# Enchridion de Metris 1.7

Hephaestion, Enchridion de Metris, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hephaestion/enchridion-de-metris/1.7

(7) Δεύτερος δέ ἐστι τρόπος, ὅταν βραχεῖ ἢ βρα νομένῳ φωνήεντι ἐπιφέρηται ἐν τῇ ἑξῆς συλλαβῇ σύμφωνα δύο, ὧν τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἄφωνόν ἐστι, τὸ δὲ δεύτερον ὑγρόν, οἷον ὅ‐πλον, ἄ‐κρον, Πάτροκλέ μοι δειλῇ (Τ 287). ὅταν δὲ τὸ προηγούμενον ἡμίφωνον ᾖ, οὐκέτι κοινή ἐστιν ἡ προκειμένη, ἀλλὰ τελείως μακρά. ― Προτάσσεται δὲ ἡμίφωνον ὑγροῦ τὸ μὲν ͞͞μ τοῦ ͞ν οἷον ἀμνός, τὸ δὲ ͞σ τοῦ ͞μ οἷον ἑσμὸς, καὶ τὸ ͞σ ὅ τοῦ ͞λ κατὰ πάθος ὡς ἐν τῷ μάσλης καὶ σπανίως τοῦ ͞ν ὡς ἐν τῷ Πάσνης καὶ Μάσνης, ἃ δὴ ὀνόματα παρὰ Ξάνθῳ εἰσὶν ἐν τοῖς Λυδιακοῖς. ―

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Hephestion, Enchridion de Metris, ed. Maximilian Corsbruch. 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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