[B-Greek] DIKAIOS

Kevin Riley klriley at alphalink.com.au
Tue Oct 11 21:41:32 EDT 2005


 It seems to be assumed by those who write on the history of Greek that at
least in early classical and pre-classical times both I and Y between two
vowels represent both the vowel /i, /u/ and the consonantal glide /j/ and
/w/.  I think that is established by the way poetry is read.  So it would be
DI-KAI-YOS [or DI-KAY-YOS for those who are convinced the diphthong was /aj/
 not /ai/].  Whether that would or did continue after AI became /e/ I can't
remember ever reading.  It is less likely that a /j/ glide would develop
after /e/ but it does happen.

Kevin Riley
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Carl W. Conrad
Date: 10/12/05 11:30:28
To: B-Greek B-Greek
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] DIKAIOS
 
On Oct 11, 2005, at 9:12 PM, TuNeCedeMalis67 at aol.com wrote:
 
> Is DIKAIOS pronounced (dik-ah-yos)? Is the AI a dipthong? It's
> accented like
> a dipthong, but seems to usually be pronounced like it isn't.
 
Yes, it is a diphthong. I've always divided it as DI-KAI-OS. I think
that pronunciation
as DI-KA-YOS is wrong. My Erasmian would make it DEE-KYE-OS, but I'd
expect Koine
pronunciation would be more DEE-KAY-OS (with AY as in "May" or "de-
lay").
 
 
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad2 at mac.com
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/
 
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