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stems ju -esor {also Leshian), rr. Inf. in -ever (not Pharsalian), Veshian <wever ant -«v, 42, Part. perf, ‘Thess. -evv, Boeot,, Lesh, -ov, This is ane of the proofs thal these dialects sprang from a common source. 14. é¢ = ¢2 before acans. Vhess., Boeot.: éo¢ in B. before a vowel (cx in Lesbian before a cons., 2§ before a vowel), rq. év for etc, 15. Patronymics in -sevr, aoc, 16, 3e2 in HB. Perdoueroc, Thess. pizrecree; Ui. also for in podd, Locrian detzauer 17, aire ., Aeolie metic, spéc. 18. Doubling of o before 7,4. 3. tq. Absence of qyizwow, 20. 7 for g before vowels. 25. Absence of v SoeAx. in the prose in-' seriplions.
C. The Thessalian dialect has these points of similarity with Asiatic-Aeolic:
1. € fora in Bépoon 2. ¢ for ¢ (ez) 2iDeoc. 13. o fora in vr ave, 4. v fore ina@rzt. 5. Assimilation of a liquid with a spirant, éxat, 6. e@ foro between vowels, éocraHesv, 7. Dat. pl ar. consan, deel.in-eom. §. Personal pronoun dppé, dupiow; Lesb. duue, dpuéev, g. Contract verbs are treated as -pe verbs} not in Boeotian insetiptions, £0, Part. perf act. in -orw, Lesh. -or, 11, Part, of the substantive verb in four = fav, Lesh. and Boeot. 12. Article oi,ef 13, fa for Doric and Tonic xia, Goth. sz, or eéva olny. The feminine of cic is not found in any Boeotian literary or epigraphic monument, 14. sé for dv. 15. The name of the father is indicated by a patronymical adjective im -tor, 16, yuk- Kae = pixoce (gramm.), 7, Agrvucug = Aiolic Zévevsec, 18. Aiv ithe accent is uneertain) ; cf, Lesbic ata, aiy and Doeot. 7,47, 1g, f = vin middle of a word, 20. Absence of v igedx. in non-Koa) inscriptions,
II.—The Dialect of Boeotia.
A. The Boeotian dialect is akin to that of Lesbos and Aeolis herein:
1, € for a, Gépooy, Bagot, also fhuaqog, 2. Betdal, Aeol. Bitoo. 3. 0 for a, orporée,[1] Boeot, also otparéc. 4. Tépgrew) for mapray, Acol. Mapwarion, 5. v for 0, dvtya (but dzé). 6. arepuc (gramm.) J. e¢-- ome §, op ard, 9. Gen, odecl.in-w. 10. -ew yerbs treated as -/ verbs, according to the grammazians, and at least at the time of Aristaphanes (Achar. gt4). 11. Name of the father is expressed ly a patronymic adjective. 12. Meeseorporidac 13, mizve Lesh. for THADGE. Le juRKKOG = pueKpor (gramm.). Ig. FO v in middle of a word (F is also preserved in 13.) 1§. Cds dat, Corinna die, 16. Absence of v deka. in the prose inscriptions. a
B. The following are the chief peculiarities of the dialect of Boeotia, and not found either in Thessaly or in Lesbos. (Many later peculiarities are here incluclded,)
1. @ for ¢ in iapéc, Thessal. fepdv, Agol. [suc <i tepoe or *topoc. 2. ¢ for et throughout. , 3. Accas. pl. o decl. in -wc, Aeol, -ar, Thessal, -o¢, 4. w from compens, length. This transformation of eve occurred after the separation of the three dialects. 5. 9 for», cov after 2, v and dentals, 6, ov fore in Arevexe- pidav, 7. oc is written or, ve, 5. g fora g. y for fin xpisyeiec, ta. cr for
oo. If. rr fromer, 12, and, Thessal., Lesbian art. 19. Saved for yey. yuvacsi- ↑ This word is one of the few examples in which the relationship of Boeotian and Aeolic is proven without the concurrence of Thessalian.
