[*] 643. When uncontracted, verbs in -αω often show in the Mss. of Hom., not the original open forms, but “assimilated” forms of the concurrent vowels, αε, αει, αη giving a double a sound by α prevailing over the e sound; αο, αω, αοι, αου giving a double o sound by the o sound prevailing over the α. One of the vowels is commonly lengthened, rarely both.
| αε = (1) | αα: ὁράεσθαι ῀ ὁράασθαι, ἀγά- |
| εσθε ῀ ἀγάασθε. | |
| = (2) | α_α: μνάεσθαι ῀ μνά_ασθαι, ἠγά- |
| εσθε ῀ ἠγά_ασθε. | |
| αει = (1) | αᾳ: ὁράεις ῀ ὁράᾳς, ἐάει ῀ ἐάᾳ. |
| = (2) | α_ᾳ: μενοινάει ῀ μενοινά_ᾳ. |
| αῃ = (1) | αᾳ: ἐάῃς ῀ ἐάᾳς. |
| = (2) | α_ᾳ: μνάῃ wooest 2 sing. mid. |
| = μνά_ᾳ. | |
| αο = (1) | οω: ὁράοντες ῀ ὁρόωντες. |
| = (2) | ωο: ἡβάοντες ῀ ἡβώοντες, μνά- |
| οντο ῀ μνώοντο. | |
| αω = (1) | οω: ὁράω ῀ ὁρόω, βοάων ῀ |
| βοόων. | |
| = (2) | ωω: μενοινάω ῀ μενοινώω. |
| αοι = (1) | οῳ: ὁράοιτε ῀ ὁρόῳτε. |
| = (2) | ωοι:ἡβάοιμι ῀ ἡβώοιμι. |
| αου = (1) | οω: ὁράουσα ῀ ὁρόωσα, ὁρά- |
| ουσι ῀ ὁρόωσι, ἀλάου (from | |
| ἀλάεο imper. of ἀλάομαι) = | |
| ἀλόω. | |
| = (2) | ωω: ἡβάουσα ῀ ἡβώωσα, δρά- |
| ουσι ῀ δρώωσι. ου here is | |
| a spurious diphthong (6) | |
| derived from -οντ-: ὁρα- | |
| οντ-[ιγλιδε]α, ἡβαοντ-[ιγλιδε]α, δρά_οντι; | |
| or by contraction in ἀλάου | |
| from ἀλάεο. |