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[337] “ ῥα. ” is an imperfect from a defective “ἠμί”, appearing in the Skt. Aha, Lat. ai-o. The stem stands quite alone in having lost a guttural after its vowel. The Skt. Ah-a ‘I spoke,’ points to an original gh, which has been regularly shifted to g, in the Lat. ad-ag-iu-m. The existence of this final “χ” is corroborated by the form “ἤχ-ακε-ν: εἶπεν” (Hesych). Curt. Verb. 103. See Lehrs, Aristarch. 95dixit,” ponitur tantum post orationem peractam.’” Schol. on Il.1. 219καὶ σεσημείωται Ἀρίσταρχος ὅτι μὲν Ὅμηρος ἀεὶ ἐπὶ προειρημένοις λόγοις ἐπιφέρει τὸ δηλοῦν τὸ ἔφη, ὡς ἐπὶ τοῦ προκειμένου, δὲ Πλάτων μετ᾽ αὐτὸν ἐπιφέρει τὸν λόγον”. Seiler, remarking on the use of “” in introducing the transition from a speech to the action consequent upon it, reckons its commonest use in combination with “καί”, viz. “, καί” occurring in thirty-six places; “ ῥα, καί” in forty-three. It is elsewhere combined, but far less commonly, with “αὐτάρ” or “δέ”.

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