Νῶλα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Νῶλα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #84
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 479.15 | Billerbeck: Ν84
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count: 18
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 61 [Εὐρώπῃ], Πολύβιος (Polybius) (2,17,1); (3,91,5)
Entities: Νῶλα (Nola) [place], Αὔσονες (Ausones (Ausonians)) [people], Νῶλα (Nola (acc.)) [place], Νώλιος (Nolian (ethnic name)) [people], Νωλανοί (Nolanians (inhabitants of Nola)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: a city of the Ausones (i.e. the town belongs to / is of the Ausonian people).; Unclear Metalinguistic: Hecataeus (places/assigns it) to Europe.; Unclear Metalinguistic: Polybius calls it 'Νώλην' (a variant form of the place-name).; Unclear Metalinguistic: the ethnicon (demonym) is 'Νώλιος'.; Unclear Metalinguistic: Polybius (3.91.5) calls them 'Νωλανοὺς' (Nolanōs — another ethnicon).
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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 (called) Nōlē. The ethnic is Nōlios. Polybius, however, calls them Nōlanoi.

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