# Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας 16.1-7

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας, ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΗΡΩΔΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΟΠΘΟΓΡΑΦΙΑϹ ΚΑΤΑ ϹΤΟΙΧΕΙΟΝ., Ζ., Section 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-28/16.1-7

ζωγράφοϲ: οὐκ ἔχει τὸ ι προϲγεγραμμένον· ἔϲτι γὰρ ζῷον ζῴου ζῳογράφοϲ. καὶ ἐπειδὴ οὐδέποτε μεταξὺ τοῦ ι ὄντοϲ ἢ τοῦ υ ἢ ϲυμφώνου κρᾶϲιϲ γίνεται, ἀλλὰ πρῶτον ἀποβάλλει αὐτὸ καὶ οὕτω γίνεται ἡ κρᾶϲιϲ, βελτίονα βελτίω, τῷ ἐμῷ τὠμῷ, τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τἀνθρώπου ὡϲ καὶ τὸ ἄνθρωποϲ τἄνθρωποϲ, τούτου χάριν καὶ τὸ ζῳογράφοϲ πρῶτον ἀποβάλλει τὸ ι καὶ οὕτω ποιεῖ τὴν κρᾶϲιν τοῦ ω καὶ ο εἰϲ ω χωρὶϲ τοῦ ι.

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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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