30 diaries E. Bennett, 



the other instances of vowel-shortening adduced by Brug- 

 mann in the same connection, and is to be regarded as doubt- 

 ful. Even if admitted for crropwiii (from ^arcxip-vv-ixi) and 

 ^oWofxai, i.e. ^^oXvofxai (from *^co\-vofjuaL), it is by no means 

 certain that it operated subsequently to the disappearance of 

 f, as must be assumed for haiJiio-{p)6p^6<;. 



Thessalian Xecropyovvro'; {i.e. -a)VTo<i) A'littJieiliingen des 

 DeutscJien ArchdologiscJicn Institiits, vii., 346, which is ex- 

 plained by Prellwitz {De dialecto Thessalica, p. 43) by the 

 shortening of w (for oe) to o, is not certain and probably incor- 

 rect. Lolling, in publishing the inscription, says : " Da der 

 stein hoch eingemauert, musste ich auf sicherstellung der 

 zweifelhaft und undeutlich bleibenden stellen verzichten " ; 

 so that confirmation of the form is needed. If correct, Xei- 

 TopyovvTO'i might be referred to the influence of hafjutop- 

 yovvTO';. 



8. e + T) remains unchanged in Se7]TovLKco Coll. 128. 



9. € + 1 may be contracted in firet Coll. 60, i ; 59, i ; eXei 

 60, 9; erei y6, I, though the character of the Cyprian sylla- 

 bary makes it impossible to determine whether the vowels 

 were contracted or spoken separately. 



10. € + in the Bronze Tablet becomes 10 in accordance 

 with § 7, I ; vis. in i'7n6(v)Ta (for eTre6{v)Ta) Coll. 60, 9, 19, 

 22 ; l6{v)Ta 60, 23. 



Elsewhere co remains unchanged, via. in ©eo/<:Xeo? Coll. 

 126, i; 'EreoSa/xa 135; (^eorifiwv 42; Tf/Lto/cXefeo? 36; 64; 

 TtyU,o/cXeo9 35 ; 'XracnKpdreo'i 18, 2 ; STaaLKpireo^ Stadia 

 Nicolaitana, p. 6S', TifioKpereo'i Berl. Phil. IVoc/i., 1886, No. 

 41, ii. ; viii. ; <I>iXo«peTeo? il>id., vii. 



One exception is found in a late inscription, Ber/. PJiil. 

 Woch., 1886, No. 42, col. 1323, where Neo/j.r]Vio<i becomes 

 N&)/i?;wo9. The same inscription is characterized by the 

 v-movable, an evidence of the late period to which it 

 belongs. 



11. e + w changes to io> (in accordance with § 7, i) in icoai, 

 (for ecoai, subjunctive) Coll. 60, 31. On Deecke's cfypovewl 

 {i.e. <f)poveo)(n) 68, 4, see below, § 20, 2. 



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