eorgas / eeipen

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eorgas / eeipen

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[size=150]ἐοργας[/size]

According to Munro, [size=150]ἐοργας[/size] < "weworgas". Presumably this (like [size=150]λελοιπα[/size] is a perfect formation? In the context (Iliad III.57) it would work fairly well as a stative.

[size=150]ἐειπεν[/size]

Though I see it all the time, I'm still not sure what's going on here. I thought the stem was "wep", so an aorist formation would be ewep- > eip (as in Attic?). Whence then has come the extra epsilon?

thanks as ever
thucy

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Hi Thucy,

See Smyth's grammar #549 for one account of [size=150]ἔειπον[/size].

In fine, from [size=150]ἐ‐Vε‐Vεπ‐ον[/size].

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... which is apparently a "reduplicated" aorist stem like "hgagon" from "ago".

Interesting. This is why I love Homer.

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Thucydides wrote:... which is apparently a "reduplicated" aorist stem like "hgagon" from "ago".
Exactly.

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