Accent of the 2nd. sg. Imperative.
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Bert
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Accent of the 2nd. sg. Imperative.
Why does the 2nd sg. imperative of LU/W ([size=150]λῦε[/size]) have a circumflex and of QE/LW ([size=150]θέλε [/size]) an acute?
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Re: Accent of the 2nd. sg. Imperative.
Vowel length. The upsilon in the present stem of λύω is long.Bert wrote:Why does the 2nd sg. imperative of LU/W ([size=150]λῦε[/size]) have a circumflex and of QE/LW ([size=150]θέλε [/size]) an acute?
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