OF THE GREEK DRAMATISTS. 375 properly feminine only; but they are used even with neuter nouns, as fxavid(TLv Xva-a-tjiJLaa-i, 8pofjiA(TL ^Xc<^a/)ois (see Pors. ad Or est. 264). (2-4) The -I of the dative must not be elided in dramatic poetry (see Lobeck ad Soph. Aj. 802, p. 350, ed. 2). The same rule applies to n', OTL, and irepi {2o) The elision of -e in a verbal termination before the particle av is extremely rare (Elmsley ad Burijy. Med. 416). {^^) Diphthongs are not elided, but form a crasis with the following vowel ; except ot/x' ws for oi/xot w?. (27) The following are the most usual erases in Attic Greek poetry: (a) Crasis of the Article. o + a = d, as o a.vy]p = dinjp^ to aWo = rakXo, to apyvpiov = rapyvpiov. o + € = ov, as o e^ = ov^j 6 iTri^ovXeouiv = ovTn/SovXevwv, to evTcpov = tovv- Tcpov. o + 7] = r]j as TO yjixLcrv = O-^fiuTV (Ai'ist. Lys. 115). o + L = oL, as TO IfjidTLov = Ool/xoiTLov (wluch is the only example of this crasis). o + o = ov, as TO ovofxa = Towo/xa. + v = v, as TO vSoyp = OvSwp (Crates aj:). Meinek, ii. 238). o + at = at, as TO aljxa = OaLfxa, to oItlov = TatTtov. o + av = av, as c' auros = avros, to avro = TavTO. o + ot = 0), as o ol^vpos = w^vpos. 77 + a = d, as 7] dp^TTi = dp€Trj, Trj dp^Trj = TapeTfj. 7] (or rj) + € = r], as y ifjcyj = "ijfJ^TJ, "^ euo-e/Jeta = rjvcre/BeLa, rrj ifxyj = Ty/Jirj. ov + a = a, as Toi? dvSpos = TdvSp6<;, tov avTov = TavTOV, tov 'Aya/Ac/xi/oi/os — Tdyafxiixvovos. ov + € (or o or v) = ov, as tov ip^ov = Tovfxov, tov Ik^Wcv — TovKuOev, tov ovecSovs = TovveiSot)?, tov vSaTos = ^ouSaTOS (but some read ^vSaTO?, see Arist. Ltjs. 370). ov + 7] — rj, as TOV tjXlov = OtJXlov. ov + ov = ov, as Tou ovpavov = Tovpavov. <i) + a = a, as tw dvaKTL = TavaKTt. (0 + € (or o) — oj, as T(3 e/xw = tw/xo), to) oveipio = Tooveipo). o) + t = o), as TO) i/jtarto) = ^oj/xaTtw. at or ot+a=a, as ot dvSpes = dvSpe<g, at apcTat = apcTat, ot avTOc = avTOL. ot4-€ = ov, as ot c/xot = ov/xot, ot €I/ = OVV. at + € = at, as at iKKXiqaiat — alKKXrjcrLai. a + a (or e or at) = a, as ra aAXa = TaAAa, Ta avTa = ravTa, ra Ik = Ta^,
