Allen Rogers Benner, Selections from Homer's Iliad, A Short Homeric Grammar, Prepositions and Adverbs, Accent of prepositions or adverbs

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Accent of prepositions or adverbs

¹ Wherever prepositions retain their primitive adverbial force they are accented; and dissyllabic prepositions that have the force of adverbs are accented on the penult. E. g. A 142, “ἔν, ἔς”. A 39, “ἔπι”. A 258, “πέρι”.

1 Following Cauer's Iliad, Praefatio, pp. xxxix-xliv.

Selections from Homer's Iliad, with an introduction, notes, a short Homeric grammar, and a vocabulary. Allen Rogers Benner. New York. Irvington Publishers, Inc. 1903.

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