Λιμναία

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Λιμναία OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
village
Entry #69
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 417.9 | Billerbeck: Λ69
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-26
Word count: 15
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Θουκυδίδης (Thucydides) (2,80,8)
Entities: Λιμναία (Limnaea (Limnaia)) [place], Ἄργος (Argos) [place], Λιμναῖος (Limnaean (inhabitant of Limnaia)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: 'Limnaia: a village of Argos. The ethnicon is Limnaios. Thucydides (2.80.8), however, uses a nu in the second syllable.'
Place: Limnaia | 📍 Map
Source: e9783110219630_i1141.jpg
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Λιμναία, κώμη τοῦ Ἄργους. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Λιμναῖος. Θουκυδίδης δὲ διὰ τοῦ « ν » τὴν δευτέραν συλλαβήν.
Limnaia: a village of Argos. The ethnic (gentilic) is Limnaios. Thucydides, however, writes the second syllable with nu (i.e. spells it with -mn-).

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