Series of ancient place-name entries with brief etymologies and citations (Homer, Strabo, Theopompus), listing many cities and locales, plus a grammatical note that polysyllabic nouns in -τιον shift to proparoxytone accent.
Ἀδρίαν ἀπὸ Βρέντου Ἡρακλέους ἢ ὡς εὐλίμενος οὖσα· ἑνὶ γὰρ στόματι λιμένες πολλοὶ κατακλείονται. ὡς ἐοικυῖα τοίνυν κεφαλῇ ἐλάφου οὕτως ὠνομάσθη βρέντον γὰρ παρὰ Μεσσαπίοις ἡ τῆς ἐλάφου κεφαλή, ὡς Σέλευκος ἐν δευτέρῳ γλωσσῶν. Εἰλέσιον πόλις Βοιωτίας. Ὅμηρος «καὶ Εἰλέσιον καὶ Ἐρυθράς» (Β 499). Μαραθήσιον πόλις Καρίας. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Ἐφεσίων. Ἀκακήσιον πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἀπὸ Ἀκάκου παιδὸς Λυκάονος, ὡς Παυσανίας ὀγδόῃ ( 3, 2). Ἀλήσιον τῆς Ἤλιδος «πέτρης τ´ Ὠλενίης καὶ Ἀλησίου» (Il. Λ 757). ἀπὸ Ἀλησίου τοῦ Σκιλλοῦντος υἱοῦ. γράφεται καὶ Ἀλείσιον. ἔστι καὶ Ἀλήσιον πεδίον τῆς Ἠπείρου, ὡς πηγνυμένου ἐκεῖ πολλοῦ ἁλός. Μανήσιον πόλις Φρυγίας. Ἀλέξανδρος. ἀπὸ Μανοῦ σφόδρα εὐπόρου κτιστοῦ. Γαλλήσιον πόλις Ἐφέσου. Παρθένιος ἐν ἐπικηδείῳ τῷ εἰς Αὐξίθεμιν. Ἀρτεμίσιον πόλις Οἰνωτρῶν ἐν μεσογείῳ. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Φίλιστος δὲ Ἀρτεμίτιον αὐτὴν καλεῖ, ἴσως δωρικῶς. ἔστι καὶ πόλις Εὐβοίας. ζευγίσιον. πόσις πόσιον καὶ συμπόσιον. βόσις ἡ τροφὴ ἱπποβόσιον. Διονύσιον, Κανύσιον μεγίστη τῶν Ἰταλιωτίδων πόλεων. Στράβων ἕκτῃ. λέγεται καὶ Καινύσιον. Περραίσιον πόλις μία τῶν δώδεκα τῶν παρὰ τοῖς Τυρρηνοῖς ἀρχητίδων καλουμένων. Μερούσιον χωρίον Σικελίας, ὡς Θεόπομπος Φιλιππικῶν τριακοστῷ ἐνάτῳ. τινὲς δὲ ἀπὸ Μερόης τῆς Αἰθιοπίας. Πηλούσιον πόλις Αἰγύπτου, εἰς ἣν ἐκρεῖ τὸ πρῶτον στόμα τοῦ Νείλου. ἔστι καὶ Πηλούσιον λιμὴν Θετταλίας. Δαφνούσιον Αἰγύπτου κώμη. Τιλφούσιον πόλις Βοιωτίας. Στράβων ἐνάτῃ. * Τὰ διὰ τοῦ 'τιον' ὑπὲρ τρεῖς συλλαβὰς προπαροξύνεται, ἁλάτιον, ἀκάτιον, γονάτιον, δωμάτιον, κεράτιον, Παλάτιον. Ῥεάτιον πόλις Ἰταλίας. Φοροβρεντάτιον πόλις Λιβύης. Ἐργέτιον πόλις Σικελίας. Φίλιστος Σικελικῶν δευτέρᾳ. Ἀρρήτιον πόλις Τυρρηνίας. Κορυφήτιον τὸ ὄρος Ἀζανίας. Βαρήτιον χωρίον πρὸς τῷ Ἀδρίᾳ. Θεόπομπος πεντηκοστῷ δευτέρῳ. Σκυλλήτιον πόλις Σικελίας, ὡς Εὔδοξος ἕκτῃ. Παπίτιον πόλις Παφλαγονίας. Ζηνοδότιον πόλις Ὀσροηνῆς πλησίον Νικηφορίου. Ἀρριανὸς Παρθικῶν δευτέρῳ. Ζιποίτιον πόλις Βιθυνίας ἀπὸ Ζιποίτου βασιλέως. Αἰάντιον ἡ πόλις. βαλάντιον τὸ ἀκόντιον. Περγάντιον Λιγύων πόλις. Ἀκαμάντιον πόλις τῆς μεγάλης Φρυγίας, Ἀκάμαντος κτίσμα τοῦ Θησέως, ᾧ συμμαχήσαντι πρὸς τοὺς Σολύμους τὸν τόπον δέδωκεν Ἴσανδρος.
Adria, from Brentes, either because it is well-harboured; for with a single mouth many harbours are shut in. Since, then, it resembles the head of a stag, it was thus named: for among the Messapians brenton is the head of a stag, as Seleucus says in the second book of his Glosses.
Eilesion, a city of Boeotia. Homer: “and Eilesion and Erythrai” (Β 499).
Marathesion, a city of Caria; there is also a city of the Ephesians.
Akakesion, a city of Arcadia, from Akakos son of Lycaon, as Pausanias says in the eighth book (3, 2).
Alesion, of Elis: “and the Olenian rock and Alesion” (Il. Λ 757), from Alesios son of Scillus. It is also written Ἀλείσιον. There is also an Alesion plain of Epirus, so called because much salt congeals there.
Manesion, a city of Phrygia. Alexander: from Manos, a very wealthy founder.
Gallesion, a city of Ephesus. Parthenius in the funeral poem for Auxithemi.
Artemision, a city of the Oenotrians inland. Hecataeus in his Europa. Philistus, however, calls it Ἀρτεμίτιον, perhaps in Doric. There is also a city of Euboea.
zeugision. posis, posion, and symposion. bosis, “food”; hippobosion.
Dionysion; Kanysion, the greatest of the Italian cities. Strabo in the sixth book. It is also called Kainysion.
Perraision, one city of the twelve among the Tyrrhenians called “founder-cities.”
Merousion, a place in Sicily, as Theopompus says in the thirty-ninth book of the Philippica; but some derive it from Meroe of Ethiopia.
Pelousion, a city of Egypt, into which the first mouth of the Nile flows out. There is also a Pelousion harbour of Thessaly.
Daphnousion, a village of Egypt.
Tilphousion, a city of Boeotia. Strabo in the ninth book.
* Words in -τιον of more than three syllables are accented on the antepenult: ἁλάτιον, ἀκάτιον, γονάτιον, δωμάτιον, κεράτιον, Παλάτιον.
Rheation, a city of Italy.
Phorobrentation, a city of Libya.
Ergetion, a city of Sicily. Philistus in the second book of the Sicilian History.
Arretion, a city of Tyrrhenia.
Koryphetion, the mountain of Azania.
Baretion, a place by the Adriatic. Theopompus in the fifty-second book.
Skylletion, a city of Sicily, as Eudoxus says in the sixth book.
Papition, a city of Paphlagonia.
Zenodotion, a city of Osroene near Nicephorium. Arrian in the second book of the Parthica.
Zipoition, a city of Bithynia, from King Zipoites.
Aiantion, the city.
balantion, the javelin.
Pergantion, a city of the Ligyes.
Akamantion, a city of Greater Phrygia, a foundation of Acamas son of Theseus; to him, when he had allied himself against the Solymi, Isander gave the place.