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a. D. The 2. aor. mid. inf. in Hom. is recessive in ἀγέρεσθαι
(ἀγείρω assemble);
so the perf. ἀλάλησθαι
(ἀλάομαι wander),
ἀκάχησθαι
(ἄχνυμαι am
distressed).
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b (2) D. But Hom. has ἀλαλήμενος
(ἀλάομαι wander),
ἀκαχήμενος
or ἀκηχέμενος
(ἄχνυμαι am
distressed), ἐσσύμενος
(σεύω drive).
429 a.
D. Hom.
has ἔλλαβε
took (for ἐ-σλαβε),
ἔννεον
swam
(for ἐ-σνεον),
ἐσσείοντο shook
(for ἐ-τfειοντο),
ἔδδεισε feared
(for ἐ-δfεισε).
ἔμμαθε learned
is due to analogy.
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D. Syllabic augment in Homer before a vowel is a sure
proof of initial Ϝ
in ἔειπον
and some other
verbs. Similar Ionic and poetic forms occur from εἶδον,
εἴλω, εἴρω,
ἔλπω,
ἕννῡμι,
ἔρδω,
οἰνοχοέω, etc.