Greek lexical/encyclopedic entry listing place-names, ethnonyms, rivers, and accent/phonetic observations with Strabo and other citations.
«καδδ´ ᾖα Πύδην ἐρόεντα» (fr. 79 Duebner) καὶ «Πύδητος τηλεκλείτου ποταμοῖο» (ibid). ᾅδης, Γράδης, Μένδης πόλις Αἰγύπτου παρὰ τὴν Λύκων πόλιν. Στράβων ιζʹ, «καὶ Λύκων πόλις καὶ Μένδης, ὅπου τὸν Πᾶνα τιμῶσι καὶ τὸν τράγον» Πάνδης καὶ Σίνδης ἔθνη Ἰνδικά, Ἔσδης ἔθνος Ἰβηρικόν. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Ἴδης. Ὕδης, ἐξ οὗ ἡ πόλις Ὑδισσός. τὸ μέντοι ψευδής καὶ φραδής ἐπιθετικά. καὶ τὸ Ποδῆς καὶ Ῥοδῆς περιεσπάσθη, ὅτι τὸ 'ο' παραλήγει. Τὰ εἰς 'ης' ἀσυνάλειπτα βαρύνονται, Ἄνθης, Σκύθης ἔθνος Θρᾴκιον ἀπὸ Σκύθου παιδὸς Ἡρακλέους· τινὲς δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ σκύζεσθαι. ὀργιλώτατοι γάρ. «Σκύθης ὅμιλος» (Aeschyl. Prom. 415) καὶ «Σκύθην ἐς οἶμον» (ibid. v. 2) καὶ «Σκύθης σίδηρος» (Septem 799). ὅθεν τὸ ἀποσκυθίσαι τὸ τῷ σιδήρῳ τὰς τρίχας τεμεῖν. Σεύθης, Λάχης, Πάχης, λέσχης, Σάκης ἔθνος· τοὺς Σκύθας οὕτω φασίν, ἀπὸ τοῦ ὅπλου, ὅτι αὐτὸ εὕραντο. Μέλης ποταμὸς Σμυρναῖος, Μήλης ποταμὸς Κολοφῶνος, Πόλλης, Κόμης κύριον, Τρόμης πατὴρ Αἰσχίνου τοῦ ῥήτορος, Σάπης ἔθνος Θρᾴκης, λέγονται καὶ Σαπαῖοι καὶ Σάϊοι, τάπης, Βρύκης ἔθνος Θρᾴκης. λέγονται καὶ Βρυκεῖς καὶ Βρυκήϊοι, Μάκης ἔθνος μεταξὺ Καρμανίας καὶ Ἀραβίας. Βύζης, ἀφ´ οὗ κατά τινας Βυζάντιον ἐκτίσθη. Βούσης ἔθνος Μήδων· Ἡρόδοτος πρώτῃ ( 101). Κάλπης λιμήν. Τύμης πόλις Λιβύης. Γέτης Θρᾳκικὸν ἔθνος καὶ τὸ κύριον. Ῥιανὸς δὲ Γετηνοὺς αὐτούς φησι. Ἄστης ἔθνος Θρᾴκης. Ἀρτεμίδωρος. Κέλτης· οὕτως γὰρ Στράβων φησὶ τοὺς Κελτούς. Κώφης Ἰνδικὸς ποταμός, ὡς Στράβων «Χοάσπης εἰς τὸν Κώφην ἐμβάλλει» καὶ πάλιν «μετὰ τὸν Κώφην ὁ Ἰνδός, εἶτα ὁ Ὑδάσπης, εἶτα ὁ Ἀκεσίνης καὶ ὕστατος ὁ Ὕπανις» (ibid.). Ἀριστοτέλης δὲ ἐν πέμπτῳ περὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὸν Κωφῆνά φησιν ὡς σωλῆνα. δότης, πλύτης, θύτης, πράτης. τὸ μέντοι κριτής ὀξύτονον καὶ τὸ ψαλτής δὲ Ἀττικῶς ὀξύνεται, ὡς ἱστορεῖ Ἀπολλόδωρος, καὶ ἔτι τὸ
“and he went to Pydēn, rich in earth” (fr. 79 Duebner) and “of Pydētos, of the far-famed river” (ibid.). Hādēs, Grādēs, Mendēs, a city of Egypt near the city of Lykōn. Strabo, book 17: “and the city of Lykōn and Mendēs, where they honor Pan and the goat.” Pāndēs and Sīndēs, Indian tribes; Esdēs, an Iberian tribe. Hecataeus, in Europe. Idēs. Hydēs, from whom the city Hydissos. However, ψευδής and φραδής are adjectival. And Podēs and Rhodēs are circumflexed, because the ‘ο’ is in the penult. Forms in -ης that do not undergo synaloepha are accented with a grave: Anthēs; Skythēs, a Thracian tribe, from Skythos, son of Heracles; but some derive it from σκύζεσθαι, for they are most irascible. “a Skythian band” (Aeschyl. Prom. 415) and “into the Skythian track” (ibid. v. 2) and “Skythian iron” (Septem 799); whence ἀποσκυθίσαι, ‘to cut the hair with iron.’ Seuthēs, Lāchēs, Pāchēs, leschēs, Sākēs, a tribe: thus they say the Skythians are called, from the weapon, because they invented it. Melēs, a river of Smyrna; Mēlēs, a river of Colophon; Pollēs; Kōmēs, a proper name; Tromēs, father of Aeschines the orator; Sāpēs, a tribe of Thrace—also called Sapaioi and Saïoi; tāpēs; Brykēs, a tribe of Thrace—also called Brykeis and Brykēïoi; Mākēs, a tribe between Carmania and Arabia. Byzēs, from whom, according to some, Byzantium was founded. Bousēs, a tribe of the Medes: Herodotus, in the first book (101). Kālpe, a harbor. Tymēs, a city of Libya. Getēs, a Thracian tribe and also a proper name; but Rhianus says they themselves are Getēnoi. Astēs, a tribe of Thrace. Artemidorus. Keltēs: for thus Strabo says the Celts are called. Kōphēs, an Indian river, as Strabo says, “the Choaspes flows into the Kōphēs,” and again, “after the Kōphēs comes the Indus, then the Hydaspes, then the Akesinēs, and last the Hypanis” (ibid.). But Aristotle, in the fifth book On Alexander, says that the Kōphēs is like a pipe. dōtēs, plytēs, thytēs, prātēs. However, κριτής is oxytone, and ψαλτής too is accented on the acute in Attic, as Apollodorus records, and further still the…