Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Karpathos: an island near Kos. Homer: ‘Krapathos too and Kasos and Kos.’ Dionysios of Crete: ‘Karpathos in turn after these towards the west, and near it honoured Krete.’ The inhabitant is ‘Karpathios’, with feminine ‘Karpathia’ and neuter ‘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.