[B-Greek] Pronunciation questions

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Fri Jan 23 09:47:12 EST 2004


In a message dated 1/23/2004 9:32:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
mitchlarramore at yahoo.com writes:

> The rough breathing is said to come from H (capital
> HTA), cut in half virtically, forming the rough
> breathing (left half) and smooth breathing. Is this an
> educated guess or is there an ancient source that
> actually states this.
> 
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Smyth states this in §14 if his Greek Grammar but provides little further 
information other than a date c. 300 BC.

gfsomsel



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