Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Haimos: a mountain of Thrace. Also said in the neuter, as the many. Haimos was son of Boreas and Oreithyia, from whom also the mountain.
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.
Αἷμος, ὄρος Θρᾴκης. λέγεται καὶ οὐδετέρως, ὡς οἱ πολλοί. ἐγένετο δὲ ὁ Αἷμος υἱὸς Βορέου καὶ Ὠρειθυίας, ἀφ´ οὗ καὶ τὸ ὄρος.
… τοῦ 'ι' βαρύνεται, ὧρος, ὦμος, ὦχρος. πρόσκειται μὴ ἔχοντα τὸ 'ι' διὰ τοῦ ᾠδός. Τὰ εἰς 'μος' δισύλλαβα διφθόγγῳ παραλήγοντα ἀπὸ συμφώνου ἀρχόμενα ὀξύνεται, λοιμός, λαιμός. τὰ δὲ μὴ ἀπὸ συμφώνου ἀρχόμενα βαρύνονται οἷον Αἷμος ὄρος Θρᾴκης. λέγεται καὶ οὐδετέρως, ὡς οἱ πολλοί. ἐγένετο δὲ ὁ Αἷμος υἱὸς Βορέου καὶ Ὠρειθυίας, ἀφ´ οὗ καὶ τὸ ὄρος. καὶ οἶμος. σεσημείωται τὸ Δεῖμος. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'αμος' τριβράχεα προπαροξύνεται, εἰ μὴ προηγεῖται τῷ 'α' τὸ 'τ', πλόκαμος, κέραμος, κάλαμος, θάλαμος, κύαμος, Πρίαμος ἐκ τοῦ πρίαμαι. ἐπράθη γὰρ καὶ ταύτης τῆς ἐπωνυμίας ἔτυ…