Νικομήδεια
Nikomedeia, Nicomedia
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Translation
A city [of that name].1
The one once called Olbia; but it changed its name, they say, to [that of] Nikomedes the son of Zielas; because of the fame of both him and his city it took its name from him, and those after him [sc. were called] Nikomedians, just as from the first Pharaoh those after him shared in the same name. It seems that a namesake of Nikomedeia is also the port in Bithynia, Nikomedeion; its topikon [is] not only Nikomedeus but they say that it can also be Nikomedeieus. A citizen of Nikomedeia was the famous rhetor Arrian.2
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Nikomedian ship'.3
The one once called Olbia; but it changed its name, they say, to [that of] Nikomedes the son of Zielas; because of the fame of both him and his city it took its name from him, and those after him [sc. were called] Nikomedians, just as from the first Pharaoh those after him shared in the same name. It seems that a namesake of Nikomedeia is also the port in Bithynia, Nikomedeion; its topikon [is] not only Nikomedeus but they say that it can also be Nikomedeieus. A citizen of Nikomedeia was the famous rhetor Arrian.2
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Nikomedian ship'.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νικομήδεια· πόλις. ἡ καὶ Ὀλβία ποτε κληθεῖσα· παρωνόμασται δέ φασι Νικομήδει τῷ τοῦ Ζιήλα παιδί· ἐξ ἐκείνου δὲ διὰ τὸ καὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς κατ' αὐτὸν πόλεως διάσημον ἐκαλεῖτο, καὶ οἱ μετ' αὐτὸν Νικομηδεῖς, καθὰ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πρώτου Φαραὼ οἱ μετ' ἐκεῖνον τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκληρονόμουν ὀνόματος· δοκεῖ δὲ τῆς Νικομηδείας παρώνυμον εἶναι καὶ τὸ ἐν Βιθυνίᾳ Νικομήδειον ἐμπόριον αὐτὸ Βιθυνίας· οὗ τοπικὸν οὐ μόνον Νικομηδεύς, ἀλλὰ δύναται φασὶ εἶναι καὶ Νικομηδειεύς. ἦν δὲ τῆς Νικομηδείας πολίτης ὁ περιώνυμος ῥήτωρ Ἀρριανός. καὶ Νικομηδὶς ναῦς.
Betacode
*nikomh/deia: po/lis. h( kai\ *)olbi/a pote klhqei=sa: parwno/mastai de/ fasi *nikomh/dei tw=| tou= *zih/la paidi/: e)c e)kei/nou de\ dia\ to\ kai\ au)tou= kai\ th=s kat' au)to\n po/lews dia/shmon e)kalei=to, kai\ oi( met' au)to\n *nikomhdei=s, kaqa\ kai\ a)po\ tou= prw/tou *faraw\ oi( met' e)kei=non tou= au)tou= e)klhrono/moun o)no/matos: dokei= de\ th=s *nikomhdei/as parw/numon ei)=nai kai\ to\ e)n *biquni/a| *nikomh/deion e)mpo/rion au)to\ *biquni/as: ou(= topiko\n ou) mo/non *nikomhdeu/s, a)lla\ du/natai fasi\ ei)=nai kai\ *nikomhdeieu/s. h)=n de\ th=s *nikomhdei/as poli/ths o( periw/numos r(h/twr *)arriano/s. kai\ *nikomhdi\s nau=s.
Notes (3)
- 1Present-day Izmit, in the extreme eastern Propontis (Sea of Marmara). See generally OCD4 Nicomedia; Barrington Atlas map 52 grid F3. ↩
- 2This material is paralleled in Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Nikomedeia and s.v. Nikomedeion (but includes detail that Stephanus does not). For Arrian see alpha 3868; and cf. alpha 4739 for another (possible) Nikomedian. ↩
- 3See nu 69 (and nu 74). ↩
Linked from2 entries
- ν69ΝαῦςshipArrian [writes]: "the emperor Trajan had 50 ships when he crossed the river [sc. Tigris]; 4 were carrying the imperial standards, and these were also pulling the flagship, attached by long cables. The ship had all the…
- ν74Ναῦς ΝικομηδὶςNikomedian ship, Nicomedian shipand flagship. Of this [phrase?] part is derived from a place, part in accordance with rank.
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