# Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας 2.50-51

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας, 2.50 to 2.51. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-28/2.50

Τὰ παρὰ τὸ γέα διὰ τῆϲ ει διφθόγγου γράφεται οἷον βαθύγειοϲ, εὔγειοϲ, ἔγγειοϲ, μεϲόγειοϲ, κατώγειοϲ, ὑπόγειοϲ, ἀνώγειοϲ, γέγειοϲ ὁ ἀρχαῖοϲ. ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ γέα γέγονε γέειοϲ διὰ τῆϲ ει διφθόγγου καὶ κατὰ πλεοναϲμὸν τοῦ γ γέγειοϲ. Τὰ κτητικὰ τὰ ὑπὲρ δύο ϲυλλαβὰϲ ἔχοντα μακρὰν τὴν παραλήγουϲαν οὐδέποτε διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται, ἀλλὰ διὰ διφθόγγου οἷον Αἰάντειοϲ, κύνειοϲ, αἴγειοϲ, ἀνθρώπειοϲ, Ἀργεῖοϲ.

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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/.