Νῦσαι

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Entry #83
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 479.7 | Billerbeck: Ν83
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count: 70
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Entities: Νῦσα (Nysa (pl. Nysai — several cities called Nysa)) [place], Ἑλικών (Helicon (mountain)) [place], Θρᾴκη (Thrace) [place], Καρία (Caria) [place], Ἀραβία (Arabia) [place], Αἴγυπτος (Egypt) [place], Νάξος (Naxos) [place], Ἰνδοί (Indians / India) [people], Καῦκασος ((Mount) Caucasus) [place], Λιβύη (Libya) [place], Εὐβοῖα (Euboea) [place], Νυσεύς (Nyseus (ethnic name)) [people], Νυσαῖς (Nysaïs (feminine ethnic form)) [people], Νυσήιος (Nusēios / Nysaian (possessive adjective)) [other], Νυσαῖος (Nysaian (variant)) [people], Νυσαιεύς (Nysaeus (trisyllabic ethnic form)) [people], Νυσαεύς (Nysaeus (variant without iota)) [people]
Etymologies: Morphological Composition: The ethnicon (demonym) 'Νυσεύς' and the feminine 'Νυσαΐς', from which the adjectival/possessive form 'Νυσῆιος'.; Morphological Composition: It is also said 'Νυσαῖος', and from this 'Νυσαιεύς' (three-syllabled) and 'Νυσαεύς' without the i.
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Νῦσαι, πόλεις πολλαί. πρώτη ἐν Ἑλικῶνι. δευτέρα ἐν Θρᾴκῃ. τρίτη ἐν Καρίᾳ. τετάρτη ἐν Ἀραβίᾳ. πέμπτη ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ. ἕκτη ἐν Νάξῳ. ἑβδόμη ἐν Ἰνδοῖς. ὀγδόη ἐπὶ τοῦ Καυκάσου ὄρους. ἐνάτη ἐν Λιβύῃ. δεκάτη ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ, ἔνθα διὰ μιᾶς ἡμέρας τὴν ἄμπελόν φασιν ἀνθεῖν καὶ τὸν βότρυν πεπαίνεσθαι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νυσεύς καὶ Νυσαΐς θηλυκόν, ἀφ´ οὗ κτητικὸν Νυσήιος. λέγεται καὶ Νυσαῖος, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ Νυσαιεύς τρισυλλάβως καὶ Νυσαεύς ἄνευ τοῦ « ι ».

Nysai: several cities. (1) In Helikon. (2) In Thrace. (3) In Karia. (4) In Arabia. (5) In Egypt. (6) In Naxos. (7) Among the Indians. (8) On Mount Kaukasos. (9) In Libya. (10) In Euboia, where, they say, within a single day the vine blossoms and the grape-cluster ripens. The ethnic (gentilic) is Nys(e)us, and the feminine Nysais, from which the possessive adjective is Nysēios. One also says Nysaios, and from it Nysaieus (with three syllables) and Nysaeus without the iota.

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