Νικασία - Stephanos Ethnika

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Νικασία, νησίδιον μικρὸν πλησίον Νάξου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νικάσιος ὡς Θηράσιος, καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως. ἔστι καὶ ὄνομα κύριον Νικάσιος.

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Text Details

Entry	#53
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 475.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count	19

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Νικασία	Nikasia (Nicasia) · place · corrected · Q12880600
Νάξος	Naxos · place · corrected · Q96575378
Νικάσιος	Nikasios (demonym / personal name) · person
Θηράσιος	Therasios (from Thera) · people
Νικασία	place · explicit · wikidata: Q12880600 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The ethnicon (demonym) 'Nikasios' formed like 'Therasios'; it is used also in the feminine and neuter. It is also a personal (proper) name 'Nikasios'.

Links

Place links	Makares \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1677.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
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 · medium confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X... πλησίον + Y. (genitive) formula:3d243d130e764a8b	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS 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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.293

char LCS 33 (30.6%) · word LCS 5 (26.3%)

Stephanos

Νικασία, νησίδιον μικρὸν πλησίον Νάξου. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νικάσιος ὡς Θηράσιος, καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως. ἔστι καὶ ὄνομα κύριον Νικάσιος.

Herodian

… Διονυσία εἶναι καὶ κατὰ παραφθορὰν Δονουσία. Μασσία χώρα παρακειμένη τοῖς Ταρτησσίοις. Ἑκατησία· οὕτως ἡ Ἰδριὰς πόλις ἐκαλεῖτο Καρίας. Μολοσσία ἡ χώρα τῆς Ἠπείρου. Μυσία ἡ χώρα καὶ πόλις. Λυδοὶ δὲ τὴν ὀξύην μυσόν φασι. Νικασία νησίδιον μικρὸν πλησίον Νάξου. Παρρασία πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Ὅμηρος (Β 608) «Στύμφηλόν τ´ εἶχον καὶ Παρρασίην ἐνέμοντο» ἀπὸ Παρράσου ἑνὸς τῶν Λυκάονος παίδων. Χάραξ δὲ κτίσμα Πελασγοῦ ἐν πρώτῳ χρονικῶν οὕτως «Πελασγὸς Ἀκέστορος παῖς τοῦ Ἐκβάσου τοῦ Ἄργου…