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Paragraph 16
Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ παθῶν 16
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16. Ε. M. 430, 57: ἠμύω ἐκ τοῦ μύω πλεοναϲμῷ τοῦ η. ὁ δὲ Ἡcίοδοϲ «ἀμύοντα χαμᾶζε εἶπε διὰ τοῦ α καὶ ἔϲτιν εἰπεῖν ὅτι ὥϲπερ τὸ ϲταφίϲ γίνεται ὀϲταφίϲ καὶ ἀϲταφίϲ κατὰ πλεοναϲμὸν τοῦ α καὶ τοῦ ο, οὐ κατὰ τροπήν, οὕτω καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ μύω πλεονάζει καὶ τὸ α καὶ τὸ η «ἐπί τ’ ἠμύει ἀϲταχύεϲϲιν» (Ιl. B 148).