Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Pisye: a city of Karia. Also said Pitye; the ethnonym likewise Pisyetes.
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.
Πισύη, πόλις Καρίας. λέγεται καὶ Πιτύη· τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὁμοίως Πισυήτης.
…ν Ἀστῶν βασίλειον, Μιλύη ἡ γυνὴ Σολύμου, ἀφ´ ἧς Μιλύαι. Μοτύη πόλις Σικελίας ἀπὸ Μοτύης γυναικὸς μηνυσάσης Ἡρακλεῖ τοὺς ἐλάσαντας τοὺς αὐτοῦ βοῦς. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Φίλιστος δὲ φρούριον αὐτήν φησι Σικελίας παραθαλάσσιον. Πισύη πόλις Καρίας. λέγεται καὶ Πιτύη. Μαντύη πόλις Ῥωμαίων, ἣ καὶ Μαντύα. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'ωη' ὀξύνεται, ζωή, θωή ἡ ζημία, τοῦτο δὲ καὶ σὺν τῷ 'ι', ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὸ ἀθῷος, δμῳή, ἐρωή, ἰωή, ἀλῳή· τοῦτο δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀλοιῶ ῥήματος γεγονὸς σὺν τῷ 'ι' γράφεται. τὸ δὲ Στρώ…