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AUGMENT. 6l
(2) In several words (as usually written) the initial vowel of the Stem is
lengthened after t-f- : et|v8av (for f-'favSavf}, e-covoxoci (foivoxoeaj), dv-e-cpycv,
av-e-q>g (di/a-forycw), also e-a.yi\ (^ay-vvfjLi), with d in one place (II. n. 559),
and the Plpf. forms twAim (eo\7ra, feA.7r-), ceopyei (eopya, fepy-}, WKt (eota,
ft*-). In some of these there may be merely confusion with the later use of
the :
Temporal Augment &. g. liyi/Sai/e is doubtless due to the Attic rjvSave, a
form which arose after the loss of f. Hence recent editors write tavSave,
(oivo\6(i, avzoiyov, also t6\irei, lop-yet, eoiKfi.
(3) A different explanation is required for tbyi] (a), supported as it is by
Attic Iwpcov (ppaoj) and laXcov (a in aX&vai, &c.)*. These point to an Augment
TJ-, the combinations ijfo, t\fa. passing into ecu, ea (as in QaatXecas, -ed for -rjfos,
-t]fo.\
Such an Augment is also found in iqciSTjs, TjeiBet (Plpf. of o?5a), and
Tjurice.
There is much probability in the suggestion of G. Meyer (G. G. p. 423)
that this T|- is a Temporal Augment obtained from the prothetic I- so often
found before f : e.g. in -ei0dfj,evos (f6i8-).
Thus 4]unce would be the augmented
form of HffK