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(</>vAaK-i-w), /u.ia>v (jney i-i>v), dAAo? (aA-i-os). 

 Metathesis, or transposition of this t takes place when it follows 

 final v or p. 



6f.pa.Tra.wa. = * 6f.pa.TT-a.v-ya. depa.7ra.vija. 



Syncope or elision of a vowel often occurs in the middle of a 

 word. 



Trarpos for Trarepo? 



Contraction of vowels should be ignored, when an occasion 

 for it might arise in forming scientific terms. 



NOUN SUFFIXES 



General 



-/JLO- (-ftos, m.) primary or secondary verbal oxytone: 0v-/*os, 



heart; CP-WT-/AOS, strife 

 -pa.- (-7*77, f. ), primary (or secondary?) verbal paroxytone: Ofp-firj, 



heat 

 -o- (-os, -ov, m. or n.) chiefly primary: VO/A-OS, pasture; AVK-OS, 



wolf 

 -a- (-17, f.) chiefly primary: <pvy-i!j, flight; po-rj, stream; XevK-rj, 



white poplar 



-i- (-ts, m. or f. ) chiefly primary, paroxytone: 7rdA-is, city 

 -ev-, -ov- (-rjv, -<ov, m. or f . ) primary or secondary, mostly verbal: 



apcr-yv, male; eiK-u>v, image, al-a>v, age 

 -fj*v- (-p-rjv, m.) primary oxytone: AI-/AT/V, harbor 

 -p.ov- (-p.wv, m. ) primary paroxytone: rep-fjuav, boundary 

 -p.vo- (-p-vov, n., -ftviy, f. ) primary, usually oxytone: o-rpw-/^, bed 

 -po- (-pos, m., -pa, f. , -pov, n.) primary, mostly oxytone: c8-pa, 



seat, 8w-pov, gift 

 -Ao- (-Aos, m. , -\r), f. , -Aov, n.) primary, mostly oxytone: <pv-\rj, 



tribe; <pv-Xov, class. -lAos, -r]X.r), -wAov, -<a\rj t are widely ex- 



tended false suffixes used after a consonant: they show 



the accretion of certain stem vowels. 

 -vo- (-vos-, m., -vrj, f. , -vov, n. ) primary, often oxytone: VTT-VOS, 



s'eep; TTOI vrj, penalty; TC'K-VOV, child. An adventicious a 



has given the suffix -avo- (-avos, -an/, -avov, seen in: O-T<^- 



avos, crown; //.^x-avij, device; Spor-avov, scythe. 



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