# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 3.177

Demetrius of Phaleron, Περὶ ἑρμηνείας, Book 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/3.177

Τὸ δὲ ὀγκηρὸν ἐν τρισί, πλάτει, μήκει, πλάσματι, οἷον βροντὰ ἀντὶ τοῦ βροντή· καὶ γὰρ τραχύτητα ἐκ τῆς προτέρας συλλαβῆς ἔχει, καὶ ἐκ τῆς δευτέρας μῆκος μὲν διὰ τὴν μακράν, πλατύτητα δὲ διὰ τὸν Δωρισμόν· πλατέα λαλοῦσι γὰρ πάντα οἱ Δωριεῖς. διόπερ οὐδὲ ἐκωμῴδουν δωρίζοντες, ἀλλὰ πικρῶς ἠττίκιζον· ἡ γὰρ Ἀττικὴ γλῶσσα συνεστραμμένον τι ἔχει καὶ δημοτικὸν καὶ ταῖς τοιαύταις εὐτραπελίαις πρέπον.

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Demetrius of Phaleron, Περὶ ἑρμηνείας, ed. William Rhys Roberts. 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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