An Historical Greek Grammar; Chiefly of the Attic Dialect as Written and Spoken from Classical Antiquity Down to the Present Time, Founded Upon the a

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...for 'A.aireKovr¡a-ioi, ôySoXoç for ó/3íAóc, трю/coVrOpos for TpuiKovTípos, 'Opxo/ífvoc for 'Epxofitvós, 2аффш for 161b. The coronis is omitted when it coincides with the spiritus asper, as: (ó av6parnos), atipamos. 162. II. Umcritten contraction. Very commonly contraction (including crasis) is not symbolized by the script, but is none the less indicated by the rhythm or metre. This kind of contraction which takes place in pronunciation only, and so escapes the eye, goes by the special name of synizesis (oimcro or and has already been dealt with in 155. (Cp. App. i. 14.) 163. Antectasis. Most frequently one of two or three consecutive consonants which thus form metrical position, is phonopathically extruded (169) and the metrical position leads to a metrical compensation by lengthening or diphthongizing the rhythmically affected syllable (29 ff. App. ii. 9-15) m. This phenomenon, which is commonly known as 'compensatory lengthening,' will be called in this book antectasis Thus ä becomes á (also н): not Xúo-аоч ефга (from jrajTf Xuo-a«ro4 f'pnwru) „ с „ a (always): Capita fis сотеtXa рщтшр (from xapuVTS еЧт fOTíXera) /5ijrops „ о „ OU: elbois ycpovtTi irai&fvovin yípaiv (from di8oirr y(povrTt irat&fvovrTifry(povTS, Т „ Ï: expira »'тГЛп ¿KTÏpa (from tupwffa iViX(ra ¿»tripera) „u „ Ü: (pis iViKi'ùri ñfivva (from фштг íeiB4iiTcri r¡p.vv(Ta) 164. a. In the n...