AND BYZANTINE GREEK. 91 



second. Apocr. Nicod. Euangel. II, 7 (23) iyvpevae'; as a various reading. Zos. 73, 14 

 fieivot, for fieivat from /j-evm. 



' 6. The ending OS AN (for the common ON) of the third person plural of the 

 imperfect and second aorist active is of frequent occurrence in later Greek. The 

 grammarians call it Breotic, Chalcidean, or Asiatic.^™ 



Sept. Ex. 15, 27 rjkOoaav. 16, 24 KaTeXl-n-oa-av. 18, 26 eKplvoaav. Dcut. 1, 25 e\a- 

 ^oaav. 7, 19 Ihoaav. 32, 5 r]fiapToaav. Jos. 3, 14 rjpoaav from alpw. 8, 29 KaOelXo- 

 aav. Ruth. 4, 11 eliToaav. 1 Par. 22, 4 l^kpoaav. Nehcm. 3, 5 Ka-vka~)(paav. Ps. 76, 

 17 et'Socrai/. 77, 29 ecpayotjav. 78, 1 rj\6oaav. 114, 3 e'vpocrav. Ez. 22, 12 eXa/jL^a- 

 voaav. Jer. 28, 7 eirlocrav. 1 Mac. 4, 50 ecfyaivoaav. Lycophr. 21 ea')(a^offav. ScYMN. 

 695 ecT'X^oaav. Et. M. 282, 37 e'lSoaav, e/jLaOoaav. 



7. In contract verbs, the ending A OH AN becomes SIX AN; and E 2! AN, 

 OO'ZAN each become OTXAN?°^ Sept. Gen. 6, 4 eVewwo-av as a v. 1. Ex. 33, 8 



Karevoovaav as a V. 1. 2 Reg. 20, 15 evoova-av. Nehem. 4, 18 a>KoBo/iovaav. Job. 1, 4 

 iiroiovaav as a V. 1. Ps. 5, 10 iBoXiovaav. Ez. 22, 11 ^vofiovaav. Jer. 41, 10 ecoaau from 

 €0.03. Inscr. 1583, 4 eviKwa-av.^"^ 



8. In modern Greek, AH I is one of the endings of the third person plural of the 

 imperfect and aorist active ; as eypa<f)a(Tt, eypa-^aau, e^ayaai. In Byzantine Greek we 

 find the following forms : Apocr. Martyr. Barthol. 2 inotriffaa-i. Theoph. 725, 8 eVe/- 

 paai, V. 1. dirripaai, write eirripacri,; from eiralpw. ViLLOISS. II, 122 erideaa-i. 



§ T'O. 

 Subjunctive Active and Middle. 

 In the early stages of the language, the subjunctive often coincided in form with the 



indicative. Thus, dyelpofieu, ^-qa-o/iev, epvacrofiev, IXaaa-eai, Ip^eipeTai, (pOierai, in Homer. 



200 YiT. M. 426 "H'X 6 (T a V . . . . 01 yap BoimTol cVi rav fifj ixdvraiv Trjv lieroxfiv eis 2 o^vtovov iroiova-i ZtrotTvXXa- 

 ^ov fro toItov T6J TrpwTwJ. EuST. 1759, 30 To 5e tjov iiu. TrpwTov 7r/30(7C07rou i^aipi(T€i Tov O rju yiUfTai, <a 6p.6t^(iiVou 

 Kara XaXxtSeir ^ v e Kct po s , d(j) ov AapiKas 'HaioSor '('(prj to t rj s &' ^ u t p f 7s k f <j) a'K a I. To Si towutov 'Hcrio- 

 Seiav rj v woieT, (prjoi, to rj O' av trpoo'dead, TOv a-iypa Kal Tou a\(j)a. 617 oJ rjj 'Aaiavrj ^paijievoi (jiavfi iroiovai, to 

 e({>vyov Koi rj\6ov Trapcvdecrci. T^t AN a-vWa^rjs e (j) vy a- a v XeyovTff Kai ij\6oa^av. OvToi St Kal tu o/ioia. 1761, 

 30 To e(T)^a^o(Tav napa AvK.6(f>povi Koi Trap oXXotj to iXiy o it av Kai to Oi Se jrXrjcrlov yevo/ifiiaiv e <pvy o<t av 

 ^aVTjS XakKiSfoiv iSia el<nv. 



201 g.j.^ ]yj 282, 33 AoXi&j, 6 wapaTanKos (do\Uov eBoXlovv, to TpiVov Ttov ■nX']0vvTtKSv f 8 o\ 10 v irav . Kal 

 oiobetXei' flvai. iSoXUov tSoXiovv, oxritep iiroUov cirolovu, aXX o» Boimtoi fTri twv pf/ t;(o'i'TMV ttjv piroxrjv eit 2 o^vtovov 

 TToioCo't TO TOCTOV TIM TTpoiTo) lO'oo'uXXa/Soj', olov epAdop.ev e jid 6 a av , eiSofnev €i8oaav. 



^"^ Boeckh accents fvUaa-av, and regards it as equivalent to ivUrjo-av. The expression, however, in which it 

 occurs, corresponds to ivUov (imperfect) in Inscr. 1584. 1585. 



