214 Austin Morn's Hannofi, 



Greek casus recti (cylindrus = xrAn'(^()oi;), and then retained through- 

 out the Latin inflection in accord with the spirit of the Latin lan- 

 guage. This slight concession to the Latin genius is significant, for 

 it indicates that the mode of accentuation with which we are deal- 

 ing was not peculiar to Ammianus, but was at least more or less 

 general in his time.^ 



The next list contains words which Ammianus accents in Greek 

 fashion upon a short penult. 



^aOLlia et reliqua L 122. 2 



ut hvijd^ii Graeci dicimus stultum, et noctem evcfQODjV 

 et furias Evfitvidug I. 281. 8 



metuens tyrannidis ^ II. 106. 9 



pansa chlam3^de I. 83. 14 



Rhodopen et fretum II. 253. 7; cf. 101. 25 



Anaphe et Rhodus I. 127. 20 



Helicen exsurgens I. 278. 25 



Meroe et Delta I. 298. 17 



dicitur Orsiloche I. 281. 11 



portus Acone I. 278. 3 



Jovis filius et Danaes I. 28. 5 



latitudinem Sauromatas I. 280. 18 ; II. 235. 1 



memorantur Odrysae II. 102. 6 



Leontino Gorgia II. 209. 22 



Anaxagoras adfirmat L 127. 2; cf. 275. 30 



Pythagorae decrevit I. 69. 16 



dicitur et Socrates I. 258. 2; cf. II. 146. 14 



sollertia Dinocratis I. 303. 13 



idem Arsaces II. 51. 11 ; cf. 121. 30 



Aristoteles adfirmat I. 232. 12 



Aristomenes e latebris II. 160. 7 



Hermogene defuncto I. 241. 4 



Asclepiades philosophus^ I. 293. 20 



philosophus Simonides 11. 169. 19 



lyrici Bacchylidis II. 40. 3 



Euripidis sepulchrum II. 102.1 ;cf.Sidon.Apoll.IX. 234 



Thucydides exponit I. 175. 27 



> See pp. 218—220. 



■^ The word occurs also in Sedulius with this accentuation : see p. 220. 

 note 1. 



' On the accent of philosophus see below, p. 217. 



