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[324] εἴπεσκε. See Curtius (Gk. Ex. Gram.p. 141 foll., Verb. p. 531 foll.), ‘The “σκ” of the Iteratives in “-σκο-ν” is not different in nature and origin from the additional element (“σκ”) in the present; and consequently the Iterative was only an isolated preterite of this formation of the present (sc. the Inchoative class in “σκω”). The gradual realization and the repetition of an action are regarded by language as nearly akin . . . The origin however of “σκ” is unknown to us.’

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