Νιφάτης

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Νιφάτης OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
mountain
Νιφάτης, ὄρος Ἀρμενίας. οὕτως γὰρ Ἀρκάδιος. ἔοικε δὲ παρὰ τὸ νείφειν, ἀλλ´ ὀνοματικῶς διὰ τοῦ « ι » γράφεται. καὶ Πείσανδρος ἑβδόμῳ “Ταύρου πρυμνώρειαν ἐυσκόπελόν τε Νιφάτην”.

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Text Details

Entry#68
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 477.15 · Billerbeck Ν68
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count28

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἀρκάδιος (Arkadios)RE II 1,1153 Nr. 5
Πεισάνδρος (Peisander)fr. 7 Heitsch
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΝιφάτηςNiphates (mountain) · place · corrected · Q60461
ἈρμενίαArmenia · place · corrected · Q1423867
ΤαῦροςTaurus (mountain range) · place
Νιφάτηςplace · explicit · wikidata: Q7039463 · seeded_headword_alignment
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological CompositionIt seems to be from (the verb) 'neiphein' (to snow / be cloudy), but it is written nominally with an iota.

Links

Place linksNiphates | 📍 Map | Pleiades
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