# Περὶ μονήρους λέξεως 52-53

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ μονήρους λέξεως, 52 to 53. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-13/52

Θοόϲ. τὰ εἰϲ οϲ καθαρὰ διϲύλλαβα τῷ ο παραληγόμενα φιλεῖ βαρύνεϲθαι, κόοϲ, ϲόοϲ, νόοϲ, χνόοϲ, γόοϲ, πλόοϲ, ῥόοϲ, θρόοϲ. διὸ καὶ τὸ ζόοϲ παρ’ Ἐπιχάρμῳ οἱ πλείουϲ ἐβάρυναν τρὶϲ ἀπεδόθη ζόοϲ ὁμοίωϲ καὶ τὸ ϲόοϲ. τὸ μέντοι θοόϲ ἄντικρυϲ ὀξυνόμενον μονῆρεϲ. τὰ δὲ αἴτια τούτων ἐν ἑτέροιϲ δηλοῦμεν. Βαϲιλεύτεροϲ. οὐδὲν εἰϲ τεροϲ λῆγον ὑπὲρ δύο ϲυλλαβὰϲ τῇ ευ διφθόγγῳ παραλήγεται, ἀλλὰ μόνον τὸ «βαϲιλεύτερόϲ εἰαι» (I 160).

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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.
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