Particularly of the LETTER SirMA. 137 



to obtain a greater advantage, bguvru, in/uo, for inftance, being- 

 preferred to sppuvru *. 



6. In the cafe of the folitary 27y^a, v before <r, if a vowel 

 follows the <r, becomes another C thus, 2T2-2jr««, una cibum 

 capio. If a mute follows the <r, then, in the cafe of <rvv, the v is 

 {truck out ; but in the cafe of h r it remains : thus, 



cnr rSIIa*;, contraho. plls/gor, z'w/^ro. 



<r/3 2 Y-i [No example f.] EN-j [No example f.] 



<r<p [2<I>arr«, fimuljugulo. l2*f»y^«, fignum imprimo. 



ex. r^Kairra, fimul fodio. (SKfara, ingruo. 



cy 2Y-J [No example J.] EN-< [No example J.] 



?% [2X^otr/^y, conformo. l2XoXa£«, immoror. 



err (TTgarivu, fimul milito. f 1Tg£<p&>, intorqueo. 



<rd 2Y-<Za<y ||, una vivo. YN-sZiofJuu ||, inferveo. 



&% [ [No example §. J I [No example §.1 



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* The inconvenience which was thus prevented by h remaining unchanged, may be 

 perceived by declining the prefent tenfe of the compound verb, and the imperfect of 

 the fimple verb } thus, 



Compound Verb : Present Tense. 

 S. f^««T«, e^oswTf/?, iggavTlt, 



D. EPPAIITETON, EPPAI1TETON, 



P. EPPAnTOMEN, EPPAI1TETE, igf*W<7i. 



Simple Verb : Imperfect Tense. 



S. i^aTTTOff t£°X7T7£S f Ig^aTTTf, 



D. EPPAFITETON, l$«Vrsrjj», 



P. EPPAnTOMEN, EPPAnTETE, f$«Vrov. 



•f This cannot be exemplified, becaufe there is no Greek word which begins with <r@, 

 except crj2ii>»viA.i, extinguo, with its verbals. 



X There is no Greek word which begins with ay. 



j| For £, which we fhewed above to be equivalent to h, is alio, at lead in the Doric 

 dialeft, equivalent to rh 



| There is no primitive Greek word which begins with &, except <r$hv, valeo. 



