Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Psophis">Psophis">Psophis">Psophis">Psophis">Psophis: a city in Arkadia. It is named after Psophis son of Lykaon, by whom they say it was founded in ancient times, or after Psophis daughter of Eryx. There is also another city, Psophis, in Akarnania, called the ancient..... There is also a third in Achaia. The citizen ought to be called a 'Psophites', according to the pattern of words ending in 'is'. But the form has been derived from the genitive: just as 'Arkadios' is from 'Arkados' and 'Aulidios' from 'Aulidos', so 'Psophidios' is from 'Psophidos'. Hekataios in book 2 of his Genealogies: 'There was a boar on the mountain, and it had done the Psophidians much harm.' There is also another Psophis">Psophis">Psophis">Psophis">Psophis">Psophis, a city in Libya. A citizen is a 'Psophites', according to the pattern of the region-name. The acropolis of the Zakynthians is also called Psophis, as per Pausanias in book 8 of his Periegesis.
AI translation — gpt-5.6-sol; Gabe v3
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
… Ἀκαρνανίας, ἡ παλαιά λεγομένη ..... ἔστι καὶ τρίτη τῆς Ἀχαΐας. ὁ πολίτης ὤφειλεν εἶναι Ψωφίτης, τῷ τύπῳ τῶν εἰς « ις » ληγόντων. ἀλλὰ γέγονεν ἀπὸ τῆς γενικῆς, ὡς τῆς Ἀρκάδος Ἀρκάδιος καὶ τῆς Αὐλίδος Αὐλίδιος, οὕτω Ψωφῖδος Ψωφίδιος. Ἑκαταῖος γενεαλογιῶν δευτέρῳ “κάπρος ἦν ἐν τῷ ὄρεϊ καὶ Ψωφιδίους κακὰ πολλὰ ἔοργεν”. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα Ψωφίς πόλις Λιβύης. ὁ πολίτης Ψωφίτης τῷ τῆς χώρας τύπῳ. λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἡ Ζακυνθίων ἀκρόπολις Ψωφίς ὡς Παυσανίας φησὶν ὀγδόῳ περιηγήσεως.
…τάδιος, Μυσάδιος, Ὑσσάδιος, μινυνθάδιος, τυμβίδιος, Ἀρκάδιος, ὠμίδιος καὶ ἐπωμίδιος, Ἐξάδιος, Κνίδιος, Ἐχινάδιος, Ἐπιλευκάδιος τὸ ἐθνικὸν καὶ Ἐπιλευκάδιοι πόλις μετὰ Ἀκαρνανίαν· Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἀράδιος, Τενέδιος, Λεβέδιος, Ψωφίδιος· Ἑκαταῖος γενεαλογιῶν δευτέρῳ «κάπρος ἦν ἐν τῷ ὄρεϊ καὶ Ψωφιδίους κακὰ πολλὰ ἔοργεν». Αὐλίδιος, Δαυλίδιος, Βουλίδιος, Ἠλίδιος, Μιμνίδιος, Λυχνίδιος, Ἀσπαλαθίδιος, Ἀλγίδιος, Ἰσίνδιος, Σισίνδιος, Ἀλαρόδιος ἔθνος περὶ τὸν Πόντον ὡς Ἡρόδοτός φησιν ( 3, 94. 7, 79). σεσημείωται τὸ ἐρῳδιός ὀξυνόμενον. ἐξηκολο…