Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Kynosarges: a gymnasium in Attica and a deme, named after Diomos, after whom the district at Athens is called 'Diomeia'. For Diomos, when sacrificing to Herakles as a god and intending to entertain him, showed the sacred offerings to Herakles as a hero; and a white dog snatched the thigh-pieces from him and carried them to this locality. The deme-member, and the expression for motion from the place, is 'ek Kynosargous'; motion to the place is 'es Kynosarges', and location in the place is 'en Kynosargei'.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Κυνόσαργες, γυμνάσιον ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ καὶ δῆμος, ἀπὸ Διόμου, ἀφ´ οὗ ὁ χῶρος Ἀθήνησι Διόμεια καλεῖται. Δίομος γὰρ Ἡρακλεῖ ὡς θεῷ θύων τὰ ξενώσων ἱερὰ Ἡρακλεῖ ἥρῳ ἔδειξε, καὶ αὐτῷ κύων λευκὸς ἁρπάσας τὰ μηρία εἰς τοῦτο τὸ χωρίον ἤνεγκεν. ὁ δημότης καὶ τὸ ἐκ τόπου ἐκ Κυνοσάργους, καὶ εἰς τόπον ἐς Κυνόσαργες, καὶ ἐν τόπῳ ἐν Κυνοσάργει.
…πολὰς πρὸς ταῖς Συρακούσαις. τὸ ἔλεγχος, τὸ σκότος, τὸ τάριχος γέγονε κατὰ μεταβολὴν τοῦ γένους ἐκ τοῦ ὁ ἔλεγχος, ὁ σκότος, ὁ τάριχος. αἱ δὲ μετοχαὶ ὀξύνονται, τὸ τετυφός, πεποιηκός. Τὰ εἰς 'ες' μονογενῆ προπαροξύνεται, Κυνόσαργες γυμνάσιον ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ καὶ δῆμος, ἀπὸ Διόμου, ἀφ´ οὗ ὁ χῶρος Ἀθήνησι Διόμεια καλεῖται. Δίομος γὰρ Ἡρακλεῖ ὡς θεῷ θύων τὰ ξενώσων (?) ἱερὰ Ἡρακλεῖ ἥρῳ ἔδειξε καὶ αὐτῷ κύων λευκὸς ἁρπάσας τὰ μηρία εἰς τοῦτο τὸ χωρίον ἤνεγκε. ὅμαρες τὸ συμφωνοῦν, πεύκαες τὸ πικρόν, ῥώπαες τὸ ἀλσῶδες, πάνακες, δονάκαες. τὰ δὲ ἐπιθετικὰ ὀξύνεται ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ ἀρσενικά, εὐσεβές, εὐγενές. {1ΠΕΡΙ ΜΟΝΟΣΥΛΛΑΒΩΝ ΟΝΟΜΑΤΩΝ. ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ ιδʹ.}1 Πᾶν ὄνομα μονοσύλλαβον οὐδέτε…