Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Argais: an island by Lycia. The inhabitant Argaites. There is also near Kanobos a small island Argeou.
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.
Ἀργαΐς, νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Λυκίᾳ. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Ἀργαΐτης. ἔστι καὶ πρὸς τῷ Κανώβῳ μικρὰ νῆσος Ἀργέου.
* Τὰ εἰς 'ις' θηλυκὰ ὑπὲρ μίαν συλλαβὴν ἁπλᾶ ἐκτείνοντα τὸ 'ι' ἐπὶ τέλους ἔχουσι τὸν τόνον οἷον κνημίς, κρηπίς, σφραγίς, ἁψίς. * Τὰ εἰς 'ις' λήγοντα καθαρόν, μόνως θηλυκά, ὀξύνεσθαι θέλει, Θαΐς, Λαΐς, Ἀμυκλαΐς, Ἀργαΐς νῆσος πρὸς τῇ Λυκίᾳ, Πτολεμαΐς, Κωπαΐς λίμνη, Γερραΐς, Θηβαΐς καὶ χώρα καὶ γυνή, Κυρηναΐς, Ῥωμαΐς, Φωκαΐς, Δαναΐς, Θιβαΐς τόπος πρὸς τῷ Πόντῳ ἀπὸ μιᾶς τῶν Ἀμαζόνων ὑφ´ Ἡρακλέους ἀναιρεθεισῶν· πεσεῖν γάρ φησιν Ἀρριανὸς τὰς μάλιστα διαφερούσ…