K '- ..<-^lc.V /.c;^.*Oo .**\iA^.\ 4 O. • )^ \/^^\^^'^ V^^V '•^^^^%^^^ '^^': ^-^^^ -^Jfe- \/ .*^»;'- ^^..^* .-^ *- /^^k^^"-'^ /'•^•\ ;^°^i?^'A , \o ly-r. V o^ -^•T v-?-^ I.V *<» * jP-n* o, 'o . . « A •b v^ ; *^n« O 4^ 4^ c'JL'-* <, *'TVV P \*^^\/ v^-/* V"^*/ < O 4!^ < •^v^**^ • ^^>;» *^ -=%. c» # 9a. *•.<>' aO' ''K "tin* HE DOCTRINE OF GREEK PROSODY, TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN op FRANZ PASSOW. ETON, PRINTED BY E. WILLIAMS- 1832. ^/^\\ ^ f^U SEC. L GENERAL RULES. 1. Prosody in general treats of the Value or Quantity of single Syllables, that is, of their comparative length or duration in Pronunciation. 2. Greek Prosody recognizes only two kinds of Time, from one or other of which every syllable takes its measurement, — 'the short, ^poz^osr ^paxvs, and the long, ')(p6vos fiaxpos. One long syllable is con- sidered isochronous or equivalent to two short ones. 3. Every syllable is therefore either short (auWa^rf fipa')(ela), or long {avWajSrj fiaKpd) ; and is ac- cordingly either hurried over in pronunciation (o-vaTeXkerai,, corripitur), or dwelt upon {eKreive^ rat, producitur) , 4. Besides long and short syllables, we have others partaking of the nature of both, called Doubtful or Common {avWa^rj Koivrj, a^LBo^os)y syllaha either long or short, TheU* quantity is however pretty accurately defined by the actual usage of writers in every individual instance. 5. The quantify of a syllable is determined either by the natural property of its vowel, or by the union of its vowel with one or more consonants. Some- times also, but more rarely, by its union with other vowels. In the former case it is short or long by nature, ^vaei, in the latter hy position, Secret. 6. We will lay down rules first for short syllables, then for long, and lastly for such as are doubtful ; carefully distinguishing between the natural pro- perties of the vowel^ and its combination with other letters. 3 A. — ^Thb Short Vowels. I, Vowels Short hy Nature, The two Vowels e and o are short by nature. Likewise syllables formed of them, unless there is reason for lengthening them^ (as shewn under B. 2.) viz. eKj iv, Xiye, op, XR} ^\ "^^y '^^> X^ 5 with the Attics as well as the Elegiac, Bucolic, and Epigrammatic writers, a short vowel is not lengthened except before ^/i-, kjjl, tjx, kv, ^v, ')(y. Examples, — ve^pos, eSpa, ifKiOpov, veKpos, A,e7r- p69, Trirpa, ve^pos, \e')(^pLos, oKXd^o), oifKov, orXoSy o'^^os^ apiOfios^ aK^iT}, TeKvov, irorixos, d(f)V(o, rex^V* 2. On the contrai^ a syllable, short by nature, is lengthened even when the second consonant is a liquid in the following cases : — (a) Universally, and without exception, if the two consonants belong to two separate words 5 viz. ck X6%6«t)y' which rule holdi^ good also iu compounds 5 viz. (b) Universally, and without exception, if the li- quid precedes the mute 3 viz. iXiris^ iiMiris, irovrosy evBov, s-XKcOy ep'X^ofJbai, (c) Universally, and without exception, before two liquids, whether they be alike or different ; viz. "'EXkT^v, iroWd^ jSXijjLfiaj ofjbfjia, hevvos, k6vvo9, areppos, oppos^ eXfjLLVSy ciXpuoSy f^eKepbVOV, opuvvfjUL, eppua, oppurj, aripvov, opvLs, Obs. A vowel short before fiv is not without authority, and it has recently been adopted even before fi^ and ix. (d) The Attics commonly use a vowel short before p\, 7X, 7yLt, 7z/, 8ytt, hv, (media ante liquidam) yet not without exceptions, which cannot be reduced to any fixed rule. 2. Tlie three double consonants, f, f, and ^^ have the same power of lengthening, that several consecu- tive consonants possess ; viz. rpdire^a, epe^a, €pe\fra, o^os, Xo^os^ hro-^' or when the double consonant belongs to the following word ; viz. rnhvaad Zet), xatpe ^elue, ^v re "^v^nv. Exceptions. In Homer f sometimes loses the lengthening force of a double consonant, but merely in the case of Proper Names, which could not in any other way come into a verse; viz. Za/cvi/^oy and Zekeua, For the same reason Homer leaves the short syllable before aic in ^KafzavSpos and a/ceirapvov. More recent Poets have imitated this 8 practice in other words, and extended the licence to cfi^ a liberty unknown to the Attics. 3. The four liquids, X, /x, i/, p, especially the last, when they begin a word, have frequently the power in Epic poetry of lengthening a syllable ending with a short vowel, immediately preceding. The Attic Poets confine this power to p exclusively : but in all cases the syllable so lengthened must stand in the arsis of the line. 4. A final syllable concluding with a short vowel is sometimes lengthened by means of the following semivowel o-, but only in the arsis of the line, and not in Attic writers. 5. Moreover the Epic lengthening of a final syllable closing with a short vowel occurs more frequent- ly in the arsis before S in hrjv, and the words Seoy, hciZo}, Becuo?, &c. than before other consonants; very rarely before the aspirated consonants, <^, Obs, It must be carefully remarked, that in all these cases the short syllable only is lengthened, and not the vowel, which would still remain short under any circumstances. (C) General Rules for Doubtful Vowels. 1. A doubtful vowel is short, (a) When it forms the last syllable in a word of three or more syllables, and the antepenultima is acuted ; viz. KepKvpa, rplacvd, 'larTjfii^, TV(j)Or]Ti^, poh6Trr)j(ys, (b) When it forms the last syllable in a word of two or more syllables, and the penultima is circumflexed ; viz. Moucra, vparffidf ripl, KXvOiy ^TJXijs. Obs. The lengthening of a syllable by position has no influence in this case ; for av\a^^ ^S>na^, ipL^a>ka^, Karcopv^, Kparepcovv^, TrXetcr- Twva^, &c. retain their circumflex ; because, though the syllable is lengthened by means of ^, still the vowel remains short. (Vid. B. II. 5. 065.) Ea:ceptio7is, 1. The two diphthongs at and oo at the end of a word, in reference to the two foregoing rules, are consi- dered short in point of accentuation, and thence retain the circumflex in the penultima, and the acute on the antepenultima ; viz, rvTrro/jbav, avOpfoiroi^ apvvfievoi, M5- oat, 7r(b\ot. — Except, (aj The third person of the optative in 01 and ai, ; viz. (j^evyoi, irotria-aL. — (b) The adverb oXkov. — (c) Words compounded of enclitic particles; as in otyLtoi, 97Tot, &c. which follow the General Rule. 2. 6), in the termination of the Attic declension, ad- mits the acute on the antepenultima ; viz. TroXecos, avcoyecov, 3. ft), in the Ionic genitive of the first declension, ad- mits likewise the acute on the antepenultima ; viz. ^€to/cam, 'la-rlaid. Obs. Vpaia, in Theocritus, is the feminine from ypaXos, (Vide infra, 2. (h) ) (b) In many words in eid ; for instance — In radical words of three or more syUables, which have the acute on the antepenultima ; viz. Kpdveid, k(o- Seta, ireKeid, TpucjidXetd. c2 12 In Proper Names of women and names of places of three or more syllables, in which the ending eta arises out of a shorter form in rj ; viz. M>;Seta, MtSeta, Yiifi'rfKud, ^FoSeia, Kopcoveid, MaPTlveid, KaWLOTretd, KacracoTreuif Tl€p(r€(^6v€Ld, nrjveXoTreLa, T€p-^L')(ppeid. In substantives which are compounded of neuters in oy; viz. aKpdjpeid, Trpvfivdypetd, fiL(Ti,yeveLd, Kvirpoyevetd, Tpiroyeveidj from Kpdros, and yevos. In substantives derived from verbs in evto, or, to speak more correctly, from substantives in evs, which indicate a person ; as, ^aa-iXetd, lepetd, iravhoKeid : — (The asser- tion of Grammarians, that Upeia was accented Upela by the old Attics, is groundless). In abstract substantives derived from adjectives in 7)s', viz. akrjOeid, vyieud, aae^eid, hvaae^eLa, evak^etd, ev- Kkeidy ev/jLuOecd, arvvrjOeid, (piKoKepBevd' yet we find evKXeia in ^schylus, vyceld in Aristophanes and others ; and in Homer the long termination en) generally occurs. In compounded poetical adjectives, which occur as feminines only 3 as in the Homeric evTraTepecd and Bvaa- pioTOTOKecd, in rjBveTretdy ^eairveiretd, KaXKiTOKeidy &c. In the feminine terminations of adjectives in vs ; viz. I3a6eld, yXvKeld, rjBeld, rjfjLla-eid, ^i]\eLd, Xlyeid (after- wards \iyeld,) o^eld, oDKcld, with the word e\a%eta (after- wards iXaxeldj) which occurs but once. 13 Obs. We must naturally include the word OdXcia, one of the Muses, and the old adjective SciXeia, the feminine of an obsolete ad- jective ^aXvs, to distinguish it from eakid, the name of one of the Graces, and the appellative SaXi'a. (c) Of words in td, Only in adjectives of two syllables, Bid, td, and fild, with she^id and yLtT/SeyLtta, in the two trissyllable feminines ofLTTVid and TTOTvid, and in the two Proper Names Ad/juid and UoXv/jLvcd, It is true that modern Poets have allowed themselves other licences of this sort, but none of them have been received into general use. In female appellations of three or more syllables, de- rived from masculines in rijp, and ending in rpta ; viz. avXrjTpidf 6p')(r)(7Tpid, '>^d\rpid, rv/jLTravlaTpid. (d) In substantives of three or more syllables in oid, compounded of Pbs, vss, ttXss, itvhs, and the obsolete XP^s (%/3fW9) j viz. EvjSoid, MeXipoid, Tlepl^oid, avoid, ey- void, dr^yivoid, aifKoid, evTrXotd, evvrvotdy ev')(^poid. In words derived from vss, irXss, and %/3coy, the last syllable is often long, and even in the Attic Poets avoid and ayvoid occur, which are old Attic forms. (e) In some substantives in vid, which have either the circumflex on the penultima, or the acute on the an- tepenultima; viz. fjuvld, Kwofjuvod, atOvud, ElXelOuid, Q^pei- 6vid; but in the feminine termination of the perfect participle active, without exception ; viz. elhvld, XeXaKvld, /Be/Savld. Obs. Concerning- ayvia and opyvia, vld. infra, 2. i. (f) In substantives in ^a and 8d, when they are not Proper Names, and when a consonant precedes 8 or ^ ; viz. dpBd, fJbdXOd, /uLivOd, vdcpOd, ciKavOd, KoXoKvvdd. 14 (g) In substantives in \d, If the diphthong av precedes the termination Xa ; viz. vavKd, iravXd, avdiravKd. When X is doubled 5 viz. ^BeXkd, ^KvXKd, -^vWd, aeWd, afiaXkd, hlKeSXd, ^ueXXa, XpucrtXXa, and other polyssyllable Proper Names. When another consonant precedes X ; viz. TplyXd, Though Grammarians in this case prefer the termination V' fh) In substantives in fid, when another consonant pi'ecedes the fi ; viz. ^epfjud, rokfid, Topfid. (i) In words in vd, When the vowels i or v, or the diphthongs at, ei, ev, or ot precede, as Atycvd, d/ivvd, a-lyvvd, AaKaivd, fivpaivd, Piireivd, ripetvd, epevvd^ heairoivd', yet the termination 77 in words closing with iva is preferable. When a second v or another liquid precedes v ; viz. yevvdy AtKrvvvd, ^HpLvvdj KipKLPvd, ^tKcvvd, and other Proper Names of women, with irpv^vd, /juipifjuvd, MijOv/juvd, ^fJLVpvd. When a h precedes the 2/; viz. Ylvhvd, 6%t5m. Wherever any other consonant precedes, the termination Tf is preferable. (k) In words in pd, When the diphthong ai, precedes p ; viz. Malpd, al' pd) fid'X^aipdy veaipd, \oy(kaipd. When the diphthong eu precedes p ; viz. (1) In radi- cal words of two or three syllables ; viz. irelpd, airelpd, 15 a-relpd, Weipa, which are known by either the circumflex on the penultima, or the acute on the antepenultiraa; (yet aireipa as well as airelpd is found). (2) In all femi- nine forms in etpa which proceed from masculines in rjp ; viz. Kpdvreipd, irieipd, TCvaKTetpd, lo^evTeipd, Trporjy^TeLpd' especially in adjectives and Proper Names of women compounded of dvijp ; viz. dvndvecpd, ^wTidveipd^ KvBtd- V€Lpdj ArjLaveLpd, Idvetpd, Merdvetpd. When the diphthong oi precedes p^ as fiolpa, which is the only example of this termination. When the diphthong ou precedes the p in words of three or more syllables ; viz. dpovpd, /cvvoaovpa, likewise in the word Bovpd, the name of a place. When a long v precedes the p ; viz. acpvpd, dy/cvpdy yevpd, KepKvpdy oXvpd, {KoXkvpa alone has the ultima and penultima long, and consequently the acute on the pen- ultima) . In Proper Names with the double p ; viz. Klppd, Mvppd, Ilvppd. — (Respecting Tdvaypa and arKoKoirevZpdy vid, infra, 2. (o), Ohs.) (I) In substantives in ad and aa-d ; viz. atcrd, Kvlad, M5(7a^ Iliad, ^ApiOsad, '^rjaad, Kprjacrd, oaad, nriaa-d, Pvcrad, likewise in the feminines of adjectives in ets ; viz. BuKpvoeaad, Xa'^^vijeaad, -yfroXoecra-d, and in all feminine participles ending in <7a ; yiz. (ffipsad, fjuetSicoa-d, dvva-aad, pXif)6el(Td, — (On the other hand, the feminines of adjec- tives in aos and aaos all end in t) ; viz. ^leaTj, hiaarj, Xlaar)* and also words which have a p before the a pre- fer the termination t? ; viz. epar], iepar), Kvparj), 16 (m) In substantives in fa, fa, and '>^d^ because in these a o precedes a by power of the double consonant; viz. Tri^d, KOpv^d, fiv^d, afia^d, Bl-yjrd, (n) In substantives in rd and rrd', viz. hlaird, vtjt- rd, '\frrJTTd, and universally where the Attics change the Ionic termination cra-a into rra, as in ^aXarra. Obs. The most ancient Epic writers, who are followed by the moderns, frequently len^hen the a, which according to the above Rules is short, by changing- it into t), {Vid. supra, 1. a. h. and d.) Tlie Dorians on the contrary change the termination rj into a long a. 2. Alpha is long^ (a) In a few substantives in ad ; viz. i\da, Nauo-t- Kad, AOt} vdd. (b) In words of three or more syllables in aid, which are either lengthened forms of substantives in t; ; viz. akicaid, fycCkTjvald, AOrjvald, from oXki], fyaXrjvrj, kOrjvr), or the feminine of adjectives in aios ; viz. repaid, hiKaid, heCKaid, The feminine dvriTrepatd in the Alexandrian Poets is an exception. (c) In all substantives in ed, which have commonly the acute on the penultima, and more rarely on the last syllable ; viz. Pea, TrreXea, alyaved) yeved, ^ed' likewise in the feminine of adjectives in eos, as^pvo-ea, \evyaXidy KiOapd, ^vpd, \vpd, 7ropff>vpd, ^CKvpa, — (Respecting KoXkvpa, vide supra , I. a. 1. k.) When either tj or w precedes p ; viz. "Hpd, Trrjpd, ')(COpd, OTTCOpd, When the diphthong at, precedes p in the single word eralpd, probably instead oferapdy from 6Tap0 9. {Fide supra, 1. a. 1.A-.) When the diphthong av precedes p ; viz. avpa, \avpa, aavpd. When the diphthongs et, ev, or ov, precede p in dis- syllables; viz. Setpd, aeLpdy vevpdy irXevpa, spa, (I>p8pd, — In general the ultima is acuted. When a second consonant precedes p ; viz. iiirpd, irerpd, vhpd, AtOpd, 'HXeKTpd, <^aiSpd, especially in Pro- per Names of women compounded of dvijp ; viz. 'Avrdu^ Spdj EvdvBpd, KacradvBpd, — (The ultima is short in Tdpa- 19 r^pa, and aKoXoTrevSpd. Recent Poets use the same license in iraTpa. In feminine terminations of all adjectives in pos, whe- ther they are acutedin the ultima^ penultima, or antepen- iiltima of the nominative masculine ; viz. aicpd, hipd, (j)o^epdj (j)\avpd, fioxOr^pd, 'jrovrjpd. I. The Termination of the Nominative Singular OF Masculines. (1) Alpha is always long in the common termination d9; yiz/'r\ds,Bopid9yVeavlds,'EpfjLeLd9. — (Modern Poets take the liberty of occasionally shortening the syllable as in Proper Names.) (2) The Epic termination d is always shorty and can only be lengthened by position ; viz. iTnrord, (dveard, aKaiCTjTdy evpvoTrd, firjjUrd, Kvavo-)(cuTd, v€(l>€\7jy€peTd ; likewise in the vocative. II. The Termination of the Genitive Singular. (1) The feminine termination of genitives in as is always long* (2) In the masculine, the termination do, peculiar to the old Doric Poets, has a always long, whether the nominative ends in rjs or in as', viz. Bopiao, ^ArpeiSdo, Opia-rdo. It obtains this quantity from the Doric genitive in d, which is the contracted termination ao ; viz. at%- firjrd, ^ArpelSd, opvidodrjpd, III. The Termination of the Dative Singular. This termination, a, is, as the Iota subscript denotes, always long. 1) 2 20 IV. The Termination of the Accusative. (1) The quantity of the feminine termination in au depends on that of the nominative in a. If short in the nominative, it is also short in the accusative, and vice versa. (2) The masculine termination du is always long. V. The Termination of the Vocative Singular. In feminines, the vocative in a depends entirely upon the quantity of the nominative. (Except vvfxr], which Homer uses short in the vocative, vvfiipd' also in the Alexandrian Poets the vocative Kspd, Dor. Kwpa, for the Ionic /caprjy Attice Koprj.) VI. Alpha is always long in the terminations of the no- minative, accusative, and vocative dual, VII. In the genitive plural, the old Doric genitive in dcdv has the a always long ; viz. oBvvdcov, ^edwv, /jbekLcrcrdcov, dStvdcov, da-TTLo-Tawv, This arises of course from the Doric form dv, contracted from dwv. The length of this termination is however always determined by the circumflex 3 viz. /loipdv, Moiadv, ^Arpethdv, VIII. The termination ds is always long in the accusa- tive plural. The Doric Poets, according to some authorities, use it short; yet even with these it occurs much more frequently in the feminine, than in the masculine. 21 IOTA. Iota occurs in two ways in the terminations of the second declension : — 1. In the Epic inflexion of the gen. and dat. singu- lar, and in the plurals r](j>l and ycptv, — 2. In the old datives plural in yal and ya-Xv^ or accrl and aiatv. It is short in all cases. ALPHA. Alpha occurs only in the terminations of the nom. ace. and voc. of neuter plurals in the third declension, and is always short. For in forms such as Kava, oa-Ta, aifKoiy the long termination is caused by the contraction ea into a; viz, Kavia, oarrea, aifKoa, Obs, Respecting the feminine termination in aa>v, Vide supra, VII. IOTA. Iota occurs In three ways in the termination of the third declension : — 1. In the Epic extension of the gen. and dat. dual, ottv.- 2. In the Epic inflection of the gen. and dat. sing. and plur. o^t and opedp long. (4) The termination as. In the masculine termination as, genitive avros, whe- ther acuted on the ultima or penultima, a is long ; viz. Alas', "ArXay, ylyds, eXe^ay, dvSplds, l/nds' likewise in the masculine of participles in as, avros ; viz. rv-^ds, L- "Kricrds, irapdaTds' in the adjective irds, gen. iravTos* likewise in the few circumflexed words in as, gen. avros; viz. TXicrcrds, and the word \ds, contracted from \das' moreover in the substantive Kpds, gen. Kpdros, and in words formed from Kepavvvfii ; viz. dXUpds, fjueXUpds, XaX/coKpds, gen. dros' lastly in the two adjectives fjueXds and rdXds, gen. dvos, (The Dorians alone use the ulti- ma of raXa^ short.) 24 In words in as, gen. aZos, whether they are of the common or only the feminine gender, a is short ; viz. Apfcdsy iOds, 'EWay, Xafiirds, ^vpids, ^v^ds, and also in the oblique cases. In the termination of neuters in as, gen. aros and dos, a is always short ; viz. Zeirds, Bipds, Kepds, o-iXds, ripas, and generally in the oblique cases. The termination as in the two irregular masculines "Xcids and /juiyds is short. II. In thb Dative Singular, a occurs in a few con- tractions only 3 viz. yrjpa, heira, for jrjpai, heiral, and is long by nature in all these cases. III. In the Accusative Singular^ a is generally short in masculine and feminine terminations, and always in neuters ; likewise in the two accusatives in av, Xddv and fjueydv, which retain the short termina- tion of the nominative. (Fide supra, I. 4.) JSxceptioiis. 1. Alpha is long in the accusatives of words in evs ; viz. /SaatXed, linred, Uped, <^oved, xod, in Attic Greek. The lonians, on the contrary, usually shorten the ultima, and lengthen the penultima 5 \iz, l3aaL\7Jd/Axi''>^-r]d. But the short termination of (jyovid occurs in Euripides, and the Epic writers too sometimes use the a short, in case a short vowel precedes, though the coalition id — rj is more in use. 2. Likewise the a in the accus. is lengthened by contraction. In Proper Names in 7}s derived from kXcos; 25 viz. 'ETeoKXea, 'UpaKXia, Uepi/cXid, Epic ivriters cer- tainly prefer the termination 7]a, yet they shorten a if a short vowel precedes. Alpha is long, In adjectives in 7/y derived from Sios, /cXeos, %peo^, and similar words ; viz. ivBea, virephea, aK\ea, SvaKXea, euKXea, axp^a, €v4>vd : — yet in this case the Attics and modern Poets admit the short a, and alter the accent accordingly. IV. In the Vocative Singular. (1) The termination a in the vocative is always short. (2) The termination av in the vocative : — dv is long in words which have dv in the nomina- tive with the acute on the ultima, and in their com- pounds. {Fide supra, I. 2. .) dv is short in masculines in as, gen. avros; viz. Aidv, ylydv and in the two adjectives, fieXdu and rdXdv, and in their compounds. {Fide supra, I. 4. ) V. In the Nominat. Plural, the ending a occurs in neuters only, and is short ; viz. arijOed, a-Tofiard, dared, irdaed' likewise in the accus. and vocative : also in the abbreviated forms, hnpd, Kepd, Kped, for Bspara, Kepara, k pear a, &c. Exceptions. 1. In neuters in eoy, as heos, Kkeos, cnreos, %peoy, a is long by contraction in the nom. accus. and voc. E 26 plural ; viz. Bia, /cXici, &c. On the contrary it is fre- quently shortened in Epic poetry. 2. Likewise in neuters in d9, gen. aos or aros, like fyepds, Beirds, K€pd9, Kpeds, arekd^, a is long by contrac- tion ; viz. ds' and independently of this, the Poets use the forms, 17/xap, vfidsj a<^ds, with a short ultima. IOTA. I. In the Nominative Singular. (1) The termination I, which belongs to neuters ex- clusively, is always short, in the nom. accus. and voc. of 27 the few existing examples ; viz. fxeXi, alvrjirl' likewise in the neuter of adjectives -, viz. iSpl, dxctpl' and in the pronoun rl and rC, with its compounds, btc, /Mijrl^ &c. Except that in names of letters which themselves end in c, ^2, irl, ^l, xh i^h ^^^ the abbreviated form Kpiy the L is long. (2) The termination Iv, gen. cvo9, has o long; viz. rfKayxiv, BeXcplv, Te\%tV. However the termination is is more common. (3) The termination C9, (a) In the monosyllable substantives, kis and XU, and in the adjective Xisy t is long. (Some old Gramma- rians write the substantive \ls with a circumflex, Xh.) (h) In radical words in h, gen. Ivos, which have the acute on the ultima, t is long; viz. h, ^U, pis, aKTi$, ryXcoxU, ScXcffL^, ooBls' aud likewise in the oblique cases : likewise in all adjectives which are compounded of such substantives, and have the acute on the penulti- ma ; viz. evpls, ^pfo-a/crts", apuaroihls. Except the pronoun ris rivos, and tIs tivos, whose I is always short. (c) In dissyllables in tp, gen. IBos, which have the acute on the ultima, and the first syllable long either by nature or position, i is commonly long in all cases ; viz. d-ylrls, fiaXpis, KVi^fiU, KpTjiris, cr^pa'yis, yjrrjcfiU' like- wise in trisyllables which have the acute on the ultima ; viz. ^arpaxi^, /SXecpapls, Kavovis, Kepapbis, TrXoKapbls, pacfia- vis' and in all adjectives compounded of such substan- tives. Yet we find a considerable variation in the quantity e2 28 of such words, which must be learnt from each individual instance. (d) In radical words in Is, gen. Wos, which liave the acute on the penultinia, i is long in all the cases ; viz. dy\l9) BeWh, fiep/xls, opvls. (However l is occasionally short with tlie Attics, and more recent Epic writers.) (e) In all words of three or more syllables in Xs, which have eccs in the Attic genitive, Ion. tos, t is short ; viz. ixdvrls, iroXts, iroaXs, NeyLtecrty, Xhpls. (f) In most radicals in Uj gen. Ihos (unless they belong to 3. c), and Xtqs, even where the accent falls, L is short in all the cases ; viz. lldpXs, epXs, %a/)ty. The same is observable universally in feniinines in is, gen. tSoy, which are derived from a word of the first Declen- sion, or a masculine, and are acuted on the ultima; viz. cLKpls, /5oXty, TV pawls, crrparrjyls, 'EWijvls' also in Pro- per Names of women accented in the same manner, in Patronymics, and in feminine adjectives derived from other forms ; viz. Aats, coi, vcolv and (k^wIv, as the circumflex denotes. VI. In the Nominat. Plural, l occurs only in the ter- mination l9j contracted from te?, in which it is long by nature -, viz. opvls, 6(f)is, iroXis. The same holds good with regard to the accusative in Is, contracted from las. 30 VIF. Ty THE Dat. Plur. t is always short; viz. dvSpd- alf yuvac^Lj racai, alwaX, Bal/jLoal' and likewise w^itli the appended v, dvhpdcrlvy &c. Ohs. In the dative plur. of the pronouns of the first and second person, T]y.'Lv and viilv, i was originally Ion"-. But wherever these datives are enclitic, the forms ^^Xv and vnXv occur in Epic and Attic Poets with the final syllable short. Likewise in the Doric forms, T)^Lv and v/xtV, and the iEolic, a^fxXv and aixfu^ v^fiXv and vfi/xXf t is always short. Also the pronouns of the third person, a^io-iy (rvs and ^lovvs, the same naturally is true. The long v is however changed into a shoit one, in such oblique cases as exceed by a syllable the nomina- tive ; viz. hpvos, /jlv€s' but Bpvv, fivv. (Yet Hesiod uses Spvos at the beginning of a verse, and a few similar ex- ceptions occur in later writers.) (bj In radicals of two or more syllables in vs, gen. ijos, which have the acute on the ultima, v is long in the nominative, and in the accusative vv; viz. a^Xus-, Wvsy t%^vs, kXltus, Xtyvvs, vrjBvs, 6(f)pvs, iBrjTus, ^Epivvvs, Po- etical usage however sometimes shortens the long final syllable, and causes an exception. The same which holds good in the case of these radical words is not uncondi- tionally observed in adjectives compounded with them, in which the short termination is much more frequent. (cj In the masculine of participles of verbs in vfii., the termination vs, gen. vvtos, is long ; viz. SeiKvvsy oWvs, KaTaBvs. 32 (d) In substantives in i>9, gen. vos, whose ultima is not accented, v is short in all cases ; viz. r^hijs, ^r\pvs, ard-^vs, ireXeKvs, (e) In all substantives in vs, which have os impure (a consonant before the syllable os) in the genitive, v is short in all the cases -, viz. fxaprvs, -vpos, Trrfkafivsy -vhos, ')(\a/jLV9, ^vSo9, Kopijs, -vOos, Except the two words Sayvs, -vBoSf and kcojjlvs, -vOos, which have v long in all the cases. (f) In the masculine termination of adjectives in vs, eia, V, V is always short ; viz. /SaOm, rjSvs, ^^Xi/y. II. In the Dative Singular, v never occurs, III. In the Accusative Singular, 1. The termination vv is long, fa) In monosyllables, Bpvv, jjlvp, 6va^, (jiXva^, g^n. dK09' Kizva^, or KajSa^, may be reckoned doubtful ; but the long quan- tity seems to predominate. KXwfjba^, K\Q)va^, Xelfxa^, fxelpa^, a-avaa^ or craOraf, gen. a/coy, are exceptions, in which words a is short, and the radical syllable thence circumiiexed. (c) In a few trisyllables and polysyllables; viz. lepa^, veoaaa^, opOLa^j ^EiriBaupa^, gen. a/coy. 2. Alpha is short, (aj In feminine monosyllables; viz. Bpd^ BpaKos, K\d^y 7r\d^, (TTrd^. (b) In derivatives and diminutives of two syllables and of the feminine gender, whose radical syllable is long by nature; viz. av\a^, ^coXa^, ^plBa^, ^pcva^, tcXl^a^, filXa^, TrlBa^, aficXa^, and in adjectives compounded with F 2 36 such substantives ; viz. epi^coXa^, KKai^'' pl^ (f>piKos is an exception. (b) For the most part in dissyllables, whose radical 39 syllable is long by nature or position ; viz. di^, ^ijj.^L^, TrepSi^, oTKavBi^, cTTrdSL^, olvi^, gen. Ikqs' and in adjec- tives compounded of these substantives 3 viz. irokval^, rpi')(ai^, gen. Ikos, Exception. — Xocvc^ has c always short 5 ©piji^ is used short in Homer, and common in later wnters. 2, Iota is short in words in which a X precedes the vowel; viz. ^Xtf, KtXtf, kvXo^, arrdXi^, gen. Ikos, *'A\\l^ 'Ikos, in Euphorion, appears to be an excep- tion ; it belongs also to \. b. supra, VI. In the gen. ivos, from words in Iv and Is-, t is always long, (ride Sec. III. Iota, I. 2. and 3. b.) Exception. — The dative aTaixLveoa-iv is used in the Odyssey, for the sake of the verse, with a short i, VII. In the gen. los, from words in Is, i is always short; viz. e%t^, t^pis, jx^tis, gen. los. Obs. The old Grammarians maintfiin that i is long" in the dissyl- lable cases of the words kls and Xi's-, which are long also in the nomi- native ; but all the extant passages in the Poets decide for the short t. (Compare infra, Upsilon, VI.) VIII. In the gen. iiros, from words in L^^r, 1. Iota is long in monosyllables ; viz. t-^, ^plyjr, uplyjr, pl^fr, gen. LTTos. 2. Iota is short in polysyllables ; viz. rjXiyjr -tiros. IX. In the gen. cros, from words in t, t is always short ; viz. pi\i peXiros. X. In the gen. t(/)09, from the nom. ti|r, l is always short ; 40 viz. plyjr, (not used in the nom.) gen. mcjyo^, Karfj- \lyfr '1(1)05. XL In the gen. lx^s, from words in tf, 1. Iota is long, (a) In monosyllables, in which a consonant pre- cedes the vowel ; viz. ^Jri^ yjrlxos. (* is not equivalent to two consonants in this instance.) (b) In dissyllables, whose radical syllable is long either by nature or position ; viz. opvi^ -'I'X^s. 2. Iota is short in monosyllables, in which two conso- nants precede the vowel, and likewise in adjectives com- pounded of these substantives ; viz. ^ptf rplxos, and KaWC^pc^ /caWiTplxos, BeKd, irevTijKOVTd, &c. II. In the antepenultima of TpidKovra, and in that of the ordinal rpcdKoo-Tos, a is long ; in reaaapa Kovra it is short. The remaining numerals have rj in- stead of a. III. The a in StdKoaioc and TpidKoaioi, is long; in rer^ pdKocTLoi and TrevrdKocrcoty short. In this instance too the ordinal numbers follow the quantity of the cardinals. g2 44 IV, In the termination dros, of the ordinal numbers evvdios, BeKaros, and in that of the adjectives of multiplication hnfKdo-iosy TpLirXdcnos, and in the Doric terminations dnoi and dri, as eUan, Sta- KCLTLOi, a is always short. IOTA. In the termination of numeral adverbs in ls and kls, abbreviated kl, l is always short 5 viz. ^[9, rpLs, TerpaKis^ rerpd/cty e^aKc, &c. Exception, — Hesiod uses rpis long in the arsis of the line. D. — In Indeclinable Words or Particles. ALPHA. I, In the termination of adverbs a is mostly short ; viz. in pd, al'y^dy dWd, afjud, apd, \ljdy fidXd, ped, Ta%a, pbaXiard, Kava^rjhd, &c. Likewise in the correlative particles evOd, rjvUd, irrjviKd, &c. and in the prepositions avd, hid, Kard, fjuerd, irapd, €veKd, Exceptions. 1. Alpha is long in the termination of those adverbs which are more properly to be regarded as the datives feminine of adjectives ; viz. ISld, Brj/jboa-ld, &c. 2. Alpha is always long in the termination of adverbs. 45 whose original ending was in tj ; viz. tcpixpa, Tripd, ovSa- fidy firjBafid. Obs. Kpv(f)a, XaOpa^ ovbafxd, and ixrjhafjLa, are found as neuter plurals with a short termination. 3. Alpha is long in the Doric forms of the adverbs dfjbd, Kpv(j>d, iravrd' likewise in the Doric ku, instead of K6' and in the compounds alxd and oxd, Obs. On the contrary, a remains short in ttoku, omroKa, SKKoku, instead of Trdre, oTTTrdre, ahXorc, and in ya instead of ye. II. aV) in the termination of particles, 1. Is long in the adverbs d^dv, Xldv, irepdv, in the Doric TTpdv, and in all words which are to be regarded as the original feminine accusatives 5 viz. fiaKpdv, A single instance of djdv with a short termination occurs in a modern Poet. 2. Alpha is short in the particle du, likewise in the compounds ordp^ oiroTav, &c. and in idv, and the adverb nrdfiTrdv, Modern writers have used the termination of oTav long. 3. Alpha is common in dv contracted from idv, yet it is far more usually long ; indeed some critics have en- tirely rejected the short termination. III. Alpha is always short in particles ending in ap ; viz. ^ap, drdp, avTap, d(f>dpy eWdp, avTrjfidp, ipj/rj- fJLapy Travrrj/jidp, IV. Alpha is short in adverbs ending in as ; viz. dyxas^ dvBpands, aTpifjbds, ireKds. Tlepds aloue has the a long. 46 V. Numeral adverbs of multiplication in aKis, abbrevi- ated aKi, have a always short; viz. rerpaKis, yi- \LdfCL9y TToXKaKts, TroaaKis. The same holds good in the terminations of adverbs of place in a%oi/ and axn J viz. Travraxov, TroWaxov, aWdxr}' and of the negative adverbs Hhdfiws, BBdfxQ, aSdfioOev, OvBdfJUT], JJ,7]BdfMa)9, &C. IOTA. 1. 1. The Attic demonstrative Cy affixed to pronouns^ as ovToa-l, avrrjly ravrly oBl, eKetvoal, &c. and to the adverb ovTcocrly to vvvL and Sevpl, is always long. 2. Iota is always short_, (a) In the dissyllable forms ht, Icpty valxh o^X^* vyt, (b) In the abbreviated forms a^pt, /^expt, X^Ph vocr^t, irdXt, TerpdKc, iroXkaKX, TroadKl, &c. instead of IV and is* (Vide infra. III. et supra, C. Iota.) (c) In adverbs of place in ^X 5 viz. KeWl, avToOl, oU K06I, KopivOoOl, &c. (d) In adverbs derived from verbs in fo), which are accented on the ultima; viz. AloXcarTL, ^Jaa-rl, AcopiaTiy fieXe'iaTL, ovofiaa-rt, &C. (e) In adverbs in an, formed by the extension of adverbs in (1)9; viz. lepcocrTl, fieyaXcoa-rl, vecoa-Tl, According to the old Grammarians, o was doubtful in these last. (f) In the prepositions d/ji(j)l, dvrl, ini, wepl, and in the extended forms ivl and irporL 47 3. lota is common in adverbs in t*, kti, and (tti, deri- ved from adjectives; viz. aKaKfjrly aKXavri, d/jLoyqrl, auarl, iyepri, aaTaKri, aarevaKTi, dvcolcrTL' yet in some passages the final syllable is changed into et, if it is long. II. The termination iv. 1. The Attic demonstrative l is long, if o- precedes it; viz. ovToalv, eKeivoaii/, TBTsalv, and in the adverb Braa-lv. (Fide I. 1.) 2. lota is short in the terminations of the adverbs TTplv, v6(7(j)LV, irdXtv, Exception. — Tlpiv occurs long, even in the thesis of the verse, in the old Epic writers. III. lota is always short in the adverbial termination is ; viz. d\is, dfjbvhls, \iKpivdv7]0l, KiKkvOl) tv^Otjtc, TiderX. UPSILON. I. Upsilon is short in the following cases : — 1. vd(TL, the termination of the third person plur. pres. act. from verbs in v^u, has v short, as BeiKvvao-c. 2. vOi, the termination of the second singular imperat. pres. act. of verbs in vfjuo, has v short, as SeUvvOc. 3. The terminations vfiai, v/juev, v/juevai,, ijfiTjv, v/jueOov, ij/ieOa, vfievos, vfjuevrf, vfievov^ from verbs in v^i, have v short. 4. iiv, the neuter termination of the present and se- H 2 52 oond aorist active of verbs in vfii, has v short, as heiKvvv, (f)VV. 6. vvat, the termination of the infin. pres. act. of verbs in v/jbiy has v short, as BecKi^vvat, 6. The terminations vaai,, vaaVf and vao, from verbs in v^xi, have v short. 7. The terminations vTai^ vre, vttjv, vto, vtov, vtco, vTcoaav, from verbs in vfic, have v short. IJ. Upsilon is long in the following cases :— ^ 1. In the termination of the second singular impera- tive present^ and in the third sing, of the imperf. and second aor. act. of verbs in vfit ; viz. SeUvv, iSeUvv, eBv, €v, or the Epic forms Bv, v, 2. vfitj the first person pres. act. has v long, as BeU- VV/JLl,, 3. vv, the termination of the first person singular of the imperf. active of verbs in v/At, has v long, as iBeUvvv also in the first person sing, and the abbreviated third person plur, of the second aorist ; viz. ecpvv, 4. V9, the termination of the second sing, present, imperfect^ and second aorist, also of the masculine partis- ciples of verbs in v/ii., is long. 5. vera, the feminine termination of the pai'ticiple of verbs in v/jll, has v long ; viz. BeiKvvaa, 6. vaL, the termination of the third person plur. pres. act. oi vfjLLy has v long; viz. BeiKvvo-i, 53 F. — In the Vowel Syllables of Verbs, I. Terminations of the pRiESENS and Impbrfectum, First Fut. and First Aorist. ALPHA. In the termination of the pres. active aa, and the passive and middle aofiat, the imperf. active aov, and the passive and middle aofiyv^ the vowel a is commonly short. Exceptions, 1. The dissyllable Attio forms Kaco and Kkdco, instead of Kalco and K\ai(o^ have a constantly long ; and the word vdco appears to have been formed according to the same analogy by the later Epic writers 3 Ido/iaL has a always long. 2. Where a is long, it is frequently shortened, and es- pecially by the Epics, to suit the metre, yet only in cases where it stands between two long syllables ; viz. Biyjrao), BtyjraovTa, TretvacoVy i^yaaaOe, dvajjuac/jba €i, vTre/JbvaaaSe, ixevovvda. This rule also holds good, when the long syl- lable which precedes the a belongs to another word -, viz. (Od. i. 39.) iMrjre fivaaadau aKotrcp' and (Od. xvi. 431.) aTifiov e^cLs, fivaa he yvvaina. These cases occur of course in Epic, Elegiac, and Lyric writers only, because the Attics make use of con- tractions universally. 54 In the termination of the first fut. act. aaay, pass, and mid. aaofMat^ and of the first aor. act. aaa, mid. 1. Alpha is long, when either e, i, o, or p, immediately precede; viz. id'aayy epvdpLaaay, eo-rtao-coy ^eihiaoa^^ liKod aw^ fioacra), fiaKKoacrco, oLKpoaooixat, fyrjpaaco, Spa- acoy (jicopd crco, eldaa, rjKpodadiiTjv, Exceptio7is, (a) ^\vTiaa-(o alone, of all the verbs in which i pre- cedes a, has a short. (b) Of verbs in which p precedes a, Kepaa-co, irepa- o-ft), the transitive verb "to sell/' (Od. xiv. 29.)and ipdao- fiacy have a short. fc) Later Poets in some cases depart from the above rule ; viz. eldae, instead of eida-^, &c. 2. Alpha is short, (aj When any consonant except p, especially \ or fi, immediately precedes a ; viz. eXacrco, ^Xdaco, KKdao), ^aXdaco, , the pass, and mid. vofiacy the imperf. act. vov, the pass, and mid. vofiyv' we may however remark in general, that 1 . Upsilon is mostly common in dissyllable verbs ; viz. ^v(o, ^vco, ^v(D (to sacrifice), \vo), fxvco, tttuw, (j)\vco, (j)vco, likewise in the middle pvofjiac (yet it is commonly long in TTTuo).) (a) Upsilon is always short in ^pvco and kXvo), (b) But long in ^v(o (to storm), fuco, rpvw, vw. 57 2. In verbs of three or more syllables^ (a) Upsilon is doubtful, when the preceding sylla- ble is long either by nature or position; viz. airvcDy r^rjpvo), elXvcOy ekuvvco, eprjTvcOf 'i^fivco, lOvo), kcoXvco, kcokvco, /JLr}Vva)f fMrjpvco, irXrjOvco, iroSvcOf TrocTrvvco^ capvofMaVy a^(\vci), BaKpvco, ISpvco, 6'C^vco. Except, — 1. Several words which have a short a or e in the syllable which precedes the v, and lengthen it by position only, have v always short in the old Epic Poets; viz. aprvcoy ivTvco, eKKvo). 2. idxvfo has V always long. (b) Upsilon is short when the preceding syllable is short j viz. avva), apvco, acj^vco, ipiico, fjuedvco, (TTa')(jj(o, raviia}, and in all verbs which terminate in vo), from ano- ther form vjjLL ; viz. BeiKVvco, fjLL(opdKai icopaKa, 2. Alpha is short, fa) When any consonant except p immediately precedes a; viz. eKrfKaKa, ecnrdKa, (h) When the present ends in afo). (c) When the present ends in aa-aody Attice aTTOD, (d) In the Ionic and Epic forms in which the letter K is merged ; viz. ^e/Sda, jiyda, BiBda, /jbifida. Except, — ^The irregular fut. Kepaaot) has KeKpdKa, and irepaaoa irewpaKa, in the perfect. 3. In Barytone verbs a seems to follow the quantity of the radical vowel of the present ; viz. yiypdipa from 59 IOTA. In the termination of the perfect and pluperfect active iKa iKeiVy the quantity of the vowel l strictly fol- lows that of the first future ; hence 1. Iota is long when it is also long in the present and future 5 the forms also which are doubtful are mostly lengthened. 2. Iota is short, (a) When the present ends in ijo). (b) When the present ends in laaa), Attice ittw, (c) In the Epic and Ionic forms in which the letter K is dropped ; viz. BelBla, (d) When the word has the Attic reduplication; viz. aXrjXi^a from aXelcjico, 3. No decisive rule can be laid down for Barytone verbs : The perfectum frequently follows the quantity of the present; viz. reTpl^a from rpi^o); yet exceptions are common ; viz. €ppi(f>a from plirToo, UPSILON. In the termination of the perfect and pluperfect active vKa vxeiv, the quantity of the vowel v mostly fol- lows that of the first future ; hence 1. Upsilon is commonly long, if long also in the pre- sent and future ; but where it is common in the present, it is frequently short in the perfect; viz. in XiXma, i2 60 redvKa, Kexvfca' while v remains long in SiBvKa, fie/nvKa (from iMV(o), 7re(j>vKa. 2. Upsilon is short, faj When the present ends in v^o, (b) In the Epic and Ionic forms in which the letter K is dropped ; viz. 'ire(f)va. (c) When the word has the Attic reduplication 5 viz. 6p(opv')(^ci from opvaaco. 3. No decisive rule can be laid down for Barytone verbs : — KpvirTco has KeKpvrjv, eKarjv, eTrXdyTji^, &c. — i is short in kKIvco, KplvS), eXliTov, eirlov, irpt^rjVy eKkWrjv, &c.— V is short in afivvo), 6(j>vyov, eTv^ov, i(j)vyrjv, ifcpv^ijv, &c. likewise in their derivatives, hiarpl^ri, Trapa-jrv^V} &c. VI. — ^Termination of the Fr^eterite Middle. In the termination of the praeterite middle. Alpha is )?dya, Iota is y'ff''^-^'^ Upsilon aipna.s»*aya. Iota ,s »■/■;„ upsilon is\ '*'^;'^' long in ^K«paya, long in ^_-£L long in ^ ^„^„^,.) 63 VII. Respecting the quantity of \, v^ p, in the tenses of verbs, we may remark, 1. When only the second future contains either of these letters, the doubtful vowel in the penultima of the future is always short ; viz. yjroXcjy (j>avo3, Trrapw, tX\w, ffpXvco, afjuvvco, Kvpco, vp(b. The same holds good with regard to the quantity of the doubtful vowel of the se- cond aorist. 2. The doubtful vowel which precedes \, v, or p, in the aorist active and middle is always long; viz. i/jidpdva, eiriava, eKepSdva, e')(6dpa, rjpa, inf. apai, rjXd^rjv, inf. ^'aXaaOaiy ertXa, eKplva^ (aplva, eirXvva, i^pdBvva, €(f>vpa. 3. In the perfect active and passive, and in the first aorist passive, the doubtful vowel is always short ; viz. riraKa, rerdfiat, ija^rjv, KeKplKa, KeKptfiaLy eKpt^rjv, ireifKvKa, ireirKv^at,, eTrXv^yv, SEC- VI. SPECIAL RULES FOR THE QUANTITY OF THE DOUBT- FUL VOWELS IN THE TERMIN. OF DERIVATIVES. A. — In the Terminations of Substantives,, Adjectives, and Adverbs. ALPHA. 1. aa, the iEolic and Attic termination instead of aia, has the first as well as the second a long ; viz, ekddy ^AOrjvdd, 'A^aa, instead of ekaia, ^ AOrjvaia^ ^ Kyaia. Likewise in all words derived from them; viz. ^kxalKos, and in iEolic substantives formed in the same manner; viz. ^AXkolos, instead of ^AXkoIos, and in adjectives; viz. ap'x^dosj instead of ap^cuos, Ohs. In the word ^avo-ima, the a of the penultima is short, because in this case the form Nauo-ixata is not extant. 2. aSrjv, the termination of adverbs, has a always short ; viz. e'KLGTpo(f>aZ'rjv, irporpoTrdBrjv, (Compare in- fra, 6.) 3. aZr)^, the termination of Patronymic substantives, has a always short ; yiT^.^PiXKiptdhris, BopedBrjs, Aaeprid- Brjs, MevoLTidS7j9, ^OiXcdSrjfy Te\a/JU(0VLdBrj9. 65 The adjective avOdBrjs has a long. 4. dSiov, the termination of diminutive substantives, has a generally short ; viz. XajjiirdBiov. The few words immediately formed from radicals which are long are exceptions 5 viz. ekahiov. 5. dBios, dSia, dScov, the terminations of adjectives, have a short 3 yiz. Bi.')(^ddBi,09y iMLvvvOdBios, opOdBvos, 6. dBoVj the termination of adverbs, has a always short ; viz. dvaa-TaBov, Karco/JudBoVy o/jLtXdBov. (Comp, 2.) 7. dBo9, the termination of substantives, has a always short; viz. KeXdBos, KivdBos, ofjudBos' likewise in all the forms derived from it ; viz. KeXaBeco, euKeXdBos, &c. Except oirdBosy the Doric for oirrjBos, which has a long. 8. dev9, the termination of substantives, has a always long; viz. Trvp/cdev^, Nt/caei^s'. (Compare 9 and 12.) 9. dTjSy the termination of adjectives from verbs in aco, especially from aco 0,7)^1 ; viz. dXcaTjs, Bvcrarjs, irdKvarjs, &c. likewise ^drfs, aKpdrjs, evKpdrjs, a,')(^pdrjs^ has a always long. 10. dSos and dOcov, the terminations of substantives, have a always short ; viz. KokdOos, KvdOos, yfrdfidOos, MapdOcov. 11. diKos, dim], at/coi^, the terminations of adjectives, have a long ; viz. 'A;^ai;A:oy, UXaraiKo^. (Compare!,) 12. dls, the termination of feminine substantives, has a long ; viz. ^dts, Adts, NdU, ^AxdU, Kvrdh, The masculine Proper Name KdXdis, on the con- trary, has a short. 13. cifCLov, tlic termination of diminutives, has a short j viz. TTlVaKLOV, paKLOV, Except words formed immediately from radicals which arc long ; viz. QcopaKiov. 14. uKis, the termination of adverbs, has a always short ; viz. huaadKis^ iroWaKis. 15. aKos, a/ca, clkov, the terminations of adjectives, have a always short ; viz. jxaXaKos, PlIBXiclkos, ^rjpidKos' likewise in the termination of substantives dtcos-, viz. ^v\dK09. 16. dXeo9, dXeay dXeov, the terminations of adjectives, have a always short ; viz. haihoKeos, BeijjbdXio^, cnydXeos, rap^dXeos. (It is doubtful whether (jiOLrdXeos is used long in the Lyric systems of the Tragedians.) 17. dXis, the termiuution of diminutives, has a always short ; viz. rpoc^dXis. 18. dXos, the termination of substantives, and dXos, dXa, dXoVy that of adjectives, has a always short; viz. Ild<7(TdXo9, (deaadXoSj TdvrdXos, uiraXos, SalSdXos, xQcl- fjbdXor likewise a is short in the ternnnation of substan- tives dXrj and dXov ; viz. o-KvrdXrj, (nrardXi], ku/jl/SuXop, irkrdXov, (xdvhdXov, Except. — In Ko^dXos, "^rvfi^aXos, ^dpadXos, and BdXo9, a is long. 19. dfjba, the termination of substantives derived from verbs in aw, has the first a always long ; viz. hpafj^a, vd^a, ^ed/JLUf ^v/Jbld^af opdjuba, (f)vpd/jLa. 20. dfj.L9, the termination of diminutives, has a short ; viz. irXoKaiMis, irvpajjiLs. 6/ 21. afios, afjLTj, a/ubov, tlic terminations of adjectives, and afjbos, the termination of derivatives, have a always short ; viz. Irafios, Ka\afi09, TrXo/ca/zo?, izoraiJios, 22. aficov, the termination of derivatives, has a short; viz. TrXardfJucov, reXd/Jbcov, Except. — In adjectives in dfjucov, dfiov, gen. dfiovo9, from verbs in aw, with the accent on the pcnultima, a is always long; viz. ^ea/jicov. 23. dvT}, the termination of substantives, has a sliort ; viz. ^ordvrjj XeKdvrj, opKavT], crT€os and a%09^ the terminations of substantives, have a short ; viz. eBd(^os, Kpordcpos, (j)\T]vd(j)09, ovpld^o^, 35. dcov, the termination of substantives, especially in masculine Proper Names, has a long; viz. BcBv/judcov, KKfcpbdcdVy ^ Aperdoyv, ^Ep/judoiv, AvKacov, TloaeiSdcov, Tv^d- (DV together with the patronymic substantives and ad- jectives derived from them; viz. ^AkKfidoviBrj^y AvKdovCa, Tv^dovios, Except, — <^d(av has a short. IOTA. 1. m, the fem. termination of adjectives, and substan- tives of the first declension, has v generally short. Yet this rule is decisive only where the syllable preceding t is short ; as in aocjiia, (fnXta, aKoirid, and in those where the ultima is short, as ironfiTpCa, (Compare Sec. II. I. 1. c.) and in the dissyllables ^la and fua. Exceptions, (a) Iota is commonly long in the three words dvla, KoXld, Kovla. But the long t is sometimes found short in these, and especially in dvXa. 71 (b) Iota is always long in dissyllables beginning with two consonants 5 viz. ^pla^ aria, ^Ola^ \id, (c) Iota is always long in Sta, contracted from hUa. (d) The Epic Poets lengthen the t, to suit the exi- gencies of the verse, in cases where it is naturally short; yet this appears to take place exclusively where l stands between two long syllables ; viz. ^ AKaBrj/julay drifjbla, opfud, 2. XaBf)9, the termination of patronymics, has i always short ; viz. ^A\Ki,l3odSr]9, Aaeprldhrjs* 3. laTi)s, fem. laris, the termination of substantives denoting our country, has l always short; viz. ^Trap- Ttarrjs. (Compare infra, 8.) 4. tSev9, the termination of diminutives, has i always short ; viz. drjBovlBevs, XvKtSevs. 5. lB7)9j the termination of patronymics, has c always short ; viz. AevKdXlBT]^, YiVpLirXhrjs, QbkvBlSt]?, Tlpiafjuhrjs, Obs. The form Aayidrjs, which occurs in Theocritus (Idyl, xvii 14.) with a long I, ought most unquestionably to be corrected to Aayid8i]S. 6. iSiov, the termination of diminutives, has (a) Iota short, when the diminutive termination is supported by a consonant ; viz. ^ccpXBtov, ^vkcScou, %oipt'- BwUy or by a vowel; viz. yrjlBiov, fiolBiov, (h) Iota is long, when the diminutive termination coalesces with a preceding l into one syllable ; viz. l/iarl'- Slop. oIkI'Blov. 7. iBios, iBia, lBlov, the terminations of adjectives, have L short; viz. ^eveOXiBios, \a6puBios, fjuocpiSw?. 72 S. h)Tr)s^ iijTLs, the terminiitions of substantives, have L always short ; viz. 7ro\h]T7]9, iroXXr^TLs, (Compare sup, 3.) 9. iKoSf l/crj, iKQVy the terminations of adjectives, have i always short; viz. ^ArrlKoSy KcofJLCKo?, rpayiKos^ vvfi(j)l- KoSy rrfklKos, Except, — Iota is long in this termination in some Proper Names, such as TpdvlKos, KclIkos, and in all com- pounds of viKT) ; viz. KaXklv'iKoSf ^kvhpovlKos, BepevlKTjy ^vvIkt], ^epivLKOs. 10. cXo9, the termination of substantives, and iXoS) a, ov, that of adjectives, has (a) Iota long in substantives which have the ac- cent on the antepenultima ; viz. dpylXos, opukos, o-TpojSl- Xos» The same applies to the substantive termination IXov, as friSlXov' likewise in the dissyllables %Z\o5 and (bj Iota is short in substantives and adjectives which have the accent on the penultima ; viz. ZcoiXos, vavrX'XoSf Kcorl'XoSy itoikX'Xos, TTopLircXos, 1 1 . t//,a, the termination of substantives derived from verbs in cvco, has t commonly short ; viz. KXlpua, KpljjLa. iSschylus has Kpl/Ma notwithstanding. (SuppL 409.^ 12. Xpbos, XpLT], Xpbov, the terminations of adjectives, have I always short; viz. dvOXpLos, KapirXpuos, voarXp^os, o^pXpbos, ')(pr]aXpLO$, Words such as Xlp.6$, alp.6s, drlp^osy AcoTlpuos, ^s- Xlpb09, t(l)0lp.o9, cannot by any means be considered as exceptions, because i stands in the radical syllable, and not in the derivative termination. 73 13. Iva^ the termination of substantives, has i long in feminine Proper Names derived from the Latin ; viz. 'lao-Ttz/a, ^afilva, and in Greek words similarly formed ; viz. Alylva, Kafidplva, 14. tveos, Ivea, Iveov, the terminations of adjectives, have i always short ; viz. iTpXueos, \alve09. 15. IvT}, the termination of substantives, has c long in feminine Proper Names and polysyllables ; viz. ar^x'^arlvT], ipyaa-Tlvrjy ripcolvrj, larplvr}, ^ABprjaTcvrj, AItjtivt], ^Tjprfivrjy *Q.Keavlv7j ; in most trisyllables, as a^lvrj, BcotIvtj, irvrlvrj^ va-filvT], MupLVTj, and in the dissyllables Blvrj and kXIvtj, Except. — Iota is short in names of cities, as Mo\v^- hlvT], in elXairlvT], ^AaXvr}, fivpalvr), oarlvrj^ and doubt- ful in fivprlvrj, 16. CvT)?, the termination of substantives, has l short in masculine Proper Names ; viz. AlaxtvTjp, AeirTivrjs, The long u in ^aOvZlvrjs, ipuZlvris, and other com- pounds of huvT), cannot be considered an exception, be- cause the long L belongs to the radical syllable. 17. I'Vos, the termination of substantives, and tz/oy, LV7), LVOV, the termination of adjectives, has (a) Iota long in names of people, and masculine Proper Names ; viz. Aarlvos, Majj,6pTcvo9, ^Ap'xjivos, Ep- ylvos, KaWlvo9, (^l\Ivo9, with their derivatives, as Aarl- vLds' likewise in appellatives which have the accent on the penultima; viz. Tvplvos, ipvOlvos, eylvos, IktIvos, KopaKLvos, and in some which have the accent on the ultima; viz. iplvos and x^^^^os^ with their derivatives, as dxd\lvo9f xaklvcoTrjpiov, &c. Obs. 1. TIiosc substantives in 17/0? and ivov, which have the accent on the autepenultima, generally shorten the i, it is true ; but exceptions are frequent ; vi:^. /ca/iivoy, KVKKdfilpos or KVKKdfxluov, Kvyil- voPf vcryluoSi aeXivov, Obs. 2. Iota is short in KapKXvos. (h) Iota is short in most adjectives in ivos^ viz. ySi/o-- aXvoSy hd^vlvos, ekdrlvoSf vaKCvdlvos, heieklvos, elaplpo^, ecnreplvos, iwBlvos^ vvKreplvos, a\7j6lv69, ^afjuvos, Ta')(lv6s. Obs. The old Poets use fxea-rju^plvos, op'iplvos, oTruplvost ^^^ fieroTTcoplvos, with a long- i ; they must however be looked upon more as common than exchisively long". 18. lovih7}s, the termination of patronymics, has the first L always long; viz. ^laireTlovL^rjSy TdkdlovlBrjs, 'EXa- tloulStjs. (Compare in/ra, 28.) 19. lpL9f the termination of substantives, is always long, but occurs only in Proper Names ; viz. ' lpc9, ^IpLSy BBalpL?) ^O alp IS* 20. Lv\rj, and o-^ovBvXt}, have a long v, 7. vXiff, the feminine termination of diminutives, has v always short ; viz. QearvXls, ^ecByXosy ^7]jv\c9, TrrjyvXls, Except,— liaiJL^vXb has v long, as being compound- ed of (j)v\ov, 8. v\o9, the termination of substantives, and fre- quently diminutives, and vXos, vXtj, vXov, that of adjec- tives, have V generally short ; viz. alaijXos, alfivXos, ^pd^ l3vX09, SdKTvXo?^ KCLlXTTliXoS, Tt/tuXo?, €pa)TvX09y JJLIKKVXOS, AlaxyXos, haK'xyXos, 'HSuXoy, ^ifJuvXos, In (TKvXov, or cTKvXov, V is common, in muxes' long. 9. vfia, the termination of substantives derived from verbs in vco and wcoy has (aj Upsilon long in ^vfia, Kufia, Xvfia, pv/jua (from €pv(o), lTVfjiay and most derivatives from verbs in vco. 10. ijfios, v/jbT], vjjbov, the termination of adjectives, and vfios, that of substantives, has v alv.ays short in words of three or more syllables; viz. BiBvfiosy €Xv/jlo9, ervfios, VTjSvfios, evcovij/jios, (pepcovvfios. On the contrary, v is long in the substantives ^u/x-oy, pvfMos, %i5/ioy.. The compounds of ^vfiof, as ciOvjios, &c. have v long by nature, because it is long in the radical syllable. 1 1 . vva, the termination of substantives from verbs iu vv(o, has i; long 5 viz. afivva. 12. vvT}, the termination of substantives, has (a) Upsilon long in most trisyllable substantives ; viz. alcT'xpvrjy SeXcpvpij, evOvvrj, 'x^ekvvTj. The quantity however fluctuates in many, and v is decidedly common in KopvvT}, o-cyvvT}, rafjuvvr), rapvvTj, The short quantity is Epic, the long Attic. Except. — Upsilon is always short iu ohvvT], as com- ing from a short radical. (h) Upsilon is short in polysyllable abstract sub- stantives in avvT] ; viz. SeaTToa-vvrjy BaXoavvy, KepBoavvrj, fieOrjfjLoavvT}, without any exception. 13. VV09, the termination of substantives, and vpos, vva, vvov^ that of adjectives, has (a) Upsilon long in most trisyllable substantives in which no a- precedes it 3 viz. 'BlOvvos, fioOvvos, evOvvoSy KivBvvos, ai'yvvos, together with their derivatives ; also in the adjective ^vvos, Ohs, 1. In later Poets we find many exceptions to this rule completely arbitrary, especially in Proper Names ; viz. Bi6vv6s, TlaxvvoSi aKivbvvos. Ohs. 2. In all derivatives from yvvi}, as ayvvo^, dpbpoyvvosi &c. the short v of the radical remains so. (b) Upsilon short in adjectives in gvvos 5 viz. Sea- iroaifvos, ^dpavvos, iriavvo^, &c. without any exception. 14. vpa, the termination of substantives, has (a) Upsilon lung in words which have the ultima 79 short and the accent on the antepenultima ; viz, dyKvpa, rye(l>vpd, (defiiaKvpd, KipKvpd, oXvpa, irXijfifivpd* Later Poets admit some few exceptions, as y€(j)vpa, (h) Upsilon short in words which have the ultima long and the accent on the penultima ; viz. ^vpa, XijpOy '7rop(pvpay ^cXvpa. Except, — KoWvpa has v always long. 15. ijpLov, the termination of diminutives, has v gene- rally short; viz. apyvpcov, fiapTvpiov except when v is long in the radical word ; viz. XeirvpLov, from Xeirvpov. 16. ijpov and ijpos, the terminations of substantives and adjectives, have v generally short; viz. dpyvpos, fjbdpTvpos, Ze(j)vp09, ^aTvpos, KairvpoSy \iyiip6s, 6)(yp69, a')(ypov, evi)(ypov. Except, — Upsilon is long in the substantives irvpos and Tvpos, in the neuters Xdcf^vpov, Xeirvpov, iriTvpov, in 'NL(Tvpo9, and in dvayvpos, irdiTvpos, and aXfivpos. The long quantity is Attic, the short Epic. 17. iia-ios, ijo-ia, vcnov, the terminations of adjectives, has V short; viz. HXvo-los, TTjvaios, (Compare mfra, 19.) 18. v(7Ls, the termination of substantives, has v short ; viz. hv(TLs, \vac9, 09, Koaavcfyos, ^a-v- X09y ^ocTTpv'xpv, with all lengthened forms ; viz. dpyv(j)eo9y r)av')(^ia, &c. Kv(j)os and K.eKv^09 have v long. 24. vwv, the termination of substantives, retains the vowel ft) long in the genitive in most instances, and has V short ; viz. 'AiJLCTpvcov, ^HXeKrpvcov, (Compare lota^ 28. b.) But words also which shorten the vowel to in the genitive have v generally short ; viz. ^AXeKrpvcov 'A\e/c- Tpv6l/09, Another form from ^BXeKrpvcov is found, with the vowel CO shortened in the genitive, and v long. B. — ^Thb Termination of Verbs. ALPHA. 1. afft) has a short by nature; hence the syllable is lengthened only by position before the double consonant Except. — In the three verbs /juaTd^o), acjiaBd^ajy Tepd^co, a is long by nature, being contracted from fiaTai- ^co, cr^aBat^Q), Tepai'fft)* which appears to take place also in Kpd^co, 2. ddco has a always short; viz. BtojKaOo), elpyaOco, ipya6(o, 3. dvco has a short ; viz. ^Xacndv(o, KvhdvoHy XafjuffdvoD, XavOdvoDy fiavOdvco, olBdvo), rvyx^dvco. 82 Exceptions, (a) Alpha is always long in Uavo}. (bj Alpha is long in Epic, and short in Attic Greek, in the words kix^^^ ^^^^ vp(o, and in the middle forms kcvv- pofiaL, jJbLvvpopbai, fiapTvpojiai, pLvpojxav, ohvpofjiai, Svpofiat, &c. FINIS, INDEX. INDEX. Pag. w o, - - - - 3,8 a, nom. sing'. 22 a, acciis. sing. - 24 a, VOC. Sl7lg. 20 ,25 a, nom. 2)hir. - 25 a, ace. VOC. plur. - - ib. a, numeral. - 43 a, adv. prapos. - 44 ,45 a, perf. \st aor. - - 48 a, adverbial dat. - 3, 19 ,44 a, cont. from aet, ae, aa. 50 a, 2nd sing. aor. 2. impei' at. ib. a, nom. ace. voe. dual. - 20 a, nom. ace. voc. phir '. - 21 a, accKS. sing. - 25 a, nom. plur. - 26 c, 2nd sing. aor. 1 . mid. 50 aa, perf. act. - 58 aa, dacrde, - 53 ad, ad, subst. 16 ,64 a^os, gen. from ayJA, 34 aya, perf. mid. 62 ayrjv, aor. 2. pass. ib. ayov, aor. 2. act. - ib. ayos, dyos, gen. from a^, 34 aha, perf. mid. 62 adrjv, adverb, 65 aBrjs, Patronymic, 64 ddiov, ddiov, dimin. 65 adios, a, ov. 64 aBov, adverb, 65 ados, ados, ib. a8os, gen. horn f em. as, 34 del, prcBs. act. 53 devs, subst. - 65 a^o), - - - 81 aCa>, contr. from at^co, ib. ar]v, aor. 2. pass. - 62 drjs, adj. 65 d6iyv, a6r]v, \st aor. pass. 61 ados, d6a>v, subst. . 65 aOa, verb, - - 81 Pag. aid, aid, fem. adj. - 16 aid, aid, subst. . 11 ,16 aiKos, r], ov. . 65 ais, ais, Subst. - ib. dKa, oKa, prcBt. act. - 58 oKis, numeral, . 46 aKlOV, CLKLOV, - - 66 aKovra, aKovra, numeral » ~ 43 oKos, sub. a, lao), - "- Xadrjs, Patro7iym. - i/3os, gen, from v^, lya, prcBt.mid. Xyos, Tyos, gen, from xhevs, subst, - Xb^s, Patro7iym, - Ihiov, Ibiov, dimin, Ihos, from 7iom. Is, Xbos, from worn. t£, '^*^' ." \ / ' ti^TT^S. vr]r IS, SUOSt, - . 70 46 53 20 - 70 18 1^ 17 11, 12, 13 IS 21 ib. 18; 4S 51 3, 8,& 27 5 2» 21^ 30 44 •70,71 71 5» 5S ' 71 3S 63 38 71 71,7^ 71 3& 3a 82 72 ^£, - INDEX. »7 Pag. Pag. X6r]jv, aor. 1 . pass. - - 62 torts- , to-ty. • 74 16 OS, gen. from is, - 38 icro/xatj - 56 Ua, iK€iu, per/, plnperf. act. 59 laos, - - - • 74 iKo, per/, act. 63 Xr^pos, - - - - 43 iKa, prcet. mid. 62 LTTi, Itt]s, subst. 74,75 Tkos, gen. from i^, 38 Xrrjs, - - - » 75 iKos, gen. from t|, 39 Xtos, a, ov, - - ib. iKos, subst. - 72 troy, Itov, subst^ - ib. tKos, a, ov, - ib. Xtos, gen. from X, - - 39 iXos, XXosy subst. - ib. Xa, I(f>a, prcet. . 59 TKos, a, ov, - ib. X(f)os, gen. from lyfr. - 39 tXos, a, ov, - ib. Xxos, gen. from t|, - 40 i\S>,fut. act. 63 Ixos, gen. from i^, - ib. lytxi, Ifia, siibst. 72 Xxos, dimin. and adj. - 75 Tfiai, lixTjv, perf. pluperf. 61' iX'^^i subst. - - ib. ifiai, perf. - - 63 tea, Xovfxai,fut. mid. - 56 ifMos, subst, - - 72 X(ov, lo)v, subst. - 76 IflOS, T}, OVf - - ib. LwvT], subst, - - ib. IV, IV, - - 47 K. kX, X{, adv, - IV, nom. - 27 29 . 46 IV, Iv, ace, sing. - - IV, dat. plur. » 30 M. Iva, subst. - 73 lu, verb. . 51 Xveos, a, ov, - . ib. IVT), XVTJ, Tvrjs, Xvrjs, - ib. ib. 74 N. vX, prcepos. - J/Wt, - - - - 46 29 IVOS, T], ov, - - Ivos, rj, ov. . ib. 2. Ivos, subst. - . ib. art, - - - . 46 ivos, gen. from Iv and is. 39 Y. V, doubt, vow. ivo>,fut. act. 63 3 Iva, Xvca, press. ~ 82 lov, Xovos, — Xov, Xovos, lovidrjs, Patronym, Xos, gen. from ls, - iTTos, gen. from Xyfr, tiTos, gen. from ti/r, iTTov, aer. comp. 42 74 39 ib. ib. V, V, nom. sing. - V, adject. V, V, voc. sing. V, adv. V, 2nd sing, imperat. * 30 ib. 33 47 52 . 62 V, ^rd sing. imp. Sf 2nd aor ib. Ipts, subst. . 74 va, perf. 60 Is, nom. pi. cont. from iss. 29 va, va, subst. 76 is, ace. pi. cont. from Las, ib. vaart, 3rd plur. pr^es. 51 Is, Xs, 7iom. sing. - 27 vyr}, vyrj, 76 Xs, numeral. _ 44 vyos, gen. from v|, 40 Xs, adv. — 47 vyos, gen. from i;^, ib. l, - - - 82 v^or, ^c«. from vr, 41 vs, vvTos, part. 31 i;^os, v(f)os, subst. - 81 vvos, gen. from vo)v, - ib. vxa, ijxa, prcet. 60 vos, gen. from vs, - - ib. vxos, gen. from v|, 42 vva, - - - - 82 vX^s, vxov, - 81 vTTos, from v-^. - 41 ViO, VO), 57 vpa, vpa, subst. - 78 vav, v(ov. - 81 FINIS. « 44 ) ERRATA. Page 6, line 10, pro long, lege short. 48, line 6, lege Poet, et Ion. ftecr^a. — .53, line 10, /e^e Where a is short, it is frequently lengthened. — — 70, /me 19, pro first^ /^-^e second. L^^^ i>^ //^x^ ^^^^'^y^^ -/^'^^k^^ ^^ %'T!^*/ '^^^*^-\/ %'^^-/ SO-* 1 %.^* : .s^"^^. *' "ftu •: '• ^ •■• Ay