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1 ∆Ek dh; tw`n grammavtwn tosouvtwn te o[ntwn kai; dunavmei~ toiauvta~
ejcovntwn aiJ kalouvmenai givnontai sullabaiv. 2 Touvtwn de; eijsi makrai; me;n
o{sai sunesthvkasin ejk tw`n fwnhevntwn tw`n makrw`n h] tw`n dicrovnwn o{tan
makrw`~ ejkfevrhtai, kai; o{sai lhvgousin eij~ makro;n h] makrw`~ legovmenon
gravmma h] ti tw`n hJmifwvnwn h] ajfwvnwn. 3 Bracei`ai de; o{sai sunesthvkasin ejk
bracevo~ fwnhvento~ h] bracevw~ lambanomevnou, kai; o{sai lhvgousin eij~ tau`ta.
Mhvkou~ de; kai; bracuvthto~ sullabw`n ouj miva fuvsi~, ajlla; kai; makrovteraiv tinev~ eijsi tw`n makrw`n kai; bracuvterai tw`n braceiw`n. “Estai de; tou`to
fanero;n ejpi; tw`n paradeigmavtwn.
4 ÔOmologei`tai dh; bracei`an ei\nai sullabhvn, h}n poiei` fwnh`en gravmma
to; o—, wJ~ levgetai oJdov~. TauvthÊ prosteqhvtw e}n gravmma tw`n hJmifwvnwn to;
r— kai; genevsqw ÔRovdo~: mevnei me;n e[ti bracei`a hJ sullabhv, plh;n oujc oJmoivw~
ajll∆ e{xei tina; parallagh;n ajkarh` para; th;n protevran. 5 “Eti prosteqhvtw
tauvthÊ tw`n ajfwvnwn grammavtwn to; t— kai; genevsqw trovpo~: meivzwn au{th
tw`n protevrwn e[stai sullabw`n kai; e[ti bracei`a mevnei. Trivton e[ti gravmma
th`Ê aujth`Ê sullabh`Ê prosteqhvtw to; s— kai; genevsqw strovfo~: trisi;n au{th
prosqhvkai~ ajkoustai`~ makrotevra genhvsetai th`~ bracutavth~ mevnousa
e[ti bracei`a. 6 Oujkou`n tevttare~ au|tai braceiva~ sullabh`~ diaforai; th;n
a[logon ai[sqhsin e[cousai th`~ parallagh`~ mevtron.
7 ÔO d∆ aujto;~ lovgo~ kai; ejpi; th`~ makra`~. ÔH ga;r ejk tou` h— ginomevnh sullabh; makra; th;n fuvsin ou\sa, tettavrwn grammavtwn prosqhvkai~
parauxhqei`sa, triw`n protattomevnwn, eJno;~ de; uJpotattomevnou, kaq∆ h}n
levgetai splhvn, meivzwn a]n dhvpou levgoito ei\nai th`~ protevra~ ejkeivnh~
th`~ monogrammavtou. 8 Meioumevnh gou`n au\qi~ kaq∆ e}n e{kaston tw`n prosteqevntwn grammavtwn ta;~ ejpi; to; lei``pon parallaga;~ aijsqhta;~ a]n e[coi.
9 Aijtiva de; h{ti~ ejsti; tou`` mhvte ta;~ makra;~ ejkbaivnein th;n auJtw`n
fuvsin mevcri grammavtwn eJpta; mhkunomevna~ mhvte ta;~ braceiva~ eij~ e}n
ajpo; pollw`n grammavtwn sustellomevna~ ejkpivptein th`~ bracuvthto~, ajlla; kajkeivna~ ejn diplasivw/ lovgw/ qewrei`sqai tw`n braceiw`n kai; tauvta~ ejn
hJmivsei tw`n makrw`n, oujk ajnagkai`on ejn tw`/ parovnti skopei`n. 10 ∆Arkei`
ga;r o{son eij~ th;n parou`san uJpovqesin h{rmotten eijrh`sqai, o{ti diallavttei
kai; bracei`a sullabh; braceiva~ kai; makra; makra`~ kai; ouj th;n aujth;n e[cei
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