Progressive exercises on the composition of Greek iambic verseWhittaker & Company, 1847 - 123 páginas |
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... liquid p in the next word is repugnant to tragic usage . Take the fourth : the suppressed augment of TEûxe , and the doubled σ in Kúveσot , are neither of them in accordance with the custom of dramatic metre . The lengthening of ...
... liquid p in the next word is repugnant to tragic usage . Take the fourth : the suppressed augment of TEûxe , and the doubled σ in Kúveσot , are neither of them in accordance with the custom of dramatic metre . The lengthening of ...
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... liquid p . A middle mute standing before any other liquid than p lengthens the pre- ceding vowel * . An instance will be found of a short vowel remaining short before in κ with λ . πάλαι κέκληται , φωτὸς ἰατροῦ χάριν . #scn . Suppl ...
... liquid p . A middle mute standing before any other liquid than p lengthens the pre- ceding vowel * . An instance will be found of a short vowel remaining short before in κ with λ . πάλαι κέκληται , φωτὸς ἰατροῦ χάριν . #scn . Suppl ...
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... liquid . Thus the ἄθλιος is never shortened , for it is the a of ἆθλος contracted from ἄεθλος . The mute and liquid do but allow a naturally short syllable to remain short . It may still be lengthened ; but the proportion of cases in ...
... liquid . Thus the ἄθλιος is never shortened , for it is the a of ἆθλος contracted from ἄεθλος . The mute and liquid do but allow a naturally short syllable to remain short . It may still be lengthened ; but the proportion of cases in ...
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... liquid beside ῥ , the vowel is lengthened . Thus in ὤμοι · τόδε Ζεὺς τοῦπος οὐκ ἐπίσταται . ÆscH . Prom . 982 . the naturally short before the double letter is lengthened . Similarly , Ε δίθηκτον ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος . εἰ τῆσδε ...
... liquid beside ῥ , the vowel is lengthened . Thus in ὤμοι · τόδε Ζεὺς τοῦπος οὐκ ἐπίσταται . ÆscH . Prom . 982 . the naturally short before the double letter is lengthened . Similarly , Ε δίθηκτον ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος . εἰ τῆσδε ...
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... liquid , or a middle mute followed by p . A verse cannot end with the words παρέδωκε τρέφειν : ν must be attached , so that dwkev may be a spondee ; which it is not while dwкe , as Tp does not lengthen the preceding syllable . In ...
... liquid , or a middle mute followed by p . A verse cannot end with the words παρέδωκε τρέφειν : ν must be attached , so that dwkev may be a spondee ; which it is not while dwкe , as Tp does not lengthen the preceding syllable . In ...
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