# Περὶ παθῶν 437.543p

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ παθῶν, Paragraph 437. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-15/437.543p

543p. Choer. Dict. 123, 7: οὐδέποτε ἡ υι δίφθογγοϲ ἐν τέλει λέξεωϲ εὑρίϲκεται οἷον μυῖα, ἅρπυια, υἱόϲ. ἐν γὰρ τῷ «ϲύμβαλον ἀμφὶ νέκυ κατατεθνειῶτι μάχεϲθαι » (Π 565) οὐκ ἔϲτιν ἐν διφθόγγῳ τὸ υ καὶ τὸ ι, ἀλλ’ ἐν τῷ μέτρῳ κατὰ ϲυνίζηϲιν μετροῦνται, τουτέϲτιν αἱ δύο ϲυλλαβαὶ εἰϲ μίαν ϲυλλαβὴν ἤγουν τὸ υ καὶ τὸ ι ὥϲπερ ἐν τῷ «χρυϲέῳ ἀνὰ ϲκήπτρῳ» (Α 15) τὸ ε καὶ ἡ ῳ δίφθογγοϲ εἰϲ μίαν ϲυλλαβὴν μετροῦνται οἶον χρυϲῷ.

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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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