# Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας 8.1-3

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας, ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΗΡΩΔΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΟΠΘΟΓΡΑΦΙΑϹ ΚΑΤΑ ϹΤΟΙΧΕΙΟΝ., Β., Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-28/8.1-3

βαϲίλειοϲ. τὸ λει δίφθογγοϲ· τὰ γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰϲ ευϲ ὑπὲρ μίαν ϲυλλαβὴν διὰ τοῦ ειοϲ παραγόμενα διὰ τῆϲ ει διφθόγγου γράφεται οἰον Ὀδυϲϲεύϲ Ὀδύϲϲειοϲ, Ἀχιλλεύϲ Ἀχίλλειοϲ, οὕτω καὶ βαϲιλεύϲ βαϲίλειοϲ. καὶ τὸ κύριον δὲ ὄνομα διὰ τῆϲ ει διφθόγγου γράφεται καὶ ἄλλωϲ δὲ εὕρηται κατὰ διάϲταϲιν τὸ ι καὶ ἐκτάϲει τοῦ ε εἰϲ η οἰον βαϲιλήϊοϲ.

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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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