[B-Greek] neut. singl. nom. part. of LEGW

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Mar 26 20:55:56 EST 2003


At 9:41 AM +0800 3/27/03, David Lew wrote:
>B-Greekers
>
>    As the neut. singl. nom. part. of LUW is LUON with a circumflex on U,
>what is the neut. singl. nom. part. of LEGW?
>
>    Is it LEGON also with a circumflex on E? But the vowle E is short, how
>can a short vowle take a circumflex?
>
>    Thanks from China.

It has an acute accent on the E; only a long syllable can bear a circumflex.
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