AND BYZANTINE GREEK. 83 



Masculine. Neuter. 



S?ng. N. Bepiyyepi.'; 'lovXit N. A V. evdpfiiv 



G. Bepijyepi, lovXi G. ipopju,iov 



D. {Bepiyyepi^ {^lovXi,^ D. ivop/j,ta> 



A. Bepijyepw lovXiv 



V. Bepiyyepi lovKt 



See A/BXa^i'i, 'AXvitk, AvravK, " A(j)poSei<Ti^, A7]p,7jTpi<;, Bepiyyepi';, 'EXKaBi^, Evyevi<;, 

 lovXi^, Ku^aWapK, Kvpi^, Mapi<;, Tpco'iXi';, j(apTapi'i, in the Glossary. 



Neuters ava^oKiZiv, apjiapiv, aarjjjLiv, /Sail/, ^oKtiSiv, ^aviapiv, ^Xarlv, yoyyvkiv, 'EXevOepiv, 

 evopjMV, defiariv, KaareXKiv, o-<^apiv, cTraOiv, ^iX'qfiaTiv, and a multitude of others. 



When H could no longer be distinguished in pronunciation from I, the endings 

 IX., IN were written also HX, HN (§ 47). Thus, 'App,evr]<;, ' Apr^i^ovpr}^, Ka^aXX.apr]<;, 



KeWapt]';, fiayyavap-r]^, fia/ceWapr]'?, TapyiT7]<;, (f>aKTa)vapr]i; ; all inflected like Mdv7)<; (§ 59, 2). 

 Neuters afip,rjv, ^epy-qv, ^epoviKrjv, Trapcovvfirjv, Trpoaa-TiT^'rjv, craKKrjv. 



The accent of a noun thus syncopated is the same as that of the full form. Thus, 



Bepiyyepio^, KU^aXKapio';, oy^dpiov, become Bepiyye'pn, Ka^aWdpK, o-<^dpi,v, respectively. '^"^ 



2. In inscriptions referred to the first three centuries of our era, the ending AIOX is 

 found shortened into AIX. Thus, ^A9r]vai<;, EipT]vai<;, 'EaTiai?, for 'A6rivaio<i, Elp7]vaio<;, 

 'EaTiam. If we follow the analogy of syncopated nouns in lOX, we must accent 

 'AdrivaK, ElprjvaK, 'Eajiaifi. (See these words in the Glossary.) 



3. In Byzantine Greek, verbal nouns in IMON are often inflected after the analogy 

 of neuters in A of the third declension. Thus, 



Sing. N. A. dWd^i/j^ov Plur. N. A. dXKd^ifia, dWa^ifiara 



G. aXKa^ifiov, aWa^i/jiaTO'; G. aWa^i/jicov, dWa^i/j,dTa)v 



D. aXXaft/xo), aWa^ifiaTt D. dWa^i/jioK, dWa^ifiaai 



See also hi^ifiov, iieTacndaifiov, ad^ifiov, (rri-'^ip.ov, in the Glossary. 



4. The N of the abridged ending IJV began to be dropped as early as the tenth 

 century. See ^ABpavovr^T), -jraiBi, in the Glossary. 



5. Foreign names in OTX are inflected as follows : N. 'Ii]a-ovi, G. 'Irja-ov, D. 'Irjo-ov, 



A. 'Iijaovv, V. 'Irjcrov, in the New Testament. So Za^^ov<;, Koacrov<;, XpTjarov?. 



In the Septuagint the dative of 'Itjctoxk;, Joshua, is 'Irjaoi, not 'Irja-ov. 



6. In later Greek, the ending fl of feminines like Xe^Wj vx^'i Xair^co, was written also 

 with the diphthong /2I.'^' See 'Aprefitot,, Aiowcrdji, ^iXvtwi, in the Glossary. 



*'' Compare the Doric idelpdv, (Kpa^av, iKocrfiriBev, for ihupaaav, iKpa^a<Tav, eKocrpriBrjcrav. ApOLLON. Synt. 3, 



7, p. 213. Compare also the Doric aiycr, jraiSej, ywaU^s, for the original a"yr)s, n-ai'8i)r, •yv;/aiV?;9. Bekkek. 1236. 



* BekKER. 1204 Ta ap^aia rail' dpTiypa(j>o)v iv raif (Is Q \r]yov<Tats cvBelais €i)(ov to I npoayeypaitfievov, o'ov, 



