# Περὶ παθῶν 437.577

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-15/437.577

557. St. B. 450, 4: Μῆλοϲ: ἔϲτι καὶ κώμη Ἀκαρνανίαϲ, ἧϲ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μηλιεύϲ καὶ διὰ τοῦ ᾱ Δωρικῶϲ. Τροιζῆνα προπαροξυτόνωϲ ἔγραψαν, οἷϲ καὶ Ἡρωδιανὸϲ ϲυνηγορεῖ ἐν τοῖϲ περὶ ταχυτῆτοϲ καὶ δηιοτῆτοϲ εἰπών, ὅτι ἡ Δωρὶϲ καὶ Αἰολὶϲ διάλεκτοϲ οὐδέποτε κατὰ γενικὴν περιττοϲύλλαβον τὸ η μετατιθέαϲιν εἰϲ ᾱ, εἰ μὴ βαρύνοιτο, Ἕλλην Ἕλλαν, Τροίζην Τροίζαν. ποιμήν δὲ κω λιμήν οὐκ ἂν ἐροῦϲι διὰ τοῦ ᾱ, ἐπεὶ ὀξυτονεῖται. ἐπὶ μέντοι μονοϲυλλάβων μετατιθέαϲι τὸ ϲφήξ καὶ μήν ϲφάξ λέγοντεϲ καὶ μάν. ϲεϲημείωται, φηϲίν, τὸ ἐϲθάϲ ὀξυνόμενον καὶ διὰ τοῦ ᾱ λεγόμενον παρὰ Πινδάρῳ ἐν Πυθιονίκαιϲ.

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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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