with the accent on the antepenult. If there is a masculine form 'νικαῖος', its feminine is 'νικαία'. A citizen is a 'Nikaieus' or a 'Nikaeus': both forms occur. From it came Isigonos, Asklepiades, Parthenios, Apollonides and Epitherses, a grammarian who wrote on Attic, comic and tragic words.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#52
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 474.17
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count	90
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἰσίγονος (Isigonus)	περὶ λέξεων Ἀττικῶν καὶ κωμικῶν καὶ τραγικῶν
Ἀσκληπιάδης (Asclepiades)	περὶ λέξεων Ἀττικῶν καὶ κωμικῶν καὶ τραγικῶν
Παρθένιος (Parthenios)	περὶ λέξεων Ἀττικῶν καὶ κωμικῶν καὶ τραγικῶν
Ἀπολλόδωρος (Apollodorus)	περὶ λέξεων Ἀττικῶν καὶ κωμικῶν καὶ τραγικῶν
Ἐπιθέρσης (Epitheres (grammaticus))	περὶ λέξεων Ἀττικῶν καὶ κωμικῶν καὶ τραγικῶν

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Νίκαια	Nicaea · place · corrected · Q441885
Βιθυνία	Bithynia · place · corrected · Q373189
Βοττιαῖοι	Bottiaeans · people
Ἀγκώρη	Agkōrē (earlier name of the city) · place
Ἀντιγόνεια	Antigoneia · place
Λυσίμαχος	Lysimachus · person
Ἐπικνημίδαι	Epiknemidians (a group of Locrians) · people
Λοκροί	Locrians · people
Ἰλλυρία	Illyria · place · corrected · Q32047
Ἰνδοί	Indians / India · people
Κύρνος	Kyrnos (the island) · place · corrected · Q1784775
Λεύκτρα	Leuctra · place
Βοιωτία	Boeotia · place · corrected · Q187570
Κελτική	Celtica / the Celtic region · place
Μασσαλιῶται	Massaliotes (inhabitants of Massalia) · people
Θρᾴκη	Thrace · place · corrected · Q41741
Θερμοπύλαι	Thermopylae · place · corrected · Q194450
Νικαῖος	Nikaeus (demonym) · people
Νικαιεύς	Nikaeus (citizen) · people
Νικαεύς	Nikaeus (alternate spelling) · people
Nikaia in Bithynia	place · city · Bithynia · explicit · wikidata: Q985462 · candidate
Nikaia of the Epiknemidian Lokrians	place · city · Epiknemidian Locris · implicit · wikidata: Q985462 · candidate
Nikaia in Illyris	place · city · Illyris · implicit · wikidata: Q985462 · candidate
Nikaia in India	place · city · India · implicit · wikidata: Q985462 · candidate
Nikaia in Kyrnos	place · city · Kyrnos (Corsica) · implicit · unresolved
Nikaia in Leuktra (Boeotia)	place · city · Leuktra, Boeotia · implicit · unresolved
Nikaia in Celtica	place · city · Celtica · implicit · wikidata: Q985462 · candidate
Nikaia in Thrace	place · city · Thrace · implicit · wikidata: Q985462 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	It was formerly called Ankōrē, then Antigoneia.
Eponym Person	Later it was renamed Nikaia after Lysimachus's wife Nikaia.
Place Transfer	A city of Bithynia, a colony of the Bottiaeans.
Place Transfer	(A Nikaia) in Celtica, a colony of the Massaliots.
Morphological Composition	It is said with the proparoxytone accent: if the masculine is Nikaîos, the feminine is Nikaia (i.e. the name is the feminine form of Nikaîos).
Morphological Composition	The citizen is called Nikaeus and Nikaeûs, i.e. two alternative demonymal forms.

Links

Place links	Nicaea \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1664.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN)... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ARTICLE + genitive ETYMON) formula:8856d9e4780f3c74	Translate as "X... from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Gloss	ἄκρα ἡ gloss:4b3718d8a0a50cbb	promontory Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἄποικος ὁ gloss:f19d7fe719703a7b	settlement Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	γένος τό gloss:c746b76469e4485d	descent Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	γῆ ἡ gloss:728db30aa96e9869	land, dirt, Earth Domain: TERRAIN/LANDMASSES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	διάσημος -η -ον gloss:ab7dd01e159fa074	renowned, (made) famous Domain: OTHER TERMS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἐθνικόν τό gloss:9c5337ad6342cf4a	ethnonym Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἱστορικός ὁ gloss:f02a916b8e56ad5f	scholar (note Steph. doesn't use σχολαστικός) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	καλεῖται/ἐκαλεῖτο/κέκληται/ἐκλήθη (ἀπο...) gloss:ef7a95cd709173ed	is/used to be/is/was called/named after (+ ἀπο) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 2 occurrences
Gloss	κρήνη ἡ gloss:55d407396b89d66e	fountain, well Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	κτητικόν τό gloss:80c7f336a009c2c3	possessive Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	μοῖρα ἡ gloss:f14779ed84e09347	region or part (in geographic contexts); district (in urban contexts only) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	οἰκήτωρ ὁ gloss:3810d98aa6c81247	inhabitant, resident, patron (of a brothel...? - κ123) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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
Gloss	πατρίς ἡ gloss:ae29764eb82bc9a3	fatherland Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	προπαροξύνω gloss:73cd528e5d0d8546	accent with acute on the antepenult Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	σχοῖνος ὁ gloss:a80b69f3b4f1487e	schoinos, chain, rope (apparently a distance of a few kms, cf. papyri) Domain: MEASUREMENT & SPACE Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	τόνος ὁ gloss:06fca58898cc9623	stress (oxytone if + ὀξύς; barytone if + βαρύς) Domain: LINGUISTIC/META-LINGUISTIC Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χερσόνησος (χερρόνησος) ἡ gloss:06a2cd955f7fdcc9	peninsula Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χώρα ἡ gloss:54f628c16aa263ce	region; territory (when belonging to a specific people, tribe, or nation); surrounding territory (when juxtaposed against a πόλις); land (remote or poetical places) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	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 1.272

char LCS 280 (55.0%) · word LCS 49 (54.4%)

Stephanos

Νίκαια, πόλις Βιθυνίας, Βοττιαίων ἄποικος. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ πρότερον Ἀγκώρη εἶτα Ἀντιγόνεια· ὕστερον δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Λυσιμάχου γυναικὸς Νίκαια μετεκλήθη. δευτέρα τῶν Ἐπικνημιδίων Λοκρῶν. τρίτη ἐν Ἰλλυρίδι. τετάρτη ἐν Ἰνδοῖς. πέμπτη ἐν Κύρνῳ τῇ νήσῳ. ἕκτη ἐν Λεύκτροις τῆς Βοιωτίας. ἑβδόμη Κελτικῆς, Μασσαλιωτῶν ἄποικος. ὀγδόη Θρᾴκης. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλαι. ἢ παρὰ Θερμοπύλας καὶ Θρᾴκην. λέγεται δὲ προπαροξυτόνως. εἰ δ´ ἔστι νικαῖος, τὸ θηλυκὸν νικαία. ὁ πολίτης Νικαιεύς καὶ Νικαεύς διχῶς. ἐξ αὐτῆς Ἰσίγονος καὶ Ἀσκληπιάδης καὶ Παρθένιος καὶ Ἀπολλωνίδης καὶ Ἐπιθέρσης γραμμα…

Herodian

τῇ 'αι' διφθόγγῳ προπαροξύνεται, Νίκαια πόλις, νικαία δὲ τὸ θηλυκὸν τοῦ νικαῖος. ἔστι δὲ Νίκαια πόλις Βιθυνίας, Βοττιαίων ἄποικος. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ πρότερον Ἀγκώρη, εἶτα Ἀντιγόνεια, ὕστερον δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Λυσιμάχου γυναικὸς Νίκαια μετεκλήθη. δευτέρα τῶν Ἐπικνημιδίων Λοκρῶν. τρίτη ἐν Ἰλλυρίδι. τετάρτη ἐν Ἰνδοῖς. πέμπτη ἐν Κύρνῳ τῇ νήσῳ. ἕκτη ἐν Λεύκτροις τῆς Βοιωτίας. ἑβδόμη Κελτικῆς, Μασσαλιωτῶν ἄποικος. ὀγδόη Θρᾴκης. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλαι. Δίπαια πόλις Ἀρκαδίας ἡ καὶ Διπαιεύς. Δίκαια πόλις Θρᾴκης ἀπὸ Δικαίου τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος· ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν τῷ Τυρρηνικῷ κόλπῳ Ἰώνων ἄποικος. Λίλαια πόλις Φωκίδος. Λυκόφρων (v. 1073) «πάτραν Λίλαιαν κἀνεμωρείας πέδον». Κάρ…