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Worte " (from lv-a\{X)a\L^(o) still seems preferable, notwith- 

 standing atXcov in 6o, 14. 



9. ipepdfieva is Deecke's reading in Coll. 68, 2. He 

 explains it {Bess. Beitr., vi., p. 79) as perfect participle of 

 epdfxai, comparing aXaXTj/xai, aXdXvKTrj/Mai for the reduplica- 

 tion. But the lengthening of d to c is unaccountable, and 

 the use of so strong a word as epafiac in the sense of "liebes," 

 as Deecke takes it, would be remarkable. Homeric ypa in 

 rjpa (f)ep6iv, which Deecke compares, probably has no etymo- 

 logical connection with epapbai. 



10. An infinitive ending -fc'vai occurs in Sofevat (from 

 SlScofii) Coll. 60, 5, 15. Cf. Skrt. dd-vdne. This ending is 

 probably the original of that appearing in Attic Sovvai (for 

 *8o{F)6vaL, delvai, (for *6e-{F)evai). S6fX6{v) read by Deecke in 

 Coll. 126, 2, is uncertain; § 23, 4. 



11. The ending of the present infinitive of -«-verbs is 

 uncertain. Whether we should transcribe this as -€v or -tiv can- 

 not be determined. It is perhaps safest to follow the closely 

 related Arcadian (ef. Arcadian l/j^cfialvev Coll. 1222, 24; 

 virapxev 1222, 53) and write t^ev in Cyprian in Coll. 60, 10, 

 22, where Deecke gives e')(7]v. If we read e%ei^, it is best to 

 assume an independent infinitive suffix -v, i.e. fc%-e-y, as is 

 done by Spitzer (Lant. Ark. Dial., p. 56) and Brugmann 

 {Griechische Grammatik, § 146, 5) in case of the Arcadian and 

 Doric forms. 



12. Whether KVfjieprjvai, Deecke's reading in Coll. 68, 4, 

 may be a Cyprian infinitive, like the Homeric (popr^vat, from 

 an assumed ^Ku/nepeco for *KV/x€pdo) — i.e. Kvj3epvd(o {cf. SafMcico 

 beside 8a/jivdco) as taken by Deecke {Bess. Beitr., vi., p. 80) 

 seems altogether doubtful ; see § 24, 8. 



13. The imperative irlQi is found in Coll. 135. 



14. ev nrore tfpe^a CoLL. J I is not properly a case of 

 tmesis, as Deecke {Bess. Beitr., vi., p. 152) takes it, since a 

 form eveFpe^a is an impossibility ; but ef opv^rj Coll. 60, 1 2 

 (twice), 24, 25, has in each of the four instances a divisor 

 between the preposition and the verb. 



15. The participles l6{v)Ta Coll. 60, 23, and e'm6{v)ra 60, 



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