# Περὶ παθῶν 437.587

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-15/437.587

587. Choer. 152, 28: τινὲϲ θέλουϲι τὸ ἀγκυλοχείληϲ εἶναι ϲύνθετον ἀπὸ τοῦ χηλή τοῦ θηλυκοῦ ὀνόματοϲ, ὅπερ ϲημαίνει τὸν ὄνυχα, ἵνα ᾖ ἀγκυλοχήληϲ διὰ τοῦ η καὶ κατὰ τροπὴν Βοιωτικὴν τοῦ η εἰϲ τὴν εῑ δίφθογγον γίνεται ἀγκυλοχείληϲ διὰ τῆϲ εῑ διφθόγγου, ἔθοϲ γὰρ ἔχουϲιν οἱ Βοιωτοὶ πολλάκιϲ τὸ η εἰϲ τὴν εῑ δίφθογγον τρέπειν. τὸ γὰρ Λάχηϲ Λάχειϲ λέγουϲι διὰ τῆϲ εῑ διφθόγγου καὶ τὸ λέβηϲ λέβειϲ ὁμοίωϲ.

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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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