Νύμφαιον - Stephanos Ethnika

Νύμφαιον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

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Νύμφαιον, πόλις Ταυρικὴ μεταξὺ Παντικαπαίου μητροπόλεως καὶ Θεοδοσίας, ὥς φησι Στράβων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν δύναται ὡς Ἡραιεύς Νυμφαιεύς. τὸ δὲ νυμφαῖος κτητικὸν ἀπὸ τῶν νυμφῶν. λέγεται καὶ Νυμφαΐτης.

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Text Details

Entry	#80
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 478.22
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count	27

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Στράβων (Strabo)	(7,4,4 [C 309,33])

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Νυμφαῖον	Nymphaion · place · corrected · Q287522
Ταυρική	Taurica (Tauric) · place
Παντικάπαιον	Pantikapaion (Panticapaeum) · place · corrected · Q906661
Θεοδοσία	Theodosia · place · corrected · Q158491
Ἡραιεύς	Heraieus (ethnic) · people
Νυμφαιεύς	Nymphaeus (ethnic) · people
νύμφαι	Nymphs · deity
Νυμφαῖτης	Nymphaïtēs (inhabitant of Nymphaion) · people
Νύμφαιον	place · explicit · wikidata: Q287522 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Morphological Composition	The name 'Nymphaeon' is a possessive/derived form from 'the nymphs' (ἀπὸ τοῦ νυμφῶν).
Unclear Metalinguistic	The ethnic (demonym) can be 'Heraieus' or 'Nymphaieus' (i.e. alternative forms associated with Hera or the Nymphs).
Unclear Metalinguistic	It is also called 'Nymphaïtes' (an alternative name/demonym).

Links

Place links	Nymphaion \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1738.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	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.

Herodian 1.369

char LCS 76 (47.8%) · word LCS 12 (44.4%)

Stephanos

Νύμφαιον, πόλις Ταυρικὴ μεταξὺ Παντικαπαίου μητροπόλεως καὶ Θεοδοσίας, ὥς φησι Στράβων. τὸ ἐθνικὸν δύναται ὡς Ἡραιεύς Νυμφαιεύς. τὸ δὲ νυμφαῖος κτητικὸν ἀπὸ τῶν νυμφῶν. λέγεται καὶ Νυμφαΐτης.

Herodian

…ον Ἀττικῶς, νόμαιον τὸ μονογενές, οὔραιον, Σκύλλαιον ἄκρα, περὶ ἧς Ἑκαταῖος ἐν Εὐρώπῃ φησίν. πρέμναιον. Κότταιον τὸ ὄρος, Ἕρμαιον, Φοίβαιον, Κύταιον πόλις Κρήτης, γύναιον, Λύκαιον τὸ ὄρος, κώπαιον, δέραιον, νύμφαιον καὶ Νύμφαιον πόλις Ταυρικὴ μεταξὺ Παντικαπαίου μητροπόλεως καὶ Θεοδοσίας, ὥς φησι Στράβων, τὸ δὲ νυμφαῖον κτητικόν. Λέχαιον, Φύταιον πόλις Αἰτωλίας. Πολύβιος ἑνδεκάτῳ. Χάλαιον πόλις Λοκρῶν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ «μετὰ δὲ Λοκροί· ἐν δὲ Χάλαιον πόλις, ἐν δὲ Οἰάνθη πόλις». σπήλαιον τὸ ἄντρον. Τύπαιον ὄρος Ἤλιδος. Παυσανί…