Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Karpathos: an island near Kos. Homer. Dionysius of Crete, “And Karpathos beyond them toward the west; and near it is Crete, worthy of honor.” The inhabitant is called Karpathios and Karpathia, also Karpathion.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Κάρπαθος, νῆσος πλησίον τῆς Κῶ. Ὅμηρος [“Κράπαθόν τε Κάσον τε καὶ Κῶν”. Διονύσιος δὲ Κρήτης,] “Κάρπαθος αὖτ´ ἐπὶ τῇσι ποτὶ ζόφον, [ἐγγύθι δ´ αὐτῆς Κρήτη τιμήεσσα”.] ὁ οἰκήτωρ Καρπάθιος καὶ Καρπαθία, καὶ Καρπάθιον.
…ι τὸ Πάρθος, πόλις Ἰλλυρίας, λέγεται καὶ ἀρσενικῶς, ὡς Πολύβιος, καὶ τὸ ὄνθος. Τὰ εἰς 'αθος' μονογενῆ τρισύλλαβα ἀπὸ βραχείας ἀρχόμενα προπαροξύνεται, ἄμαθος, ψάμαθος, κύαθος, κάλαθος, λάπαθος, Σκίαθος νῆσος Εὐβοίας, Κράπαθος νῆσος πλησίον τῆς Κῶ. Ὅμηρος (Β 676) «Κράπαθόν τε Κάσον τε καὶ Κῶν», Μάραθος πόλις Ἀραδίας, ψίαθος. τὸ μέντοι ἀγαθός τριγενές. τὸ δὲ ὁρμαθός καὶ γυργαθός ὀξύνεται ἀπὸ μακρᾶς ἀρχόμενα.