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(fivXacraco (<^vXaK-t-a)), fx.ett,uiv (yu,ey i-ojv), aAAos (dA.-i-os). 

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

 final V or p. 

 depdwaiva = * Oepa-jr-av-ya = depairavia 

 a(i>T€ipa = ortDTrjp-i-a 

 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 



-/xo- (-/Aos, m.) primary or secondary verbal oxytone: 0v-fj.6<;, 



heart; ip-ia-ixo's, strife 

 -fm- (-/xri, f. ), primary (or secondary?) verbal paroxytone: Oip-p.r), 



heat 

 -o- (-OS, -ov, m. or n.) chiefly primary: vojx-6<i, pasture; Auk-os, 



wolf 

 -a- (-T7, f. ) chiefly primary: ^ny-?;, flight; po-rj, stream; XtvK-q, 



white poplar 

 -I- (-IS, m. or f. ) chiefly primary, paroxytone: ttoA-is, city 

 -ev-, -ov- {-rjv, -wv, m. or f . ) primary or secondary, mostly verbal: 



apa-rfv, male; eiK-oiv, image, at-wv, age 

 -fiev- (-p.r]v, m.) primary oxytone: Xi-p.rjv, harbor 

 -p.ov- (-p.(iiv, m.) primary paroxytone: rep-pioiv, boundary 

 -fivo- {-p.vov, n., -p.vq, f . ) primary, usually oxytone: a-Tpw-pvy, bed 

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



seat, Sth-pov, gilt 

 -Xo- (-Aos, m., -Xr], f . , -Aov, n. ) primary, mostly oxytone: <j>v-Xri, 

 tribe; cfiv-Xov, class. -tAos, -rjXr], -wXov, -wXr}, are widely ex- 

 tended false sufifixes used after a consonant: they show 

 the accretion of certain stem vowels, 

 -vo- (-VOS, m. , -vr], f . , -vov, n. ) primary, often oxytone: w-vos, 

 s'eep; ttolvt^, penalty; tc'k-vov, child. An adventicious a 

 has given the suffix -avo- (-avos, -avrj, -avov, seen in: aT€(f>- 

 avos, crown; fn^X'°-^V' device; Spew-avov, scythe. 



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