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A grammar of the Homeric dialect - Wilbourhall.org

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T6 TENSES. [15.<br />

as pv-a-OaL<br />

to shield (Fpv-), pv-ros drawn (Ftpv-, Fpv-), rpv-a> (cp.<br />

is <strong>of</strong><br />

rp-Tj-, root Hence it<br />

tar). is probable that <strong>the</strong> long vowel 1<br />

<strong>the</strong> nature <strong>of</strong> a suffix, by which a new verbal stem is formed from<br />

<strong>the</strong> primitive stem or * root/ This vowel usually does not vary<br />

with <strong>the</strong> Person-endings, but is long in all forms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tense.<br />

It cannot be an accident, however, that <strong>the</strong> same Stems appear<br />

also as disyllables with a short final vowel :<br />

KaA.-e<br />

raA-a, 7reA-a,

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