# Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας 18.1-7

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας, ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΗΡΩΔΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΟΠΘΟΓΡΑΦΙΑϹ ΚΑΤΑ ϹΤΟΙΧΕΙΟΝ., Ζ., Section 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-28/18.1-7

ζῷον γράφεται μετὰ τοῦ ι, ἐπειδὴ εὕρηται καὶ κατὰ διάϲταϲιν παρὰ Ϲιμωνίδῃ οἷον «τόδ᾿ ἡμῖν ἑρπετὸν παρέπτατο ζώϊον κάκιϲτον» καὶ διὰ τὸν χαρακτῆρα τῶν διὰ τοῦ ωον τὰ γὰρ διὰ τοῦ ωον οὐδέτερα μονογενῆ θέλει ἔχειν τὸ ι οἷον Πτῷον ὄνομα ὄρουϲ προϲτῷον, περίϲτῳον, ὑπερῷον. οὕτω καὶ ζῷον ϲὺν τῷ 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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