# Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας 40.1

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας, ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΗΡΩΔΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΟΡΘΟΓΡΑΦΙΑΣ., Περὶ ϲυντάξεωϲ., Section 40. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-28/40.1

40. E. M. 629, 7: ὀπτανεῖον· δεῖ γινώϲκειν ὅτι διὰ τῆϲ ει διφθόγγου γράφεται, πρῶτον μὲν ὅτι λέγεται ὀπτανήϊον, δεύτερον δὲ τῷ λόγῳ τοῦ βαλανεῖον· λέγει δὲ ὁ Ἡρωδιανὸϲ καὶ ἐνταῦθα καὶ ἐν τῇ καθόλου, ὅτι παρὰ τοῖϲ Ἀττικοῖϲ καὶ διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται καὶ προπαροξύνεται, οἷον ὀπτάνιον.

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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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