Accentual Cursus in Byzantine Greek Prose. 433 
Examples of dissyllabic prepositions are: 
sinoy yuo edt of mEQi «vtor, 
Matcééae evtov xare HEPCANS. 
OTONTEVUMTOS LETH TOY oKniyywr, 
cupw ent Enoas. 
avrov due try aneotiay. 
Anya avti &hwvos. 
Lauwpov duce rovto, 
Other words occurring less frequently in clausule which seem to 
show the same inconsistency of treatment are the negatives ov 
and uy: 
himeiy ove éneiteto, 
Bapvidva ovx% &teaoato. 
nto J€ ye un émevéyxwuer * 
Similarly the conjunction a and the comparative adverb 7 and 
the conditional conjunction «i: 
Mooprtyy ws Cnoetee. 
H kum n wayuiog ° 
ABeonhou ei vixnoeicr. 
Besides these words which are all subordinate in relation to the 
main framework of the sentence, there are other words whose treat- 
ment in the clausule of Zonaras plainly indicates that the written 
accent does not always represent a spoken accent. First the copula 
in its non-enclitic forms: 
6 nooprtns Meyaias ny. 
dixaos HY. 
The conjunction «ie : 
ovx cyaotnon Ex THS vooov GAAu TEdvHEN. 
The relative pronoun : 
aityoue 0 ovdowto * 
AaBeiv te &@& wv exoucter - 
The substantive article: 
> x: \ > 
cmoxtéivat tous évdor. 
c 9 > > , 
ot 0” ovx Emavouyto. 
Adverbs, especially in a set form like et moveiv.? 
The pronoun ovzos : 
MOOKAT HAG IOLGG ZOUTEL THUTNS. 
> > ~ 4 
avayMoNnce El THbTH AeéBol. 

1 Cf. Litzica, p. 34. 
