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English (Autenrieth)

Many words beginning with ρ originally began with two consonants, esp. ϝρ or σρ (ϝρήγνῦμι, σρέω), and the quantitative (metrical) effect of the two letters has been preserved in the frequent doubling of ρ (ἔρρεον). What the initial consonant was cannot always be determined.