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ἡδονὴ δὲ καὶ φθεγγομένης ἐπῆν
τῷ ἤχῳ: καὶ τὴν γλῶτταν, ὥσπερ ὄργανόν τι
πολύχορδον, εὐπετῶς τρέπουσα καθ᾽ ἣν βούλοιτο
διάλεκτον ὀλίγοις παντάπασι δἰ ἑρμηνέως ἐνετύγχανε
βαρβάροις, τοῖς δὲ πλείστοις αὐτὴ δἰ
αὑτῆς ἀπεδίδου τὰς ἀποκρίσεις, οἷον Αἰθίοψι,
Τρωγλοδύταις, Ἑβραίοις, Ἄραψι, Σύροις, Μήδοις,
Παρθυαίοις.
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