Νυμφαία - Stephanos Ethnika

Νυμφαία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

island

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

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#79
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 478.20 · Billerbeck Ν79
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count	15

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Νυμφαία	Nymphaea (island) · place
Καλυψώ	Calypso · deity
Ἀδρία	Adriatic (Sea) · place · corrected · Q13924
Νυμφαῖος	Nymphaean (demonym) · people
Αἰαία	Aeaea / Aiaea (island) · place
Αἰαῖος	Aeaean (demonym) · people
Νυμφαία	place · explicit · wikidata: Q12279889 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
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).

Links

Place links	Nimfea \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1728.jpg
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Herodian overlaps

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