Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Medme: a city of Italy and a homonymous spring. Hekataios in the Europe. From Medme, a certain maiden. The citizen Medmaios. Whence was Philippos, a notable man who wrote On Winds. There is also another city of Liguria. The ethnonym Medmaios.
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.
Μέδμη, πόλις Ἰταλίας καὶ κρήνη ὁμώνυμος. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. ἀπὸ Μέδμης κόρης τινός. ὁ πολίτης Μεδμαῖος. ὅθεν ἦν Φίλιππος ἀξιόλογος ἀνὴρ ὁ περὶ ἀνέμων γεγραφώς. ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα πόλις τῆς Λιγυστικῆς. ἐθνικὸν Μεδμαῖος.
… ὀξύνει, ὡς δηλοῖ καὶ ὁ κωμικὸς ἐν τῷ »οὔτοι ἀφεστήκασι πλεῖν ἢ δύο δοχμά«. ἐν μέντοι, φησί, τοῖς ἀκριβεστέροις ἀντιγράφοις ὀξεῖα ἐπίκειται τῇ πρώτῃ συλλαβῇ κατὰ τὸ λόχμη, λόγχη, ὄχθη, ὄχνη. τὸ δὲ Μέδμη κόρη τις, ἀφ´ ἧς πόλις Ἰταλίας καὶ κρήνη ὁμώνυμος, Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ, κύριόν ἐστι, μεθ´ οὗ καὶ Ἀλύχμη τρισύλλαβον, ἐν ᾗ τιμᾶται Ἀλύχμιος Ἑρμῆς. τὸ μέντοι χάσμη βαρύνεται δασὺ ἔχον τὸ σύμφωνον. Τὰ εἰς 'μη' ἔχοντα σύμφωνον κατὰ διάστασιν βαρύνεται, τόλμη, ἅλμη, χάρμη, σκάλμη, θέρμη. ἔστι κ…