# Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας 171.1

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας, ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΗΡΩΔΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΟΠΘΟΓΡΑΦΙΑϹ ΚΑΤΑ ϹΤΟΙΧΕΙΟΝ., Α., Section 171. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-28/171.1

ἄπειροϲ: εἴτε ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀμαθοῦϲ εἴτε ἐπὶ τοῦ μεγάλου διὰ διφθόγγου γράφεται. ἐπὶ μὲν τοῦ ἀμαθοῦϲ ἐκ τοῦ πεῖρα γέγονε ἄπειροϲ οἰον ὁ ἐϲτερημένοϲ τῆϲ πείραϲ. τὸ δὲ πεῖρα διὰ διφθόγγου γράφεται, οἱ γὰρ Αἰολεῖϲ πέρρα λέγουϲιν· ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ μεγάλου καὶ αὐτὸ διὰ τῆϲ ει διφθόγγου, ὅτι ἀπὸ τοῦ πέραϲ γέγονε ἄπεροϲ καὶ κατὰ πλεοναϲμὸν τοῦ ι ἄπειροϲ οἱονεὶ ὁ μὴ ἔχων πέραϲ.

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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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