# Περὶ κλίσεως ὀνομάτων 2.260

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ κλίσεως ὀνομάτων, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-10/2.260

Τὰ εἰϲ ξ λήγοντα μονοϲύλλαβαἔχοντα ἕν τι τῶν φύϲει βραχέων διὰ τοῦ κ κλίνεται, κρέξ κρεκόϲ, δόρξ δορκόϲ, κρόξ κροκόϲ, ἔνθεν ἡ αἰτιατικὴ «πολλὴν κρόκα» (Hes. Opp. 538), πρόξ προκόϲ. τί οὖν τὸ φλόξ; οὐκ ἔϲτι μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ Λέξ Λεγόϲ· ἐπεὶ ταῦτα ῥηματικά ἐϲτι, τὸ μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ φλέγω, τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ λέγω. ἐπεὶ οὖν τὰ ῥήματα διὰ τοῦ γ ἐϲτίν, ὁμοίωϲ καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα· ἢ καὶ ἄλλωϲ, ἐπεὶ τὸ λ ἔχει, οὐδὲν δὲ τῶν ἄλλων τὸ λ εἶχεν· ὥϲτε οὖν κατὰ δύο τρόπουϲ παραλλάϲϲεται ἢ ἀπὸ γενέϲεωϲ ἢ ἀπὸ ϲτοιχείου τοῦ λ.

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Herodianus, Περὶ κλίσεως ὀνομάτων, ed. August Lentz. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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