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D. 1. Hom. has many cases of doubled
liquids and nasals: ἔλλαβε
took,
ἄλληκτος unceasing,
ἄμμορος without lot in,
φιλομμειδής fond of smiles,
ἀγάννιφος very
snowy, ἀργεννός white, ἔννεπε relate. These forms are due to the assimilation
of σ and
λ, μ, or
ν. Thus,
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2. Doubled stops:
ὅττι that
(σϜοδ-τι),
ὁππότε as (σϜοδ-ιτ), ὁππότε
as (σϜοδ-ποτε), ἔδδεισε
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3.
σσ in
μέσσος middle
(for μεθι ̯οςmedius, 114),
ὀπίσσω backward, in the datives of
σ -stems, as
ἔπεσσι (250
D. 2), and in verbs with stems in σ(τρέσσε).
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4. One of these doubled consonants may be dropped without lengthening the
preceding vowel: Ὀδυσεύς from
Ὀδυσσεύς, μέσος, ὀπίσω.
So in Ἀχιλεύς
from Ἀχιλλεύς.
On δδ, ββ,
see 75
D. Aeolic has many doubled consonants due to assimilation (37
D. 3).
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