From: Maurice A. O'Sullivan (mauros@iol.ie)
Date: Mon Sep 25 2000 - 06:40:24 EDT
<x-flowed>At 04:52 25/09/00, Mark Wilson wrote:
>Why the iota subscript in the middle of a word?
Because it is actually a diphthong ( an "improper" one according ot the
grammarians
>The oldest MSS, weren't they in all caps? If so, would those MSS have this
>subscript, or just the capital eta?
The iota would have been another 'capital'
If you go to:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:abo:sec,00001
and enter 5 for the Smyth section number you will see more on this.
Maurice A. O'Sullivan [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros@iol.ie
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