Movable nu, iota subscript

Jonathan Robie (jwrobie@mindspring.com)
Mon, 03 Nov 1997 08:27:36 -0500

While preparing lessons for "Little Greek 101", I realized that I have some
questions about movable nu and the iota subscript:

Re: Movable Nu

In the UBS 3rd, I think that most of the present active forms of verbs do
not omit the nu. Does anybody know if there are present active forms that do
omit the nu? Someone suggested that older editions tend to omit the nu, and
newer editions tend to insert it. Is this true?

Re: Iota subscript

Is this subscript used only for:

1. the last syllable of a word
2. the vowels O, A, and W
3. dative case

If so, I would like to say so when I introduce it.

Thanks!

Jonathan
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