30 A GLOSSARY OF LATER 



§ 20. 



Specimens of the modern Greek of the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth 



centuries. 



From Theodorus Ptochoprodromus [XtLxoi. addressed to the emperor Manuel 

 Comnenus). 



1, 110 Tifli Ke(j>a\riv aov, /SaffiXev, et? tovto ti fie Xeyet? ; 

 ' Av ey(co yeirovav nvav, k e'^r) iraiBiv ayopiv, 

 Na Tov eiTTO) Ti MaOe to ypafifiariKOV va ^rjcrj ; 

 Ilapa KpaviapoKecpaXov iravTCo^ va p, ovop.aaovv, 

 Na TOV 6t7rw 'ti Made to T^ayydpijv to TratSti* aov. 

 115 TeiTOvav ej^w Trer^<oT7]v, Taj(a yjrevBoT^ayyaprjv, 

 II\r]v eve Ka\o'\}rovvt.ffTi]<s, eve icai •^apoKOTro^. 

 Orav yap iSi] ttjv avyrjv Trepi')(apac!'(Top.evr)v, 

 Aeyei, 'yl? /3paa-T) to Kpaaiv, Kat /3aXe Kai •jriirepiv. 

 Evdv'; to ^paaeiv to 9epp,ov, Xeyei, TTpo<s to iraiZiv tov • 

 120 Na TO, iraiBiv /lov, dyopacre '^opBoKoiXa uTafievov ' 

 ^epe Kul Bxd^iKOv Tvpiv dW'qv a-Ta/ievapeav, 

 Kcu So? fjue va irpoyevcrtoiJLai, Kat TOTe va TreT^oveo. 

 'A(f> ov Be ^6a<Ti^ to Tvpiv Kat Ta '^opBoKoiKiT^ia, 

 Kav Tecrcrepa tov BiBovaiv et? to Tpavov fiov)(povTiv, 

 125 Kal TTivei Ta Koi pevyeTai xepvovv tov aWov eva, 

 Kai irapevdvi viroZrfp.av eiraipvei koi ireT^ovei. 

 ' OvTav Be •JToKiv, ^acriKev, yefiaTO^ copa ^daarj, 

 PiTTTei TO KaXaTToBiv TOV, piTTTei, Kui, TO aaviBiv, 

 Kai \eyei ttjv yvvaiKa tov, Kvpa Kai 0e<; Tpave^iv ' 

 130 Kai TrpwTOV /j-icraov ex^ea-Tov, Bemepov to cr(})ovyyaTov, 

 Aa4 TpiTov TO aKpioTratiTov o(puov uTTO fiepiov, 

 Kai TejapTOV p,ov6Kv9pov, ■n-Xrjv /SXeTre va firj /Spa^rj • 

 'A<j) ov Be irapadeaovcnv km vi-^eTai Kai, KaT^rj, 

 'Ava6e/jia fie, ^aatXev, Kai, TpiaavaOefta fie, 

 135 "OvTav cTTpaAo) Kai cBco tov \olttov to ttq)? Kadi^ei, 

 To TTcS? avaKOfiTTOveTai, va viacrrj to kovtoKiv, 

 Kai ovBev Tpe^ovv to- aaXia fiov w? Tpe^et to TTOTafiiv. 

 Kai yo) vTrayco k ep^o/iai, TroSa? /leTpcov twv ffTi^cov, 

 EvOv; ^TjTco TOV lafifiov, yvpevco tov cnrovBelov, 

 140 Tvpeva TOV irvppL^tov Kai. Ta Xonra Ta fieTpa, 



