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ing this change of i to j for the Cyprian. Yet the change is 

 probable enough in itself and must have occurred in other 

 dialects as preliminary to such forms as Arcadian TroeWw 

 (for TTOievrco, i.e. iroievTw), Coll. 1222, 9; Lesbian ScKaax; 

 (for hiKaiw<;, i.e. SiKaiw;) 304, A, 44. 



6. On japd for lapd, i.e. lepd, see § i, 2. 



19. 



In Cyprian, 5 corresponds not only to % of the other dia- 

 lects, vie. in ^dv {cf. Att. ^dw) Coll. 60, 10, 23, 28 ; pi^w (?) 

 150, but also sometimes to -y of the other dialects, 77'^. in 

 ^d {= yd) 'earth,' Coll. 60, 8, 17, 24 and d^a66<i (= dyad6<i) 



37, 3 ; 59> 4- 



These two latter forms probably developed a parasitic t 

 after the original -y, and this jr then regularly became 5. This 

 change has an analogon in the word ^evaaadac (for *<yi^ev- 

 a-aaOai) given by Hesychius as dialectic form of yevaaaOat. 

 Cf. the Arcadian ^eWeiv (for ^jLeWeiv) • ^dWetv, Hesych. 



20. 



1. Final <r disappears in a few instances, 7'/^. 'Ovaalwpo 

 'A . . . (for 'Ovaa-iQ)po<i 'A . . .) Coll. 75, i ; Aijatde/jii tmc 

 (for AijaLdefii^; rcoi) 74, I ; Am^eyLtt(9) pa . . . lOO ; ««(?) ('and ') 

 d{v)Ti 60, 5 ; ««("?) P'^v yi, I ; Ta(9) pavda{cr)a^ 38, 4 ; Td{<i) 

 u^i]pcov 60, 5 (twice) ; rtX(\)i«a(f) 'Ovaai/jidXa 1 20, I ; in 

 composition Tro-e^o'/i.et'Of (for 7ro(T-e-^6p,6vov, i.e. irpoaeyopuevov) 

 60, 19, 21; Eupd{v)6i]('i) 163; "Av(y)a(9) 'Ap,6{v)Ta 147; 

 rc\{\)LKa{<;) p,e Studia Nicolaitana, p. 68 ; o e|^ opv^t) Coll. 

 60, 12, 25 may be either for o? e^ opv^r] (with omitted -s) or 

 o may be the article used as relative. 



The above data do not warrant us in drawing any positive 

 conclusion as to the law of this change. Omitting e'^ opv^rj 

 as capable of other interpretation, the remaining twelve in- 

 stances present six cases of the disappearance of -s before 



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