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96.] SINGULAR. 8l<br />

95.] Original d as <strong>the</strong> final vowel <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Stem becomes T) ;<br />

except (i) after e, ei, a, as in Bed, and <strong>the</strong> proper names 'Epjueias,<br />

,<br />

Auyeiaj, NaucrtKaa, 'Peta (Ar. on II. 14. 203), 3>aa (II. 7.<br />

135, Od. 15. 297), and (2)<br />

in <strong>the</strong> Gen. in -do and -awi>.<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r exceptions to <strong>the</strong> scheme given above will be best<br />

treated under <strong>the</strong> separate Cases.<br />

96.] Nominative Singular. The final -s is retained after<br />

vowels and mutes, but lost with Stems ending in p, as Trarrjp, //^oro)/).<br />

Stems ending in v ei<strong>the</strong>r (i) take final -s (with loss <strong>of</strong> v), as<br />

eis (for h-s), Ois Ace. 6iv-a, /xe'Aas Gen. peXav-os, or (2) do not<br />

take -s,<br />

but leng<strong>the</strong>n a preceding vowel, as yfl&v Gen. -^Oov-os,<br />

TIQI\M\V Gen. 7T(n/xez/-os. So with Stems in -vr : bovs Gen. bovr-os,<br />

but Ibtov.<br />

Originally it seems that all monosyllables took -s<br />

and all o<strong>the</strong>rs -v (J. Schmidt, K. Z. xxvii. 392).<br />

If so, \6

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