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XVIII PRAEFATIO.

ὀγδοήκοντα (TI pro II) XIII 11, 2. Eodem modo explicanda sunt etiam haec: ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ τέσσαρας XIII 13, 1 et ἑβδομήκοντα τέσσαρας XIII 14, 4, pro quibus verbis P utroque loco praebet οδ (cf. XIII 33, 6. 45, 2); δ πρὸς ταῖς π ΡΑ, τεσσάρων καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα ceteri XIII 45, 6; τρία σὺν τοῖς τετταράκοντα P, τρία πρὸς τοῖς τετταράκοντα vulg. XV 93, 1. Cave tamen praepropere hinc conicias numeros semper compendiosis litteris exaratos fuisse; cui sententiae obstant alteri loci: XV 71, 1 omnes codices praebent ἔτη τριάκοντα. κατά, quae verba a Rhodomanno iure correcta sunt in ἔτη τρία. κατά. XV 73, 4 δέκα ναῦς iam restituit secunda manus in codice L pro communi omnium codicum scriptura δὲ καί. Idemque mendum latere puto XV 58, 1: ἐν παρόδῳ δέ τινα τῶν πολισματίων χειρωσάμενος καὶ τριήρων ἐγκρατὴς ἐγένετο. Cum enim coniunctioni καὶ hic locus non sit, in optimis autem codicibus PA scriptum sit τε καί, deinde cum Xenophon Hell. VI 4, 3 eadem de re agens tradiderit τριήρεις δώδεκα λαμβάνει, ipse pro τε καὶ scripsi δέκα. Similem coniecturam feci XIV 30, 5. Neque tamen amplius tecum luctabor de his quaestiunculis. Ut per nos cuivis licet siebzehn sive siebenzehn, achtzehnhundert sive ein tausend achthundert dicere, ita Diodoro quoque, vel mihi duplices formas veluti δώδεκα et δυοκαίδεκα haud scio an condonaveris. VALE.

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XVIII PREFACE.

ὀγδοήκοντα (eighty) (TI for II) XIII 11, 2. In the same way these too are to be explained: ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ τέσσαρας (seventy four) XIII 13, 1 and ἑβδομήκοντα τέσσαρας (seventy four) XIII 14, 4, for which words P in both places offers οδ (seventy four) (cf. XIII 33, 6. 45, 2); δ πρὸς ταῖς π (four in addition to eighty) PA, τεσσάρων καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα (of eighty four) the others XIII 45, 6; τρία σὺν τοῖς τετταράκοντα (three together with forty) P, τρία πρὸς τοῖς τετταράκοντα (three in addition to forty) vulg. XV 93, 1. But beware of concluding too hastily from this that numbers were always written in abbreviated letters; other passages oppose this view: XV 71, 1 all manuscripts offer ἔτη τριάκοντα. κατά (thirty years. down), which words were rightly corrected by Rhodoman to ἔτη τρία. κατά (three years. down). XV 73, 4 δέκα ναῦς (ten ships) was already restored by the second hand in codex L for the common reading of all manuscripts δὲ καί (but and). And I think the same error lies hidden in XV 58, 1: ἐν παρόδῳ δέ τινα τῶν πολισματίων χειρωσάμενος καὶ τριήρων ἐγκρατὴς ἐγένετο (having subdued some of the small towns in passing, he also became master of triremes). Since there is no place for the conjunction καί here, but in the best manuscripts PA it is written τε καί (both...and), then since Xenophon Hell. VI 4, 3, treating the same matter, records that he took twelve triremes (τριήρεις δώδεκα λαμβάνει), I myself have written δέκα (ten) for τε καί. I made a similar conjecture at XIV 30, 5. But I will no longer struggle with you concerning these little questions. As it is permitted to each of us to say siebzehn or siebenzehn, achtzehnhundert or ein tausend achthundert, so also to Diodorus, I know not whether you will perhaps forgive double forms like δώδεκα (twelve) and δυοκαίδεκα (twelve). FAREWELL.

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