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[*] 119. Initial ς before a vowel becomes the rough breathing. ἑπτά seven, Lat. septem; ἥμισυς half, Lat. semi-; ἵστημι put for σι-στη-μι, Lat. si-st-o; εἱπόμην I followed from ἐ-σεπ-ο-μην, Lat. sequor. a. When retained, this ς is due to phonetic change (as σύν for ξύν, σι_γή silence for σ[υγλιδε]ι_γη Grm. schweigen), or to analogy. On the loss of ( see 125 e.
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