Νώνακρις - Stephanos Ethnika

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city

Entry #85
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 479.20 | Billerbeck: Ν86
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count: 31
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ῥιανός (Rhianos) FGrHist 265 F 9 = fr. 22 Powell [Ἠλιακῶν], Λυκόφρων (Lycophron) (680), Ἀριστοφάνης (Aristophanes) fr. 861 Kassel/Austin [PCG III 2,400]
Entities: Νώνακρις (Nonakris) [place], Ἀρκαδία (Arcadia) [place], Νωνακρίτης (Nonakritēs (inhabitant of Nonakris)) [people], Νωνακριάτης (Nonakriatēs (inhabitant of Nonakris)) [people], Ἑρμῆς (Hermes) [deity], Νωνακριᾶτις (Nonakriatis (female inhabitant)) [people], Νωνακριεύς (Nonakreus / Nonakrieus (inhabitant)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: Nōnakris: a city of Arcadia.; Unclear Metalinguistic: the ethnic/demonym Nōnakritēs; Unclear Metalinguistic: and, by pleonasm of the alpha, Nōnakriátēs; Unclear Metalinguistic: and the feminine form Nōnakriâtis; Unclear Metalinguistic: and Nōnakrieu̯s is said by Aristophanes; Folk Etymology Narrative: Lycophron (680) 'Nōnakriátēs, three‑headed shining god'
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Νώνακρις, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Ῥιανὸς ἐν Ἠλιακῶν πρώτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νωνακρίτης, καὶ κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ « α » Νωνακριάτης, ὁ Ἑρμῆς. Λυκόφρων “Νωνακριάτης τρικέφαλος φαιδρὸς θεός”. καὶ θηλυκὸν Νωνακριᾶτις. καὶ Νωνακριεύς λέγεται παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει.

Nonakris: a city of Arcadia. Rhianos in the first book of the *Eliaka*. The ethnic is *Nonakritēs*, and, with pleonastic addition of the alpha, *Nonakriatēs*—(an epithet of) Hermes. Lycophron (680): “the Nonakriatēs, the bright, three-headed god.” The feminine is *Nonakriatis*. And *Nonakr(e)us* is also said in Aristophanes.

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char LCS 41 (21.1%) · word LCS 7 (22.6%)

Stephanos

Νώνακρις, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Ῥιανὸς ἐν Ἠλιακῶν πρώτῳ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Νωνακρίτης, καὶ κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ « α » Νωνακριάτης, ὁ Ἑρμῆς. Λυκόφρων “Νωνακριάτης τρικέφαλος φαιδρὸς θεός”. καὶ θηλυκὸν Νωνακριᾶτις. καὶ Νωνακριεύς λέγεται παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει.

Herodian

…Αὐγούστου Καίσαρος. τὸ δὲ Ἄμαστρις πόλις Παφλαγονίας ἡ πρότερον Κρῶμνα—ἀπὸ γυναικὸς Περσίδος, θυγατρὸς Ὀξυάθρου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Δαρείου, ἣ συνῴκησε Διονυσίῳ τῷ Ἡρακλείας τυράννῳ. Δημοσθένης δ´ ἐξ Ἀμαζόνος οὕτω λεγομένης—καὶ Νώνακρις πόλις Ἀρκαδίας. Ῥιανὸς ἐν Ἠλιακῶν πρώτῳ—βαρύνεται. * Ἔτι τὰ εἰς 'ρις' ἔχοντα πρὸ τοῦ 'ρ' ἕν τι τῶν μέσων ὀξύνεται, Ἀλεξανδρίς, Ταναγρίς, Καλαβρίς. τὸ δὲ Λίηβρις πόλις Φοινίκων βαρύνεται. Τὰ εἰς 'ρις' Αἰγύπτια προπαροξύνεται, Βούσιρις πόλις Αἰγύπτου. «ἐν ταύτῃ…