# Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας 2.117

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας, Book 2, ΚΑΝΟΝΕϹ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΟΙ., ΠΕΡΙ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟ ΤΕΑΟΥϹ ϹΥΛΛΑΒΩΝ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-28/2.117

Τὰ εἰϲ ῦϲ λήγοντα ὀνόματα διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται κατὰ τὴν παραλήγουϲαν καὶ οὐκ ἔχει δίφθογγον τὴν ϲἰ, οἰον πίτυϲ, ἰλύϲ, ἰϲχύϲ, ίχθύϲ, δριμύϲ, ἥμιϲυϲ, ὀζύϲ, Ἐρινύϲ, ίξύϲ ἡ ῥάχιϲ, λιγύϲ, βριθόϲ ὁ ίϲχυρόϲ χωρὶϲ τοῦ κλειτύϲ, ϲημαίνει δὲ. τὰ ἐξέχοντα μέρη τῶν ὀρῶν. πρόϲκειται «τὴν εἰ δίφθογγον » διὰ τὸ εὐρύϲ καὶ αἰπύϲ. ταῦτα γὰρ διφθόγγῳ παραλήγεται, ἀλλ’ οὐ τῇ 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0087.tlg011.local001/.