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429. Syllabic Augment.—Verbs beginning with a consonant prefix ε as the augment, which thus increases the word by one syllable. In the pluperfect ε is prefixed to the reduplication.

λύ_ωlooseἔ-λυ_ονἔ-λυ_σαἐ-λελύκη
παιδεύωeducateἐ-παίδευονἐ-παίδευσαἐ-πεπαιδεύκη

a. Verbs beginning with ρ double the ρ after the augment. ῥί_πτω throw, ἔ-ρρι_πτον, ἔ-ρρι_ψα, ἐ-ρρί_φθην; ῥήγνυ_μι break, ἔ-ρρηξα, ἐ-ρράγην.

N.—ρρ is here due to assimilation of ϝρ, as in Hom. ἔρρεξα did (and ἔρεξα); of σρ in ἔρρεον flowed. Cp. 80 a.

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