Νινόη

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Entry #62
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 476.6 | Billerbeck: Ν62
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count: 36
AI prompt: v1
Sources: S. Tr. (S. Tr.) S. Tr. 638–39
Entities: Νινόη (Ninoë (Ninōē)) [place], Καρία (Caria) [place], Ἀφροδισιάς (Aphrodisias) [place], Πελασγοί (Pelasgians) [people], Λελέγες (Leleges) [people], Μεγάλη (Megale (the Great City)) [place], Νῖνος (Ninus) [person], Νινοήτης (Ninoites (ethnic of Ninoë)) [people], Πυλάτιδες (Pylatides (?)) [other]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: founded by the Pelasgians or the Leleges, and it was called the city 'Lelegōn' (Lelegon).; Morphological Composition: then it was called 'Megale polis' (Great City).; Eponym Person: then (named) from Ninus: 'Ninoē' (i.e. named after Ninus).; Morphological Composition: the ethnicon (demonym) 'Ninoētēs', formed like 'pylē' → 'pylētēs' (whence 'Pylatides agorai'), and 'limnē' → 'limnētēs'.
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Νινόη, ἡ ἐν Καρίᾳ Ἀφροδισιάς, κτισθεῖσα ὑπὸ τῶν Πελασγῶν Λελέγων. καὶ ἐκλήθη Λελέγων πόλις εἶτα ἐκλήθη Μεγάλη πόλις εἶτα ἀπὸ Νίνου Νινόη· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νινοήτης, ὡς τὸ πύλη πυλήτης, ὅθεν “Πυλάτιδες ἀγοραί”, καὶ λίμνη λιμνήτης.
Ninoē: the Aphrodisias in Caria, founded by the Pelasgians or Leleges. And it was called “city of the Leleges.” Then it was called “Great City.” Then, from Ninos, Ninoē. The ethnic adjective is Ninoētēs, as (from) pylē (“gate”) comes pylētēs, whence “Pylatides agorai” (Soph. Tr. 638–39), and (from) limnē (“lake”) limnētēs.

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Herodian 1.306
char LCS 112 (62.6%) · word LCS 22 (62.9%)
Stephanos
Νινόη, ἡ ἐν Καρίᾳ Ἀφροδισιάς, κτισθεῖσα ὑπὸ τῶν Πελασγῶν Λελέγων. καὶ ἐκλήθη Λελέγων πόλις εἶτα ἐκλήθη Μεγάλη πόλις εἶτα ἀπὸ Νίνου Νινόη· τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νινοήτης, ὡς τὸ πύλη πυλήτης, ὅθεν “Πυλάτιδες ἀγοραί”, καὶ λίμνη λιμνήτης.
Herodian
…ς κοίλης Συρίας. πέμπτη Κιλικίας. ἕκτη τῆς Αἰγύπτου πόλις ἐπὶ τοῦ Δέλτα. ἑβδόμη Κύπρου ἡ πρότερον Μάριον λεγομένη. ὀγδόη Αἰτωλίας. ἐνάτη Λύκτου. δεκάτη τῆς Τρωγλοδυτικῆς ἡ πρότερον Ὀλβία καλουμένη. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Λυκίας. Νινόη ἡ ἐν Καρίᾳ Ἀφροδισιὰς κτισθεῖσα ὑπὸ τῶν Πελασγῶν Λελέγων. καὶ ἐκλήθη Λελέγων πόλις. εἶτα ἐκλήθη Μεγάλη πόλις. εἶτα ἀπὸ Νίνου Νινόη. Ὀγχόη πόλις Φωκίδος. Ῥοδόη πόλις Ἰνδική. Σεθρόη πόλις Αἰγύπτου. Φολόη πόλις Ἀρκαδίας ἀπὸ Φόλου τοῦ Κενταύρου. Κολόη. Καλλιρρόη Νέστου θυγάτηρ· ἔστι καὶ Μαιάνδρου θυγάτηρ. λέγεται δὲ καὶ οὕτως λίμνη Συρίας. τὸ δὲ ἀκοή ἐ…

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