# Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας 17.1-8

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας, ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΗΡΩΔΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΟΠΘΟΓΡΑΦΙΑϹ ΚΑΤΑ ϹΤΟΙΧΕΙΟΝ., Η., Section 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-28/17.1-8

ἤπειροϲ ἡ γῆ. γράφεται δὲ τὸ μὲν η ἐκ τοῦ ἀ ϲτερητικοῦ, ἄπεροϲ γὰρ λέγεται κατὰ ἐτυμολογίαν. τὸ δὲ πει δίφθογγοϲ, ὅτι ἔχει ἀπὸ πρωτοτύπου φωνῆϲ τὸ ε. πέραϲ γὰρ οὐκ ἔχει, ἄπερόϲ τιϲ οὖϲα καὶ ἤπειροϲ.

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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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