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DE REBUS ORTHOGRAPHICIS.

Simili libertate in augmentatione verborum versatus ad codices potius quam ad Dindorfium me applicavi. Admisi ἡτοιμασμένος et ἑτοιμασμένος, ηὔξατο et εὔξατο, ἠδυνήϑη et ἐδυνήϑη, admisi etiam formas προετέρουν et προετέρησα, derivatas a προτερεῖν, quod verbum adamat Diodorus. Has barbaricas formas ne Wesseling quidem, tenacissimus ille codicum editor, ferendas esse censuit; tamen eas ferendas atque genuinas esse et consensu omnium codicum et, id quod vel Külkeri (Leipziger Studien III p. 307) acutum ingenium fugit, lege hiatus confirmatur: XI 12, 6 ἑκάτεροι προετέρησαν (non ἐπροτέρησαν); XI 53, 5 μάχῃ προετέρησαν (— XX 44, 8); XV 15, 3 Κάβαλα προετέρησε, cf. XV 35, 2. 53, 3; XI 73, 3 ξένοι προετέρουν (non ἐπροτέρουν); XIII 68, 6 ἀγωνιζομένου προετέρουν. Neque minus pro his formis loquitur mendosa scriptura, quae est in P XV 17, 2 προσετέρει, scilicet ex προετέρει non ex ἐπροτέρει orta. Fortasse etiam ἀπεκατέστησεν recipiendum erat, quod in P multo crebrius est quam ἀποκατέστησεν. Ad postremum pauca afferam de nominibus numeralibus. Si meo magis quam legentium commodo consuluissem, simplicissima et maxime expedita ratio fuit litteras pro numeris scribendi, ita ut legentium arbitrio permitteretur, utrum exempli causa ιβ explicandum esset δώδεκα an δυοκαίδεκα. Nam non solum in codicibus, qui ad hanc aetatem servati sunt, sed in ipso archetypo numeros plerumque compendiose scriptos fuisse concludimus ex variis lectionibus, veluti: ὀκτώ pro πεντήκοντα (i. e. H pro N) XIII 7, 4. 72, 6; λ pro τριάκοντα (Λ pro Λ) XIII 47, 6. 86, 5. 106, 1 (cf. XIII 42, 5!); α et πρῶτον V 71, 3; τοῖς et τὰ pro τριακοσίους XIII 7, 3. 83, 3; τριακοσίων δέκα pro

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ON ORTHOGRAPHIC MATTERS.

With similar freedom in the augmentation of verbs, I have applied myself to the manuscripts rather than to Dindorf. I have admitted ἡτοιμασμένος and ἑτοιμασμένος (prepared), ηὔξατο and εὔξατο (he prayed), ἠδυνήθη and ἐδυνήθη (he was able); I have also admitted the forms προετέρουν and προετέρησα (I was superior/I excelled), derived from προτερεῖν (to be before, excel), a verb which Diodorus favours. Not even Wesseling, that most tenacious editor of manuscripts, thought these barbaric forms should be tolerated; yet that they are to be tolerated and are genuine is confirmed both by the agreement of all manuscripts and, a thing which even Külker's (Leipziger Studien III p. 307) acute mind missed, by the law of hiatus: XI 12, 6 ἑκάτεροι προετέρησαν (each side excelled) (not ἐπροτέρησαν); XI 53, 5 μάχῃ προετέρησαν (they excelled in battle) (— XX 44, 8); XV 15, 3 Κάβαλα προετέρησε (Kabala excelled), cf. XV 35, 2. 53, 3; XI 73, 3 ξένοι προετέρουν (the foreigners excelled) (not ἐπροτέρουν); XIII 68, 6 ἀγωνιζομένου προετέρουν (while he was contending, they excelled). No less in favour of these forms speaks the erroneous writing which is in P XV 17, 2 προσετέρει, clearly arising from προετέρει not from ἐπροτέρει. Perhaps even ἀπεκατέστησεν (he restored) should have been adopted, which in P is much more frequent than ἀποκατέστησεν. Finally, I shall adduce a few things concerning numeral names. If I had consulted my own convenience more than that of the readers, the simplest and most expeditious method would have been to write letters for numbers, so that it might be left to the reader's judgment whether, for example, ιβ was to be explained as δώδεκα (twelve) or δυοκαίδεκα (twelve). For we conclude that not only in the manuscripts which have been preserved down to this age, but in the archetype itself, numbers were generally written in abbreviated form, from the variant readings, for instance: ὀκτώ (eight) for πεντήκοντα (fifty) (i.e. H for N) XIII 7, 4. 72, 6; λ for τριάκοντα (thirty) (Λ for Λ) XIII 47, 6. 86, 5. 106, 1 (cf. XIII 42, 5!); α and πρῶτον (first) V 71, 3; τοῖς and τὰ for τριακοσίους (three hundred) XIII 7, 3. 83, 3; τριακοσίων δέκα for

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