Can somebody please comment on the function of the final omicron of μεγάλοιο? My mind is kaput for determining this anamoly, and I can find the explanation in Smyth's grammar, nor in Monro's Homeric grammar.
Thanks for your help.
Hesiod, Works & Days, line 4
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Re: Hesiod, Works & Days, line 4
I'm not sure if this is what you're after, but -οιο is the original form of the genitive singular, most commonly found in Homer. I haven't Monro to hand, but Smyth makes mention of this in §230D.1.Talmid wrote:Can somebody please comment on the function of the final omicron of μεγάλοιο? My mind is kaput for determining this anamoly, and I can find the explanation in Smyth's grammar, nor in Monro's Homeric grammar.
Thanks for your help.
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Re: Hesiod, Works & Days, line 4
Seymour's Introduction to the Language and Verse of Homer has a more concise introduction to the differences between Epic and Attic. Monro is vast and Smyth consigns poor Homer to footnotes.Talmid wrote: Smyth's grammar, nor in Monro's Homeric grammar.
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