Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Sinthos: Sinthos, a city by the Thermaic. Herodotus in the seventh book. The ethnonym 'Sinthios'.
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.
Σίνθος, πόλις παρὰ τῷ Θερμαίῳ. Ἡρόδοτος ἑβδόμῃ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Σίνθιος.
…Δῆλος ἀπὸ Κύνθου τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ. Ξάνθος ἔθνος Θρᾴκιον. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Λυκίας. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ «παρ´ ᾗ Ξάνθος ἐξίησι ποταμός». ἐκλήθη δὲ ἀπὸ Ξάνθου Αἰγυπτίου ἢ Κρητὸς οἰκιστοῦ. ἔστι καὶ Ξάνθος πόλις ἐν Λέσβῳ. Σίνθος πόλις παρὰ τῷ Θερμαίῳ. Ἡρόδοτος ἑβδόμῃ (c. 123). Ὄρθος τὸ μονογενές. τὸ δὲ ξανθός καὶ τυτθός καὶ ὀρθός τριγενῆ. Τὰ εἰς 'θος' διβράχεα παροξύνεται, εἰ μὴ τόπον δηλοῖεν, νόθος, πόθος, ψόθος, ῥόθος ὁ ψόφος, μόθος, Κόθος ὄνομα κύριον, λίθος, πίθος καὶ Πίθος δῆμο…