Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Metachoion: a fort of Boiotia between Orchomenos and Koroneia. Ephoros in the thirtieth. The ethnonym 'from Metachoion', as 'from Oion', [Oion being a deme of Attica] as has been said; or Metachoiates; for Oios too is a small town, whose ethnic is 'Oiates'. Androtion in the seventh says Metachoiron of them, and perhaps periphrastically.
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.
Μετάχοιον, φρούριον Βοιωτίας μεταξὺ Ὀρχομενοῦ καὶ Κορωνείας. Ἔφορος τριακοστῷ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν ἐκ Μεταχοίου, ὡς τὸ ἐξ Οἴου, [Οἶον δὲ δῆμος τῆς Ἀττικῆς] ὡς λέλεκται· ἢ Μεταχοιάτης· καὶ γὰρ Οἶος πολίχνιον, ἧς τὸ ἐθνικὸν Οἰάτης. Ἀνδροτίων δὲ ἐν τῷ ζʹ Μετάχοιρον αὐτῶν φησὶ καὶ ἴσως περιφραστικῶς.
…περδισύλλαβα μονογενῆ τῇ 'οι' διφθόγγῳ παραληγόμενα ἢ τῇ 'ῳ' ταύτην ἔχουσι τὴν διαίρεσιν· προπαροξύνεται μέν, ὅσα σύνθετά ἐστι, ὑπεσταλμένων τῶν ἀπὸ προθέσεως, Ἀκρόθοιον, ᾧ ἠκολούθησε καὶ τὸ Βάλοιον πόλις Μακεδονίας καὶ Μετάχοιον φρούριον Βοιωτίας μεταξὺ Ὀρχομενοῦ καὶ Κορωνείας. Ἔφορος τριακοστῷ. καὶ Σίντοιον φρούριον Ἀρμενίας κτίσμα Γαλατῶν. ἑκατόμβοιον, εἰκοσάβοιον, πεντηκοσάβοιον, ἐννεάβοιον. τὸ δὲ μητρῷον, ἡρῷον, ὑπερῷον προπερισπᾶται, ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ ἀρσενικά. τὸ δὲ περίστῳον προπαροξύνεται· τὸ δὲ προστῷον πρ…