Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Kyrtos: a city in Egypt in the interior. Dionysios, a distinguished physician, was from this place and was called 'Kyrtos' after his homeland—not from the shape of his body; Herennios Philo mentions him in his On Physicians. The stress of the ethnonym is oxytone, homophonous with the physical condition, whereas that of the proper name of the city is barytone, as in kontos and pontos.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Κύρτος, πόλις Αἰγύπτου ἐν τῷ μεσογείῳ. ἐκ ταύτης Διονύσιος ἦν διάσημος ἰατρός, ἀπὸ τῆς πατρίδος, οὐκ ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος Κυρτός ὀνομαζόμενος, οὗ μέμνηται Ἑρέννιος Φίλων ἐν τῷ περὶ ἰατρῶν. ὁ τόνος τοῦ μὲν ἐθνικοῦ ὀξὺς ὁμόφωνος τῷ πάθει, τοῦ δὲ κυρίου τῆς πόλεως …
…ἄρτος, μίλτος, δέλτος, κίρτος· παρὰ Σιμωνίδῃ ἡ χρῆσις. Τοῦρτος· οὕτως καλεῖ Ἀρτεμίδωρος τοὺς οἰκήτορας τῆς Τουρδητανίας. Ἄλτος χωρίον πλησίον Θεσσαλονίκης. Πάλτος πόλις Συρίας. Ἀρτεμίδωρος. πόντος καὶ ἰδικῶς ὁ Εὔξεινος. Κύρτος πόλις Αἰγύπτου ἐν τῷ μεσογείῳ. καὶ κύρτος εἶδος δικτύου. σεσημείωται κοντός καὶ παλτός ὀξυνόμενα. τὸ δὲ σπαρτός, κυρτός, καρτός, θικτός ὀξύνονται ὡς θηλυκὰ ἔχοντα. ὀξύνεται δὲ καὶ Κυρτός τὸ ἐθνικὸν ὡς καὶ Σιντός ἔθνος Θρᾳκικόν, οἳ καὶ Σίντιες καὶ Σί…