When you have a minute :o )

Maurice A. O'Sullivan mauros at iol.ie
Mon Sep 25 06:40:24 EDT 2000


At 04:52 25/09/00, Mark Wilson wrote:

>Why the iota subscript in the middle of a word?

Because it is actually a diphthong ( an "improper" one according ot the 
grammarians

>The oldest MSS, weren't they in all caps? If so, would those MSS have this 
>subscript, or just the capital eta?

The iota would have been another 'capital'

If you go to:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:abo:sec,00001

and enter 5 for the Smyth section number you will see more on this.


Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros at iol.ie






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