# Περὶ μονήρους λέξεως 3-2

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ μονήρους λέξεως, ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ Β.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-13/3-2

Δέμαϲ. τὰ εἰϲ μα λήγοντα οὐδέτερα ἐναντία ἐϲτὶ τοῖϲ εἰϲ αϲ λήγουϲι. τὰ μὲν γὰρ εἰϲ αϲ λήγοντα παραιτεῖται τὸ μ ἔχειν πρὸ τοῦ α, ὡϲ ἔχει τὸ ϲέβαϲ, οὖδαϲ, κνέφαϲ, ψέφοϲ, κέραϲ, τέραϲ, γῆραϲ, γέραϲ, βρέταϲ, δέπαϲ, ϲκέπαϲ, καὶ ἄλλα μυρία ἐϲτὶ τοιαῦτα μὴ ἔχοντα τὸ μ πρὸ τοῦ α τὰ δὲ ἔχοντα τὸ μ πρὸ τοῦ α παραιτεῖται τὴν εἰϲ ϲ 5κατάληξιν, ὡϲ ἔχει τὸ δόμα, θέμα, ϲτόμα, χύμα, λύμα, δῶμα, πτῶμα. πῶϲ οὖν τὸ δέμαϲ καὶ τὸ μ ἔχει πρὸ τοῦ α καὶ τὴν εἰϲ’ ἑ κατάλξιν ὥϲτ’ ἐϲτὶν οὕτωϲ ὁρίϲαϲθαι· οὐδὲν εἰϲ μαϲ λῆγον οὐδέτερον, μονῆρεϲ ἄρα τὸ δέμαϲ, ϲτήτην ἐγγὺϲ ἰόντε, δέμαϲ δ’ ἄνδρεϲϲιν ἐΐκτην (Φ 285).

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Herodianus, Περὶ μονήρους λέξεως, 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0087.tlg033.local001/.
