Νύραξ - Stephanos Ethnika

Νύραξ OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

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

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#82
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 479.5
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count	13

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Εὐρώπη · FGrHist 1 F 56

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Νύραξ	Nyrax · place · corrected · Q15837164
Νυράκιος	Nyrakios · people
Νάρυκα	Naryka · place
Ναρύκιος	Narykios · people
Νύραξ	place · explicit · wikidata: Q15837164 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Borrowing Non Greek	a Celtic city
Morphological Composition	the ethnic (demonym) 'Nyrakios', as with (for) Naryca 'Narykios'

Links

Place links	Nyrax
Page scans	e9783110219630_i1738.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + παρά + τό + Y (ETYMON) formula:e1b19e84652cc7be	Translate as "X is deriving/derives from the form 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
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	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
Formula	ὡς + X (definite ARTICLE + ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:bcd70ae781e7b205	Translate as "just as 'Y' is from the name X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	ὡς + X (nominative ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:7163e35f4bd326d9	Translate as "(just) as 'Y' is from X" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES 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 1.42

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…