From Aeteta to Aetetus: Phlegon of Tralles, de Mirab. 9

Aetetus

Name:   Phlegon of Tralles Date:     2nd century CE Region: Tralles [modern Turkey] Citation:    On Marvels 9

Also in Laodica (which is in Syria), there was a woman by the name of Aeteta living with her husband when she changed from woman to man, and then changed their name to Aetetus. This happened when Macrinus was in charge of Athens, and when Lucius Lamia and Aelianus Vetus were consuls in Rome. I saw this man with my own eyes.

Kaὶ ἐς Λαοδίκειαν δὲ τῆς Συρίας γυνὴ, ὀνόματι Αἰτητὴ, συνοικοῦσα τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἔτι, μετέβαλε τὴν μορφὴν, καὶ μετωνομάσθη Αἰτητὸς ἀνὴρ γενόμενος, ἄρχοντος Ἀθήνησι Μακρίνου, ὑπατευόντων, ἐν Ρώμῃ Λουκίου Λαμία [1], καὶ Αἰλιανοῦ Οὐέτερος, τοῦτον καὶ αὐτὸς ἐθεασάμην.

Quin et Laodiceae, quae est in Syria, mulier Aeteta nomine, etiamnum cum marito degens, e femina vir exstitit, cui nomen Aetetus: praeside Athenis Macrino, Romae consulatum gerentibus  Aemiliano Aeliano et L. Antistio Vetere. Hunc ipse quoque vidi. Translated into Latin by  Wilhelm Xylander

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[1] There is a corruption of the manuscript here. The two names are either Lucius Lamia and Aelian Vetus, or Lucius Aemulius Aelianus and Lucius Antistius Vetus.