Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Medme: a city of Italy, and a spring of the same name. Hekataios in his Europa. From Medme, some girl. A citizen is a 'Medmaios'. From there was Philippos, a noteworthy man, who wrote about winds. There is also another city in Ligystike. The ethnonym is 'Medmaios'.
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…