# Περὶ κλίσεως ὀνομάτων 2.356

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-10/2.356

Ἰϲτέον δὲ ὅτι τὸ ὄφελοϲ ἄκλιτόν ἐϲτι· καὶ ἄξιόν ἐϲτι ζητῆϲαι, διατί ἐϲτιν ἄκλιτον. ἔϲτι δὲ εἰπεῖν ταύτην τὴν ἀπολογίαν τὰ διὰ τοῦ ελοc ὑπὲρ δύο ϲυλλαβὰϲ οὐκ ἔϲτιν οὐδέτερα οἷον ζάφελοϲ (ὁ μεγαλωφελήϲ), ἄγγελοϲ, πέμπελοϲ (ϲημαίνει δὲ τὸν πολλῶν ἐνιαυτῶν ὄντα), τὰ γὰρ διὰ τοῦ ελοc οὐδέτερα διϲύλλαβά ἐϲτιν οἷον τέλοϲ, ϲκέλοϲ. ἐπειδὴ οὖν τὸ ὄφελοϲ διὰ τοῦ ελοϲ ὑπὲρ δύο ϲυλλαβὰϲ ὑπάρχον καὶ οὐδέτερόν ἐϲτιν, εἰκότωϲ ὡϲ μὴ ἔχον τι μιμήϲαϲθαι ἔμεινεν ἄκλιτον.

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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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