Ancient Greek
14.5 to 14.6
Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας 14.5-6
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E. M. 483, 4: Κάειρα: τὸ εἰρά καὶ τὸ Κάειρα ἀμφιβάλλονται· ὥϲπερ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ μάκαρ μάκαροϲ γίνεται μάκαιρα, αὕτω καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Κάρ Καρόϲ γίνεται Καῖρα καὶ κατὰ διάλυϲιν Κάϊρα καὶ τῷ λόγῳ τῶν εἰϲ ρα θηλυκῶν Κάειρα διὰ τῆϲ ει διφθόγγου. His locis comparatis sic fere Herodianum in Orhographia. praecepisse exisimaverim: