Νῶλα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Νῶλα, πόλις Αὐσόνων. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Νώλην δὲ αὐτὴν Πολύβιός φησι. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νώλιος. Πολύβιος δὲ Νωλανοὺς αὐτούς φησιν.

Nōla: a city of the Ausones. Hecataeus in his Europe. Polybius says that it is Nōlē. The ethnic is Nōlios. Polybius, however, calls them Nōlanoi.

Text Details

Entry#84
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 479.15 · Billerbeck Ν84
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count18
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)Εὐρώπῃ · FGrHist 1 F 61
Πολύβιος (Polybius)(2,17,1); (3,91,5)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΝῶλαNola · place
ΑὔσονεςAusones (Ausonians) · people
ΝῶλαNola (acc.) · place
ΝώλιοςNolian (ethnic name) · people
ΝωλανοίNolanians (inhabitants of Nola) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguistica city of the Ausones (i.e. the town belongs to / is of the Ausonian people).
Unclear MetalinguisticHecataeus (places/assigns it) to Europe.
Unclear MetalinguisticPolybius calls it 'Νώλην' (a variant form of the place-name).
Unclear Metalinguisticthe ethnicon (demonym) is 'Νώλιος'.
Unclear MetalinguisticPolybius (3.91.5) calls them 'Νωλανοὺς' (Nolanōs — another ethnicon).

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Herodian overlaps

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