Particularly of the LETT'ER 2 IT MA. 137 



to obtain a greater advantage, h^urru, infuo, for inftance, being- 

 preferred to ippa.'Trra *. 



6. In the cafe of the foUtary llyi^a., v before o-, if a vowel 

 follovps the a-, becomes another o-' thus, 2T2-2/Te(y, una cibum 

 cap'io. If a mute follows the a-, then, in the cafe of cm, the v is 

 ftruck out ; but in the cafe of \v, it remains : thus. 



ffit [■2na<y, contraho. (^Hii^a^ infero. 



ff^ 2T-J [No example f-] EN-] [No example f.] 



<r(p [2<l>«7-r(w, Jimuljugulo. l20f(»7<(^(y, fignum imprimo. 



OK f'2Ku'!rr6), fimul fod'io. CiY^n'^ru, ingruo. 



cy 2T-J [No example J.] EN-S [No example J.] 



«rjj [2X}![/.a.ri^iu, conformo, l2XoXa^fi;, immoror. 



trr ('^T^ot.Tivia, Jitnul mil'ito. fSTpscpa, intorqueo. 



o-i 2T-<Z«» II, una vivo. EN-jZeo^ai ||, inferveo. 



C^ l [No example §. J I [No example §.1 



Vol. II. S The 



* The inconvenience which was thus prevented by h remaining unchanged, may be 

 perceived by declining the prefent tenfe of the compound verb, and the imperfeft of 

 the fimple verb ; thus, 



CoMPonND Verb : Present Tense. 



S. l{j«WT«, i^SxTrril;, IfjawTSt, 



D. EPPAIITETON, EPPAIITETON, 



P. EPPAnXOMEN, EPPAUTETE, l^'^'aVrBai. 



S1MPI.B Verb : Imperfect Tense. 

 S. l^^awTdr, s^o«7rTeff, i^^uTTTSf 



D. EPPAHTETON, l^'jaVreTii., 



P. EPPAHTOMEN, EPPADTETE, tfjaVrov. 



■f This cannot be exemplified, because there is no Greek word which begins with r0, 

 except ir;8£»uf*i, extinguo, with its verbals. 



t There is no Greek word which begins with oy. 



II For {, which we ftiewed above to be equivalent to h, is alfo, at leaft in the Doric 

 dialeft, equivalent to rJ. 



f There is no primitive Greek word which begins with e-5-, except (rSitu, valeo. 



