Ancient Greek
Paragraph 11b
Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ παθῶν 11b
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11b. Choer. Dict. 305, 30, E. M. 161, 7: ἀϲφάλαξ: ἀπὸ τοῦ ϲπῶ γέγονε ϲπάλαξ καὶ κατὰ πλεοναϲμὸν τοῦ α ἀϲπάλαξ καὶ κατὰ μετάθεϲιν τοῦ π εἰϲ φ ἀϲφάλαξ. τὸ γὰρ ζῷον τοῦτο ἀποϲπᾷ τὴν γῆν καὶ ποιεῖ βάθοϲ καὶ οὕτωϲ εἰϲέρχεται.