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
Edition ids	Meineke 478.22 · Billerbeck Ν80
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

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