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105.] CONTRACTION, &C. 87
vav-(f)iv, (vyo-^i, /3i??-), Lat. si-6i. These are relics of an original
Instrumental Case.
105.] Contraction, &c. The loss of i, u and o- between vowels
94) does not generally lead to contraction in the Homeric
ialect : note that
S!J
1. The Dat. Sing, of Stems in -e, cp. II. 7. 153 Odpve'i o>).
17. 647 ev Se ai Kal oktcraov (read ev $ae'i).
2 3- 5 J 5 ^ rt TX
t
7 e (read ov ra\d ye).
^3. 639 7rA?j0ei (read -nXrjOvl).
Also o5et, Dat. of oi!6aj (II. 5/734., 8. 385., 14. 467., 17. 92.,
23. 719., 24. 527), for which read ov5at or ovba ( 99).
2. The combinations -ea, -eo, -cw are often scanned as one
syllable by < Synizesis/ as foot (II. I. 18), o-aKea (II. 4. 113),
(II. 7. 207, &c.) ; so with the Pronouns ^/xeas, vjuteas, (T{as.
In II. i. 1 8 u//"
/
A"" ^6 i Sorey 'O\vfjuria d&paT' Zxovrfs the word Ocoi is not
certain, since 'Q\vp.ina Swftar' 6X OVTS ^G lords of Olympus is used as a Substantive,
and 0e of is therefore unnecessary (Fick, Ilias p. 75).
3. The Gen. Sing, has -eus for -e-os in a few words ;
Odpo-fvs, Otpevs, OdiJiptvs chiefly aira etpqjue'va. It is probably
better to write -cos and admit Synizesis.
On -eu in [j.v, rev, tv, TV see 378*.
4. Nouns with Stems in -eeo- (as KAe'o?, 6eos) and some Nouns
in -ds are liable to ' Hyphaeresis/ or dropping a vowel before
another vowel : as KAe'a (for KAee-a), and so bv(TK\ta, d/cAe'a,
aKAe-e? ; vr)\r}S, lAjXA", i/qAea (Neut. Sing. z/rjAees) ; ^eo^Sri?, ^eovSea
(for Oeo-bFris god-fearing), vnepbta (II. 17. 330); yepa, 6e7ra, Kepa,
Kpea, (r