# Περὶ παθῶν 432

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ παθῶν, Paragraph 432. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-15/432

432. E. Or. 29, 1: ἀγαθόϲ. παρὰ τὸ ἀγῶ τὸ θαυμάζω, οὗ παραγωγὸν ἄγημι, ὅθεν ἄγαμαι παθητικόν· παρὰ δὲ τὸ ἀγῶ ἀγάζω γίνεται, ὡϲ ϲκεδῶ ϲκεδάζω· ἀφ’ οὗ ὄνομα ῥηματικὸν ἀγαϲτόϲ καὶ ἀποβολῇ τοῦ ϲ καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ τ εἰϲ θ ἀγαθόϲ ὡϲ ἐπὶ τοῦ κρεμῶ κρεμάϲτρα κρεμάθρα. οὕτωϲ Ἡρωδιανόϲ. ὁ δὲ Φιλόξενόϲ φηϲι ϲύνθετον αὐτὸ παρὰ τὸ ἄγαν θεῖοϲ καὶ ϲυνθέϲει καὶ ϲυγκοπῇ ἀγαθόϲ· ὅθεν οὐ λέγεται ἀγαθώτεροϲ, ἵνα μὴ ὦϲιν δύο ἐπιτάϲειϲ, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄγαν καὶ τῆϲ ϲυγκριτικῆϲ παραγωγῆϲ.

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Herodianus, Περὶ παθῶν, 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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