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τοῦ δ᾽ αὖ νῦ τὸ εἴσω αἰσθόμενος τῆς φωνῆς, τὸ ‘ἔνδον’ καὶ τὰ ‘ἐντὸς’ ὠνόμασεν, ὡς ἀφομοιῶν τοῖς γράμμασι τὰ ἔργα. τὸ δ᾽ αὖ ἄλφα τῷ ‘μεγάλῳ’ ἀπέδωκε, καὶ τῷ ‘μήκει’ τὸ ἦτα, ὅτι μεγάλα τὰ γράμματα. εἰς δὲ τὸ ‘γογγύλον’ τοῦ οὖ δεόμενος σημείου, τοῦτο πλεῖστον αὐτῷ εἰς τὸ ὄνομα ἐνεκέρασεν. καὶ τἆλλα οὕτω φαίνεται προσβιβάζειν καὶ κατὰ γράμματα καὶ κατὰ συλλαβὰς ἑκάστῳ τῶν ὄντων σημεῖόν τε καὶ ὄνομα ποιῶν ὁ νομοθέτης, ἐκ δὲ τούτων τὰ λοιπὰ ἤδη αὐτοῖς τούτοις συντιθέναι ἀπομιμούμενος. αὕτη
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Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.
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