[B-Greek] Morphology of hUPERHFANEW?
Maurice A. O'Sullivan
mauros at iol.ie
Wed Apr 16 11:04:38 EDT 2003
At 15:12 16/04/2003, bgreek at ntresources.com wrote:
>Is there any principle/rule that explains why hUPERHFANEW has an eta between
>the prefixed preposition and the verbal stem? (= hUPER + FAW) I would
>*guess* it has to do with the juxtaposition of rho and phi, but it doesn't
>seem necessary to have a vowel here for euphonic purposes, much less a long
>vowel.
No, maybe not _necessary_, but as Smyth puts it [ s.884c ]:
>> H is sometimes inserted after a preposition or takes the place of a
final vowel: hUPER-H-FANOS _conspicuous_, EP-H_BOLOS _having achieved_.
I see Lampe spotted a v.l - hUPERFANEW -- in Justin Martyr's Letter to
Zenam et Serenum 3
Regards
Maurice
Maurice A. O'Sullivan [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros at iol.ie
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