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is, however, also Bocot, 14. ¢heev=iupev, 15, Inflection Gite; Lesb,, Thess. He egTuC.
C, Divergences between Boeotian and Asiatic-Aeolic:
1. Vrep. a; Aeol., Thessal, dv alone; 4 is the only farm in Roeot. and Doric. 2. wétraprg, Aeol. wésarpes, zfovpre, 3. xpdrtoc, also Thessal,: Aeol, npiveg. 4. xa, AeoL xf; “Apreae, Acol, “Aptymtic. §. & for 4 thronghout. The solitary example of ce in Leshic is worezuevec. 6. 7 for & throughout. 3. « from compensatory length: Burd, Aupinaye; aceus. pl. seryypdder; fem. part. H4woa, §. ov for x, ov after 2,» and deutals. 9. ov fora. 10. oF, v, o¢ for on ir. yforen, 12, 1 before vowels =e, et. 13. Gen. pl, ~iwy, Lesh, -ar, 14, €f = Goeat. ue Lesb. 7%, 15. sai-+ & = Boeat. », Lesh, @ seldom 3, 16. Aecolie ynezwme js not found in Boeot. 17, Acolic Papurduyoe. 18. Aeolic od, Koeot. §,dS = 55 ef. the Elean ¢, which is Doric, not Aeolic. 9. foc far €. 20, w verbs inf,; Boeot, -ver, Lesh. -, -ev. 21, hwe, de for Acol, éwe. “he jatter has heen attributed to Tonic influence. 22. Imperative -vfa, Lesbic wre. The Boeotian form is, of course, a later development. 23. Boeot. sare, Aso. niure. 23. Absence of yisware,
D. The dialect of Boeotia differs from that of Thessaly herein. (Many later peculiarities of B. are here included.)
1. iapic B, irpoe Thess., with the exceplion of C2 400,23 Crannon., 2. 4, Thess, ov, 3. Thessal. chanye to ein def, Fexidapocr; Boeot,a. 4. Ts. arperoc and orperde, hess, evpardc, §. Boeot. , Thess,on 6. ec in Roeot.= 4, Thess. é. 7, afin Docot.= 4, Thess. er or ce in the ending Tre, 8. vin Boeot, = on, wa, Thess, 2. g. a= Boeot. vs, r, £6 = Thess, o. 10. © hefore yowels Tioeat. ©, 4, €¢=2 Thessal. ¢,4 11. ¢@-- o = Roeot. ev, ev,@== Vhessal.d. 12.0 = Hoeat, cos Thess. co, 13. 0¢ = Neeot. 2 = Thess, opin -reog. ty. Thess.cc between vowels (cesotexr} = Boeot. o. 15. Thessal. 4 for x in pyar yre- onpecar, 16. Thessal, has nov teetuverendr, 17, Thess. semination of nasals and liquids. 18, avy, ores Roeot, uc, we = Thess. @¢, os, 19. C= Hoeat. J, dd = Thess. {, ae, 20, o¢ 2= Boeat, tr = Thess. ti, detredic, Wetiasde. 21, x for
7 in Thess, sic, 22. Gen. sing. -0 decl = Rueot. w, Thessal. ae. 23. Tocot. Tidate Phess, recacer, 24, Boeatxa = Vhess, xf.
III.—Points of Similarity between the Dialects of Thessaly, Boeotia and Lesbos.
1, ¢ fore in Pepooc, 2 Formation of patronymies. 3. Pronunciation of x {prohalily). 4. Termination of the perf. act. part. (or), 5. Participle of the substantive verb dor, 6. Termination -e¢e: in eonsonautal declension. 7. F in middle of a words, §. Absence of « Foetn, in the non xvrg prose in- suriptions,
From this summary it is clear that the dialect of Boeotia occupies an intermediate position between that of Thessaly and that of Lesbos, is nearer akin to that of Thessaly, and that the dialect of
