# Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας 157.1-2

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας, ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΗΡΩΔΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΟΠΘΟΓΡΑΦΙΑϹ ΚΑΤΑ ϹΤΟΙΧΕΙΟΝ., Ε., Section 157. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-28/157.1-2

Ἐνιπεύϲ: διὰ τοῦ ι. ἔϲτι δὲ ὄνομα ποταμοῦ. ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ ἐνιπή τοῦ ϲημαίνοντοϲ τὴν ἀπειλὴν γέγονεν. καὶ γὰρ ὁ ποταμὸϲ οὗτοϲ ἄγριόϲ ἐϲτι καὶ ἀπειλοῦντι ἔοικεν. τὸ δὲ ἐνιπή διὰ τοῦ ι, ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ ἐνίπτω γέγονεν, ὅπερ διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται· τὰ γὰρ εἰϲ πτω ἀποϲτρέφεται τὴν ει δίφθογγον οἷον νίπτω, ῥίπτω, πίπτω πλὴν τοῦ φιλαλείπτω καὶ ἐρείπῳ.

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Herodianus, Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας, 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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