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27. Quantitative Vowel Gradation.—In the formation and inflection of words a short vowel often interchanges with its corresponding long vowel. Thus

SHORTαειου
LONG η (α_ after ε, ι, ρ, 31）ηι_ωυ_
τι_μά-ωἐά-ωφιλέ-ωἱκά_νωδηλό-ωφύ-σις
I honourI permitI loveI comeI shownature
τι_μή-σωἐά_-σωφιλή-σωἵ_κα_νονδηλώ-σωφῦ-μα
futurefuturefutureimperf.futuregrowth

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