Contraction conundrum

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Smyth §59 has a helpful table for contractions, showing what happens when vowels contract with genuine and spurious ει. It gives η+ ει (sp.) = η with the example τῑμήεις > τῑμῆς.

I can only think that what’s meant is the gsg. of τῑμή, but that makes no sense to me.

Help?

Zembel

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It’s referring to the (poetic) adj τιμήεις εσσα εν. The nom sing can contract to τιμῆς

3

Thanks Phalakros! Now I can stop scratching my head.