Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Eordaiai: two regions, of Mygdonia. There are also two others, the one of Iberia, the other of Thrace, from a certain Eordos. The inhabitant Eordaios. 'Eordos' is oxytone, as Herodian in the sixth. They were also called Eordistai from 'eordizo', as 'Lydos' 'lydizo'.
External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Ἐορδαῖαι, δύο χῶραι, Μυγδονίας [καὶ Μακεδονίας]. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι δύο, ἡ μὲν Ἰβηρίας ἡ δὲ Θρᾴκης, ἀπὸ Ἐορδοῦ τινος. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Ἐορδαῖος. ὀξύνεται δὲ τὸ Ἐορδός, ὡς Ἡρωδιανὸς ἕκτῃ. ἐκλήθησαν καὶ Ἐορδισταί ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐορδίζω, ὡς Λυδός λυδίζω.
…καὶ Σιδῶνος, ὡς Φίλων. καὶ Ἐλαία Βιθυνίας ἐπίνειον πλησίον Μυσίας. ἔστι καὶ λιμὴν Αἰθιοπίας καὶ νῆσοι τρεῖς. Ἐλυμαία χώρα Ἀσσυρίων πρὸς τῇ Περσικῇ τῆς Σουσίδος ἐγγύς. Ἐορδαία δύο χῶραι, Μυγδονίας καὶ Μακεδονίας· εἰσὶ δὲ ἄλλαι δύο, ἡ μὲν Ἰβηρίας, ἡ δὲ Θρᾴκης ἀπὸ Ἐορδοῦ τινος. Ἡλιαία δικαστήριον
Ἐορδαῖαι, δύο χῶραι, Μυγδονίας [καὶ Μακεδονίας]. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι δύο, ἡ μὲν Ἰβηρίας ἡ δὲ Θρᾴκης, ἀπὸ Ἐορδοῦ τινος. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Ἐορδαῖος. ὀξύνεται δὲ τὸ Ἐορδός, ὡς Ἡρωδιανὸς ἕκτῃ. ἐκλήθησαν καὶ Ἐορδισταί ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐορδίζω, ὡς Λυδός λυδίζω.
…ής, ἀμυντής ἐπὶ τοῦ βοηθοῦ, φαιδρυντής, ποικιλτής, καλλυντής, πραϋντής. * Τὰ εἰς 'στης' ῥηματικὰ πολυσύλλαβα ὀξύνεται, λυριστής, λεπιστής, ὑβριστής, ἐρανιστής, Αἰτωλιστής ὁ αἰτωλίζων καὶ τὰ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν φρονῶν, Ἐορδιστής ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐορδίζω ὡς Λυδός λυδίζω Λυδιστής, δικαστής, ἡλιαστής, δανειστής, παλαιστής, χηρωστής παρὰ τὸ »χήρωσας δὲ γυναῖκα« (Il. Ρ 36). τὸ δὲ παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ ἐν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ »στείχων δ´ ἀγρώστην ὄχλον« παρώνυμον ὡς καὶ τὸ μονώτης μονώστης. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'εστης'…