Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Insobares: a Celtic people by the Padus. Polybios. Whom he also calls Insobres.
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.
Ἰνσόβαρες, ἔθνος Κελτικὸν πρὸς τῷ Πάδῳ. Πολύβιος. οὓς καὶ Ἴνσοβρας φησίν.
μισγόμεθ´ ἀλλήλων ὡς Ἄραρος Ῥοδανός. Ἰνσόβαρ ἔθνος Κελτικὸν πρὸς τῷ Πάδῳ. Πολύβιος, οὓς καὶ Ἴνσοβρας φησίν. Τὰ εἰς 'υρ' βαρύνεται οἷον μάρτυρ. γίνεται δὲ ἐκ τοῦ μάρτυς κατὰ τὴν Αἰολέων διάλεκτον· ἐκεῖνοι γὰρ τὸ 'ς' εἰς 'ρ' μεταβάλλουσι τὸ οὗτος οὗτορ λέγοντες καὶ τὸ ἵππος ἵππορ· οὕτως οὖν καὶ μάρτυς μάρτυρ, ἀφ´ ἧς ἐκπίπτει π…