Νικηφόριον - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #55
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 475.11 | Billerbeck: Ν55
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count: 15
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Οὐράνιος (Ouranios) FGrHist 675 F 29
Entities: Νικηφόριον (Nikephorion) [place], Κωνσταντίνα (Konstantina (Constantina)) [place], Ἔδεσσα (Edessa) [place], Νικηφόριος (Nikephorios (demonym)) [people], Βυζάντιος (Byzantios (Byzantine/Byzantium)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: Thus the city (is) Konstantina near Edessa, according to Ouranios.; Morphological Composition: The ethnic (demonym) is 'Nikēphorios', like 'Byzantius'.
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Νικηφόριον, οὕτως ἡ Κωνσταντῖνα ἡ περὶ Ἔδεσσαν πόλις, ὡς Οὐράνιος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νικηφόριος ὡς Βυζάντιος.

Nicephorion: thus (is called) Constantina, the city near Edessa, as (states) Ouranios. The ethnic (gentilic) is Nicephorios, as (with) Byzantios.

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char LCS 44 (52.4%) · word LCS 8 (53.3%)

Stephanos

Νικηφόριον, οὕτως ἡ Κωνσταντῖνα ἡ περὶ Ἔδεσσαν πόλις, ὡς Οὐράνιος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νικηφόριος ὡς Βυζάντιος.

Herodian

…τρίτη Σικελίας. τετάρτη Καμπανίας. παλινδόριον τὸ εἰργασμένον δέρμα, κιχόριον εἶδος βοτάνης. Ἀνακτόριον Ἀκαρνανίας πόλις, Κορινθίων ἄποικος. Θουκυδίδης τετάρτῃ (c. 49). ἀρσενικῶς παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ. Χαλκητόριον πόλις Κρήτης. Νικηφόριον. οὕτως ἡ Κωνσταντῖνα ἡ περὶ Ἔδεσσαν πόλις. Βοσπόριον τοῦ Βυζαντίου λιμήν, ὃς καὶ Βόσπορος λέγεται. Ἀμόριον πόλις τῆς μεγάλης Φρυγίας. Στράβων δωδεκάτῃ. Φιληνόριον