Νυμφαία

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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island
Νυμφαία, θηλυκόν, ἡ νῆσος Καλυψοῦς παρὰ τῷ Ἀδρίᾳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νυμφαῖος, ὡς τῆς Αἰαίας Αἰαῖος.

Nymphaia: feminine; the island of Calypso, by the Adriatic. The ethnic is Nymphaios, as Aiaios from Aiaia.

Text Details

Entry#79
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 478.20 · Billerbeck Ν79
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count15
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΝυμφαίαNymphaea (island) · place
ΚαλυψώCalypso · deity
ἈδρίαAdriatic (Sea) · place
ΝυμφαῖοςNymphaean (demonym) · people
ΑἰαίαAeaea / Aiaea (island) · place
ΑἰαῖοςAeaean (demonym) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Person'the island of Calypso by the Adriatic' — indicates the island is (called) Calypso's, i.e. named after the nymph Calypso.
Morphological Composition'the ethnicon Νυμφαῖος, like Αἰαῖος of Αἰαία' — states the demonym Νυμφαῖος is formed analogously to Αἰαῖος from Αἰαία (morphological formation).

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC