Accentual Cursus in Byzantine Greek Prose. 457 
B. Apheeresis. There are 207 cases in which hiatus could be 
avoided by apheresis. It is not certain whether the possible 
apheresis should be consistently avoided, but this would seem to 
be the safest course. Reading these cases as printed in the text, 
we find the following cases to be added to the regular list. 
Form 2. 151 (2, VI) 
Epwuévov EuniuTbeaHce. 18, 4. 
mohguig Edbvayto. 43, 23. 
Form 4. 24 (4, V) 
GTOMTOMEVEVOUEVOL ETOQEKOYTO. 38, 9-10. 
uEtamoleiodae EGEMLOTEUEVOS. B19, L122. 
There are 17 additional cases in which the regular patterns are 
present but violated (except in one Case). 
Form. 2. 2 (O, V, a, 4. 5, ID 
pacthet &5 ta ucdote. 347, 19. 
Form 4. 15.(O, VI, 2. 1, V, 2. 3, IIl,,b) 
ti Avtwvivy évtvyeiv AoC. Nye ey 
ducBortm é¢ yar oven. 327, 9. 
©. Grasis.. Here, as in the case of apheresis, there seems no 
warrant to consistently read with crasis in order to avoid hiatus. 
As the text stands there are 18 cases where crasis might be rea- 
sonably expected. The following are regular: 
Eon 2. 6 (1;,1V, a, 1. O, V,;b,1) 
Nolet Tae EYxLA UAT. 368, 4—5. 
Form 4. 4 (1, IV, a, 2..0, V, b, 2) 
EGHULVE Te EGOUEVE. 193) 12-13. 
In 6 more cases the regular patterns are present but violated ; 
(Omid. ©; VIj.224, V2) 
IV. Various possibilities. There are 42 cases of the type é «brovs 
navev; the frequent occurrence of this type suggests that the regular 
pattern of the 2 form should be here recognized, by stressing the 
preposition! (in every case an elided form), and counting out the 

1 The placing of an ictus on such forms as én’ is easily paralleled in 
the Political Verses; im’ bears an ictus in Tzetzes I, 222 (ed. Kiessling) ; 
so ex in VII, 260. It may also be noted that the full form ézi, nod 
etc. are often stressed on the first syllable in the Political Verses; so 
neoé is stressed on the first syllable in Constantinus Manasses (Corpus 
Scr. Hist. Byz.) v. 2787; so émi in v. 1047. 
