Νύραξ - Stephanos Ethnika

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city

Entry #82
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 479.5 | Billerbeck: Ν82
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count: 13
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 56 [Εὐρώπη]
Entities: Νύραξ (Nyrax) [place], Νυράκιος (Nyrakios) [people], Νάρυκα (Naryka) [place], Ναρύκιος (Narykios) [people]
Etymologies: Borrowing Non Greek: a Celtic city; Morphological Composition: the ethnic (demonym) 'Nyrakios', as with (for) Naryca 'Narykios'
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Νύραξ, πόλις Κελτική. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νυράκιος, ὡς παρὰ τὴν Νάρυκα Ναρύκιος.

Nýrax: a Celtic city. Hecataeus in his *Europe*. The ethnic (gentilic) is Nyrákios, just as from Náryka (comes) Narýkios.

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Herodian 1.42

char LCS 31 (43.7%) · word LCS 5 (38.5%)

Stephanos

Νύραξ, πόλις Κελτική. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νυράκιος, ὡς παρὰ τὴν Νάρυκα Ναρύκιος.

Herodian

…ἐν τῷ τῆς Νικομηδείας κόλπῳ πλησίον αὐτῆς. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλος τόπος τῆς Ποντικῆς. Ἄταξ ποταμός, Μίμαξ ἔθνος Λιβυκόν. Φίλιστος Σικελικῶν ὀγδόῳ. Μύλαξ ἔθνος Ἠπειρωτικόν. Λυκόφρων (v. 1021) «Κρᾶθις δὲ γείτων ἠδὲ Μυλάκων ὄρος». Νύραξ πόλις Κελτική. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ῥύνδαξ ποταμὸς μεταξὺ Φρυγίας καὶ Ἑλλησπόντου ὁ καὶ Ῥύνδακος. Κάσταξ πόλις Ἰβηρίας. Μάρμαξ ἔθνος Αἰθιοπικόν· Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Θόρναξ ὄρος τῆς Λακωνικῆς. Νικόλαος δʹ. Ἄμβραξ καὶ Ἄμπραξ ὁ παῖς Θεσπρωτοῦ τοῦ Λυκάονος. Τάμβρ…