Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Asia: a city of Lydia by Tmolos, in which the three-stringed kithara was invented, wherefore And Asia the continent. Some from the city of Lydia, others from Asios the son of Lydos, or from the wife of Prometheus, or from having much 'asis', that is, mud. The inhabitant Asiates and the feminine Asiatis. Also said Asis: "an isthmus stretches up, highest of the Asian land". And Asias. And Asianos, as Strabo in the eleventh: "it was a common emporium of the Asian and the European Nomads". And the feminine Asiane. There is also Asiane a city of Elis. Also said Asiaios. There is also Asia an island of Ethiopia. The citizen Asiates. The ethnonym Asieus, as 'Hyria' 'Hyrieus'. There is also the Asian meadow. Homer: "in the Asian meadow". Or rather Asias, in place of 'Asiou', and in Ionic Asieo and 'Asio' as 'eummelio'.
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.
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…τὸ θηλυκὸν Ἀσιανή. ἔστι καὶ Ἀσιανή πόλις Ἠλείας. λέγεται καὶ Ἀσιαῖος. ἔστι καὶ Ἀσία νῆσος Αἰθιοπίας. ὁ πολίτης Ἀσιάτης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀσιεύς, ὡς Ὑρία Ὑριεύς. ἔστι καὶ Ἄσιος λειμών. Ὅμηρος “Ἀσίῳ ἐν λειμῶνι”. ἢ μᾶλλον Ἀσίας, ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἀσίου (γενικὴ γάρ ἐστιν, οὐκ Ἀσιανῷ· ἀγνοεῖ γὰρ Ὅμηρος τὴν Ἀσίαν ὡς καὶ τὴν Εὐρώπην) καὶ ἰωνικῶς Ἀσίεω καὶ Ἀσίω ὡς ἐυμμελίω.
…τῶν Ἀγραῶν ἔθνος». λέγονται καὶ Ἀγράϊοι καὶ Ἀγριεῖς ὡς Θεόπομπος καὶ Ἀγριᾶνες. Ἀδρίας κόλπος παρὰ τὴν Ἀδρίαν πόλιν καὶ ποταμός, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος. Καλατίας γένος Ἰνδικόν. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. Ἀσίας. Ὅμηρος (Β 461) «Ἀσίω ἐν λειμῶνι» ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἀσίου (γενικὴ γάρ ἐστιν, οὐκ Ἀσιανῷ. ἀγνοεῖ γὰρ Ὅμηρος τὴν Ἀσίαν ὡς καὶ τὴν Εὐρώπην)· καὶ Ἰωνικῶς Ἀσίεω καὶ Ἀσίω ὡς τὸ «ἐϋμμελίω Πριάμοιο» (Δ 47). διὸ χωρὶς τοῦ 'ι'. Ἱππίας, πωγωνίας, Γλαυκίας, τοξίας, Ἀφίας κύριον παρ´ Εὐφορίωνι, Πευκετίας ἔθνος τοῖς Οἰνωτροῖς προσεχές, ὡς Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ, Πικίας ἔθνος Ἰταλίας, Παρίας· ἔστι δὲ ὄνομα…
…οπίας. ὁ πολίτης Ἀσιάτης. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀσιεύς, ὡς Ὑρία Ὑριεύς. ἔστι καὶ Ἄσιος λειμών. Ὅμηρος “Ἀσίῳ ἐν λειμῶνι”. ἢ μᾶλλον Ἀσίας, ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἀσίου (γενικὴ γάρ ἐστιν, οὐκ Ἀσιανῷ· ἀγνοεῖ γὰρ Ὅμηρος τὴν Ἀσίαν ὡς καὶ τὴν Εὐρώπην) καὶ ἰωνικῶς Ἀσίεω καὶ Ἀσίω ὡς ἐυμμελίω.
…υ Ἀτρείδεω, Ὀρέστου Ὀρέστεω, Αἰνείου Αἰνείεω, ἀπαθεῖς δηλονότι οὖσαι· ἐὰν γὰρ πάθωσι, πρὸ μιᾶς τοῦ τέλους ἔχουσι τὴν ὀξεῖαν οἷον Ἑρμείου Ἑρμείεω καὶ κατὰ συγκοπὴν Ἑρμείω παροξυτόνως »Ἥρης Ἑρμείω τε« (Ο 214), Ἀσίας Ἀσίου καὶ Ἰωνικῶς Ἀσίεω καὶ Ἀσίω ὡς εὐμμελίω »Ἀσίω ἐν λειμῶνι« (Β 461). εἰ δὲ ἀπὸ περισπωμένων κοινῶν γενικῶν ὦσι, παροξύνονται οἷον αὐλητοῦ αὐλητέω, Θαλῆς Θαλοῦ (ἔστι δὲ ὄνομα κύριον) τοῦ Θαλέω. Αἱ διὰ τοῦ 'αο' Βοιωτικαὶ γενικαί, εἰ μὲν ἀπὸ βαρυτόνων κοινῶν γενικ…