A grammar of the Homeric dialect - Wilbourhall.org

48 PRESENT. [50.
not occur. It may be regarded as a link between the two groups of Stems
with -one.
in the
It is remarkable that in the Latin Verbs in -sco we may distinguish
same way between the regular Inceptives, such as lique-sco, puer-a-sco, and
the Presents, such as pa-sco, pro-fic-iscor, in which the Inceptive meaning
is hardly, or not at all, perceptible. Originally, no doubt, there was a single
group of derivative Stems in ).
c. With assimilation, in -XXw (for -A-tco), -o-crw (for -K-tco, -T-too),
and -la (for -8-tco, -y-to>).
d.
By compensatory lengthening in -eiyw, -eipw, -iixo, -Gf-ta), -i5z/-ta>, -vp-to)).
That the ei of -iva),
-etpo) is not a true diphthong (and therefore not due to epenthesis)
is shown by the corresponding Doric -rjuco, -rjpco.
e. In -aw, -ea>, -oa>, -aua>, -euw, -ouw (for -a-tco, &c.).
a. Verbs in -ia>, &c.
51.] The Verbs in which the original becomes t i,
thus forming
-tco, -atco, -etco, -utco, are almost confined to the Homeric
dialect. The chief examples are as follows :
(1) -i&> 0-0 Ui : eats, Ibiov I sweated, pr\vie le angry, juiao-rte whip,
ava-KrjKi gushed forth, KOVIO-VTZS raisin?/ dust. In these verbs
(except perhaps the first two) the Verb-Stem ends in i,
so that
(e. g.) KOVIO-VTZS is for Koi^t-to-^res ; so probably rtco / honour,
I waste (j)6ia> away, for rt-tco, ^t-to). The i therefore is naturally
long, but may be shortened before a vowel hence it is ;
usually
doubtful in quantity.
(2) -aw usually with loss of a or : F, vaiovcn dwell (Aor. vav-cra,
vav-Qri), juaiWflai to feel ones way (Fut.
AtXcueat
jaacr-o-erat),
desirest (At-Xaa--);
Kata> (for Kaf-tco, cp. Aor. Krja for e-K^f-a),
KXatco (for KAaf-ta)),
Sate kindled (bdv-), vaiov swam (cp.,vav-s),
yaiaiv rejoicing (yav-pos, Lat. gau-deo] ; /ce'pcue mix, dyatojuevo?
indignant
(cp. -Kpaa--ora} ^yao--o-aro, but the o- in these words is
not original, 39, 2) ; perhaps also