Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, Part I: Letters, Sounds, Syllables, Accent, EUPHONY OF CONSONANTS, CONSONANTS WITH CONSONANTS, CONSONANTS BEFORE N

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[*] 88. β regularly and φ usually become μ before ν. Thus, σεμνός revered for σεβ-νος (σέβ-ομαι), στυμνός firm for στυφ-νος (στύ_φω contract).

[*] 89. γίγνομαι become, γιγνώσκω know become γί_νομαι, γι_νώσκω in Attic after 300 B.C., in New Ionic, late Doric, etc.

λν is kept in πίλναμαι approach. On sigma before ν see 105.

[*] 90 D. Aeolic βόλλα council, attic βουλή and Doric βωλά_ (with compensatory lengthening), probably for βολνα_.

American Book Company, 1920.

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