94 A GLOSSARY OF LATER 



"Ottcbs fi^ ea-eovrai. Aristeid. 38, p. 482, 11 "Ottw? yevyjacovrai. Athen. 12, 33, ]}. 527 A 

 "OTTca irapaOijcravTai, 7rapaa')(r)ffcdvrat.. BasiL. II, 683 E "Iva 7r\r]a-6r]a-u)/jLe6a. APOPHTH. 



Besarion 9 M^ttw's Kavxvo-u>fj.€da (?). Proc. I, 417, 9. II, 454, 9 mpt.eawfj.eOa. I, 479, 



17 eatjade. II, 43, 13 Trepieacovrai as a various reading. I, 54, 17 BiaOi^awvTai as a 

 various reading. 220, 10 ' jevriacovTai. 277, 17 O-qacovTai as a various reading. 336, 

 13 avWrj-^rai. II, 71, 20 aKOvar\(TQe. Agath. 41 ireicrtjade from i:aa-)(w. 163 Ka- 



§ 74. 



Contract Verbs. 



1. In modem Greek, verbs in .4.f2 change fl contracted into OT ; as rcfiovfiai, koi- 

 fioO/iai, Kocfiovvrai. In later and Byzantine Greek we find the following forms : Apocr. 

 Act. Thorn. 48 ^yairovv. Act. Pet. et Paul. 64 ■n-Xavouiu.ai,. Proc. II, 101, 13. 327, 24. 

 543, 7 eToX/iovv. Mal. 39, 18 erlfiow. 247, 8 efJ.€\eTovv. 



2. In modern GreeTc, the ancient ending -0/2 becomes ONSl (formerly SlNfl); as 

 ireTo-ovo), iiicrdovco, TcraKovco. See also ^vfiwvco, ffKaXatva), Tv<j>\,o)vo), in the Glossary. 



SYNTAX. 



§ 75. 

 Subject and Predicate. 

 A king commonly uses the Jirst person j^lural when he speaks of himself Inscr. 



2743 'HffOrjvai, fjiev eirl ttj KaTaaraaei, ttj? /SatrtXe/a? t^? rjfieTepa?. In the Same inscription, 

 ^/*et?, ■^fiwv, (pvXaTTOfiev stand for eyw, efiov, ^vXaTTm. NovELL. passim. 



§76. 



Adjective. 



In later and Byzantine Greek, the superlative of an adjective is sometimes expressed 

 by simply repeating that adjective with an intervening Kai Inscr. 4697, 19 'Epnr]<; 6 

 /ieya; Kol fieja<;, the same as 'Epfirj^ 6 fj,eyiaTo<;, TJie most great Hermes'. Eukhol. "Aji,o<3 

 fi6vo<; Koi fj.ovo';, The only holy One. 



