# Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας 37.1-5

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας, ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΗΡΩΔΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΟΠΘΟΓΡΑΦΙΑϹ ΚΑΤΑ ϹΤΟΙΧΕΙΟΝ., Δ., Section 37. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-28/37.1-5

Δημάδηϲ: οὐκ ἔχει τὸ ι. ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ Δημέαϲ γίνεται Δημεάδηϲ καὶ κατὰ ϲυναίρεϲιν Δημάδηϲ. καὶ ὤφειλεν εἰϲ τὸ η γίνεϲθαι ἡ κρᾶϲιϲ, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν χαρακτῆρα εἰϲ α ἐγένετο· τὰ γὰρ εἰϲ δηϲ πατρωνυμικὰ ἢ τύπου πατρωνυμικοῦ ὄντα ἢ τῷ ι θέλει παραλήγεϲθαι ἢ τῷ α οἷον Πηλείδηϲ Αἰακίδηϲ Εὐρυμάδηϲ Πυλάδηϲ. οὕτωϲ οὖν καὶ Δημάδηϲ.

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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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