ἐπί-ἔφ' phonetical changes.

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Hallo Leute

I´m here because I have seen in my exercising book this expression: ἐπ’ αὐτοῑς
Ι wonder by one hand on the meaning, -which seems to me an expression like ἐπί τούτοις-. on the other hand, what really makes me confuse is this: why it’s not written ἔφ’ αὐτοῑς ?
what I would like to know is what are the rules to write one and no the other version, Why Holtermann wrote ἐπ’ αὐτοῑς .

Thanks

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επι, απο, υπο before a consonant

επ’, απ’. υπ’ before a vowel with a smooth breathing

εφ’, αφ’, υφ’ before a vowel with a rough breathing

Sorry, I gave up on breathing marks because I couldn’t find the right ones.

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And do you know how much fun it is to say ἐφ’, ἀφ’, ὐφ’ three times as fast as you can? Try it, it’ll make your day… :smiley:

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Thanks for your answers. And yes ἐφ’, ἀφ’, ὐφ’ sound really funny, for me sound like really weird war cry.

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