νῦ: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> Ν, ν, νῦ, τό, indecl., [[thirteenth]] [[letter]] of Greek [[alphabet]]; as [[numeral]], ν41 = 50, but 'ν = 50, 000. ν is the dental or palatal [[liquid]], [[corresponding]] with the [[mute]] δ. Dialectic changes,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> doric, ν represents λ, v. Λ λ. 2.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> Attic and doric for μ, v. Μ μ. II. 2.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> Euphonic changes:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[into]] γ [[before]] the palatals γ κ χ, and [[before]] ξ, as [[ἔγγονος]] [[ἔγκαιρος]] [[ἐγχώριος]] [[ἐγξέω]] etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[into]] μ [[before]] the labials β π φ, and [[before]] ψ, as [[σύμβιος]] [[συμπότης]] [[συμφυής]] [[ἔμψυχος]]; [[likewise]] [[before]] μ. as [[ἐμμανής]].<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[into]] λ, [[before]] λ, as [[ἐλλείπω]] [[συλλαμβάνω]].<br /><b class="num">4.</b> [[into]] ρ [[before]] ρ, as [[συρράπτω]]; in compds. of ἐν ν [[sometimes]] [[remains]], as [[ἔνρυθμος]].<br /><b class="num">5.</b> [[into]] ς [[before]] ς, as [[σύσσιτος]] [[πάσσοφος]].<br /><b class="num">III.</b> the so-called νῦ ἐφελκυστικόν is [[found]] with dat. pl. in σι, as ἀνδράσιν; 3rd pl. of verbs in σι, as εἰλήφασιν; 3rd sg.in -ε, -ι, as ἔκτανεν δείκνυσιν: the [[local]] termin. -σι, as Ἀθήνῃσι [[Ὀλυμπίασι]]; the Epic. termin. φι, as [[ὀστεόφιν]]; the [[numeral]] [[εἴκοσι]]; the Advs. [[νόσφι]], [[πέρυσι]]; the enclit. Particles κέ and νύ. This ν was [[mostly]] used to [[avoid]] a [[hiatus]] [[where]] a vowel follows.