Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Zeugma: a city of Syria on the Euphrates, which Alexander, having bridged it with chains, led his armies across. The ethnic, the natives Zeugmateus, but it ought to be Zeugmatites as 'Askalonites', as also Proteas the grammarian Zeugmatites.
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.
Ζεῦγμα, πόλις Συρίας ἐπὶ τῷ Εὐφράτῃ, ὃν Ἀλέξανδρος ζεύξας ἁλύσεσι διεβίβασε τὰ στρατόπεδα. τὸ ἐθνικὸν οἱ μὲν ἐπιχώριοι Ζευγματεύς, δεῖ δὲ Ζευγματίτης ὡς Ἀσκαλωνίτης, ὡς καὶ Πρωτέας ὁ γραμματικὸς Ζευγματίτης.
ἐπὶ τῷ Εὐφράτῃ, ὃν Ἀλέξανδρος ζεύξας ἁλύσεσι διεβίβασε τὰ στρατόπεδα. ῥῆγμα καὶ Ῥῆγμα πόλις καὶ κόλπος περὶ τὸν Περσικὸν κόλπον. δῆγμα, δεῖγμα, λῆμμα, τύμμα, οἶμα, ὅπερ ἐστὶ μονῆρες. οὐδὲν γὰρ εἰς 'μα' λῆγον καθαρὸν δισύλλαβον οὐδέτερον πρὸ τέλους ἔχει τὴν 'οι' δίφθογγον, ἀλλὰ μόνον τὸ ο…