376 ON THE LANGUAGE, METRES AND PROSODY but rd alaxpd = Talaxpo., for which some read rda-xfx^ (Eurip. Troad. 384; Hippol. 505). a + o (or 0) or ol or ov) = w, as ra oVXa = ^wTrXa, ra wpvea = Tojpvea, to. olc,vpa = Tw^vpd, rd ovpdvLa = T(r>pdv la, to oiKtStov = TWKtStov. The crasis of the article with Ir^pos exhibits the following forms : Sing, drepos, drepa, Odrepov, Odripov, Odripta, OaTepa. Plur. drcpoL, arcpat, Odrepa. (b) Crasis of Kat. Before a, at, av, cl, ev, i, rj, oi, ov, v, oo, the crasis of Kat is formed by striking out at; as Kaya^o?, Kala^vvrj, Kavros, KCts, k€vOv^, ^tKCTev^Te, ^(tAca)?, ^y, ^ot, Kov, ^uSaroSj xvTrip, ^wrivt. But Kat ctra = Kara. Kat + € = Ka or ;(a, as Kat €Tt = KaTt, Kat crepos = ;>(aT€pos. Kat + o = KO) (or ^w), as Kat o$v ~ kw^v, kol ocra = )(wcra, Kat o = ^(w, Kat oo-Tis = x^^'^^ j ^^* *^is crasis does not take place with the simple relative os. (c) In other words the crasis is generally regulated by the forms given under the crasis of the article; thus we have a^tw eyw^a^tw 'yw, tS dvOpwTre = tov^pcoTre, dyopd Iv — dyopd V, cyco ot3a = cywSa, eyco ot/xat = cyw/xat, TOL dpa = rdpa, tol dv = raV, /xot ecTTt = [xovo-tl, Treptoxf/ofiaL direXOov- ra = TrepLoij/oixdTrcXOovTa (Aristoph. Man. 509), o i^epw = ov^epw, Sy^ojxai dpa = Syjiofiapapa {Acharn. 325), et eTrtTa^o/x-ecr^a = et VtTa|o/xeo-^a, *Ep/xa c/A7roA.ate = 'Ep/xa '/XTroXatc, jitov d(f>€X.rjS = fJ'-dcfiiXrj'S (Soph. P/wY. 903), fxaKpov dTTOTravdoi — fxaKpov VoTravo^w. (28) Synizesis, which is incipient contraction or crasis, and pro- duces the effect of one of these without representing it to the eye, occurs either in the same word or between two words. (a) In the same word, as in ea pronounced ya in foveas, &c. 60 yO ... ^€0t, &c. CO) yo ... TToXews, &c. vo wo . . . BvoiVj &c. (b) Between two words, as in y ov, fxrj ov, eVet ov, fxr) elSevai, r) ctSoVws, eyw ct/xt, cyw ov, tVro) '}ipaKXrj<s, w EvptTrtSi;, in which the effect is that of an improper crasis. (29) There are a few instances of arbitrary diroKomj in the Greek dramatists; thus we have Trav for Trave (Arist. IJqu. 821), Siati/ for Staii^e (^sch. Fers. 1083), dp. for a>a (Arist. Vesp. 570). (30) The syntax of the dramatists is that of the best Attic writers, and must be learned in extenso from a good Greek grammar.
