Νικομήδεια - Stephanos Ethnika

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Νικομήδεια, πόλις Βιθυνίας, ἀπὸ Νικομήδους τοῦ Ζηίλα παιδός, ἐπισημοτάτου βασιλέως. ἣ καὶ Ὀλβία ἐκλήθη. ὁ πολίτης Νικομηδεύς. καὶ τὸ κτητικὸν Νικομήδειος, καὶ θηλυκῶς καὶ οὐδετέρως. ἐξ ἧς Ἀρριανός.

Nikomedeia: a city of Bithynia, from Nikomedes the son of Zeilas, a most notable king. Which was also called Olbia. The citizen Nikomedeus. And the possessive Nikomedeios, both feminine and neuter. From it Arrian.

External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.

Text Details

Entry	#57
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 475.15
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count	28

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἀρριανός (Arrian)	—

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Νικομήδεια	Nicomedia · place · corrected · Q209349
Βιθυνία	Bithynia · place · corrected · Q373189
Νικομήδης	Nicomedes · person
Ζιήλας	Ziela (Zielas) · person
Ὀλβία	Olbia · place · corrected · Q1143233
Νικομηδεύς	a Nicomedian (inhabitant of Nicomedia) · person
Νικομήδεια	place · explicit · wikidata: Q209349 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	(named) from Nicomedes, son of Ziela, a most distinguished king
Unclear Metalinguistic	it was also called Olbia

Links

Place links	Nicomedia \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1677.jpg
Review	Open review page

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 · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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 · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
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	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 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	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	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 · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	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.

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