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§ 61 — A. R. Benner Selections from Homer's Iliad 0

Text based on: Benner A. R. Selections from Homer's Iliad. With an introduction, notes, a short Homeric grammar, and a vocabulary. New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1910.

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Initial Digamma. Full lists of words that once were spelled with digamma, with or without other lost consonants, may be found in large grammars and lexicons. The following illustrative list is selected from instances in A and B; the words are grouped in order of roots or stems:

1. (ἐ)Ϝάνδανε, ἥνδανε (A 24), Ϝηδύ (B 270). The original spelling was σϜαδ-: cf. Lat. suāvis, Eng. ‘sweet.’

2. Ϝάλις (B 90).

3. Ϝάναξ (A 7), Ϝανάσσεις (A 38).

4. Ϝάστυ (B 803). Cf. Lat. Vesta(?).

5. ϜιϜάχω: Ϝηχήεσσα (A 157).

6. Ϝε (A 406), Ϝοι (A 104), Ϝεθεν (A 114), etc., pronoun of third person; Ϝῇσιν (A 333), etc., from Ϝός, possessive pronoun of third person; also ἑϜοῖσι (A 83), etc., from ἑϜός. There were original forms in σϜ-: cf. Lat. suus.

7. Ϝειαρινῇ (B 471) for Ϝεαρινῇ. Ϝέαρ=Lat. vēr.

8. Ϝέθνεα (B 87).

9. Ϝείκοσι (B 748), ἐϜείκοσιν (A 309), Lat. vīgintī.

10. Ϝέκαθεν: Ϝεκα- τηβελέτᾱο (A 75), etc.

11. Ϝέκαστα (A 550).

12. Ϝεκών: ἀ-Ϝέκοντος (A 301).

13. Ϝέλπομαι: ἐπι-Ϝέλπεο (A 545), ἐϜέλδωρ (A 41). Cf. Lat. voluptās, etc.

14. Ϝείλω: Ϝέλσαι (A 409).

15. Ϝελίσσω: Ϝελικώπιδα (A 98), ἀμφι-Ϝελίσσᾱς (B 165).

16. Ϝειπέ (A 85), προσέϜειπεν (A 105), Ϝέπος (A 108). Cf. Lat. vōx, etc.

17. Ϝείρω: Ϝερέω (A 204). Cf. Lat. verbum, Eng. ‘word.’

18. Ϝέργα (A 115). Cf. Eng. ‘work.’

19. Ϝερυσσάμενος (A 190).

20. Ϝέννῡμι: ἐπι-Ϝειμένε (A 149), Ϝείματα (B 261) for Ϝεσ-ματα. Cf. Lat. vestiō, vestis, Eng. ‘wear.’

21. Ϝῖφι (A 38). Cf. Lat. vī.

22. Ϝῑ́εμαι, ‘be eager,’ ‘press on’; Ϝῑεμένων (B 154), not to be confused with forms of ἵημι.

23. Ϝιδών (A 148). Ϝοῖσθα (A 85), Ϝίδμεν (A 124), Ϝιδυίῃ (A 365). Ϝείσαιτο (B 215), ἐϜεισάμενος (B 22). Cf. Lat. videō, Eng. ‘wit.’

24. ϜέϜοικεν (A 119), ϜεϜοικώς (A 47), (ἐ)ϜεϜίκτην (A 104), and various compounds (A 97, 131, 547).

25. Ϝῑ́λιον (B 216).

26. Ϝῖρις (B 786).

27. Ϝῖσον (A 163), ἐϜίσᾱς (A 306).

28. Ϝοίκῳ (A 30), Ϝοῖκόνδε (A 606). Cf. Lat. vīcus, Eng. ‘wick’ (War-wick).

29. Ϝοῖνον (A 462), Ϝοίνοπα (A 350). Cf. Lat. vīnum, Eng. ‘wine.’

Initial Digamma.
Full lists of words that once were spelled with digamma, with or
without other lost consonants, may be found in large grammars and
lexicons. The following illustrative list is selected from instances in
A and B; the words are grouped in order of roots or stems:

1. (ἐ)Ϝάνδανε, ἥνδανε (A 24), Ϝηδύ (B 270). 
The original spelling was σϜαδ-: cf. Lat. suāvis, Eng. ‘sweet.’
2. Ϝάλις (B 90).
3. Ϝάναξ (A 7), Ϝανάσσεις (A 38).

4. Ϝάστυ (B 803). Cf. Lat. Vesta(?).
5. ϜιϜάχω: Ϝηχήεσσα (A 157).
6. Ϝε (A 406), Ϝοι (A 104), Ϝεθεν (A 114), etc., 
pronoun of third person;
Ϝῇσιν (A 333), etc., from Ϝός, possessive pronoun of third person; also
ἑϜοῖσι (A 83), etc., from ἑϜός. There were original forms in σϜ-: cf.
Lat. suus.
7. Ϝειαρινῇ (B 471) for Ϝεαρινῇ. Ϝέαρ=Lat. vēr.
8. Ϝέθνεα (B 87).
9. Ϝείκοσι (B 748), ἐϜείκοσιν (A 309), 
Lat. vīgintī.

10. Ϝέκαθεν: Ϝεκα- τηβελέτᾱο (A 75), etc.
11. Ϝέκαστα (A 550).
12. Ϝεκών: ἀ-Ϝέκοντος (A 301).
13. Ϝέλπομαι: ἐπι-Ϝέλπεο (A 545), ἐϜέλδωρ (A 41). 
Cf. Lat. voluptās, etc.
14. Ϝείλω: Ϝέλσαι (A 409).
15. Ϝελίσσω: Ϝελικώπιδα (A 98), ἀμφι-Ϝελίσσᾱς (B 165).
16. Ϝειπέ (A 85), προσέϜειπεν (A 105), Ϝέπος (A 108). 
Cf. Lat. vōx, etc.
17. Ϝείρω: Ϝερέω (A 204). 
Cf. Lat. verbum, Eng. ‘word.’
18. Ϝέργα (A 115). Cf. Eng. ‘work.’
19. Ϝερυσσάμενος (A 190).
20. Ϝέννῡμι: ἐπι-Ϝειμένε (A 149), Ϝείματα (B 261) for Ϝεσ-ματα. 
Cf. Lat. vestiō, vestis, Eng. ‘wear.’
 21. Ϝῖφι (A 38). Cf. Lat. vī.

22. Ϝῑ́εμαι, ‘be eager,’ ‘press on’; Ϝῑεμένων (B 154), 
not to be confused with forms of ἵημι.
23. Ϝιδών (A 148). Ϝοῖσθα (A 85), Ϝίδμεν (A 124), Ϝιδυίῃ (A 365). 
Ϝείσαιτο (B 215), ἐϜεισάμενος (B 22). Cf. Lat. videō, Eng. ‘wit.’
24. ϜέϜοικεν (A 119), ϜεϜοικώς (A 47), (ἐ)ϜεϜίκτην (A 104), 
and various compounds (A 97, 131, 547).
25. Ϝῑ́λιον (B 216).
26. Ϝῖρις (B 786).
27. Ϝῖσον (A 163), ἐϜίσᾱς (A 306).
28. Ϝοίκῳ (A 30), Ϝοῖκόνδε (A 606). 
Cf. Lat. vīcus, Eng. ‘wick’ (War-wick).
29. Ϝοῖνον (A 462), Ϝοίνοπα (A 350). 
Cf. Lat. vīnum, Eng. ‘wine.’

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