swifter; bluer; double; so thus also slower through the iota. 9Shorter9: Likewise, except for worse and better, and certain disyllabic words, less; more; it is written with a diphthong. 9To rage9: iota in bri; for all words derived from bri are written with iota. 9Better9: Likewise to slower. 9Bonites9: iota; the patronymics ending in -ites are written with iota; it means the herdsman; the bo is long from bous; the ni is iota according to the rule of Ascalonites. 9Boreas; of Boreas9: One rho, and with a simple epsilon. 9Belides9: From Belos, Belides; the patronymic. 185 9Forage9: The food; two rhos according to tradition. 9Book9 and 9Little book9: With iota; for words having the iota in the original of more than two syllables keep it when they are enlarged; for example, belly, little belly; corner, little corner; fish, little fish; so thus also book, little book. 9I walk9: For all words ending in -izo are written with iota; for example, I make clear; I peel; I fill; so thus also I walk; except for I lend with a diphthong, and I need with an eta. 9I wish to eat9: And it means I have a desire for eating; for in general the derivatives in -eio of more than two syllables, formed from present or future tenses, are written with the ei diphthong; from present tenses: for example, I will take, I wish to take; I will find, I wish to find; and from future tenses: for example, I will see, I wish to see; I will make, I wish to make; so thus also I will eat, I wish to eat; with the ei diphthong; I wish to see is to have a desire to see; and from I will eat it is written with the ei diphthong. 9Royal9: The si iota, from basis; the lei diphthong; for derivatives in -eios from words in -eus of more than one syllable are written with the ei diphthong; for example, Odysseus, of Odysseus; Achilles, of Achilles, so also king, royal; and the proper name is also written with the ei diphthong, and otherwise it is found with iota by diaeresis, and by extension of the e to an eta; for example, basileios; and again from basileï by crasis, basileios. 9Of an ox9: With the ei diphthong; for words in -eios meaning a part of the body, or being denominative, are written with the ei diphthong; denominatives, for example: of bronze; of gold; of silver; of iron; and part of the body: for example, of a dog; of a goat; of a he-goat; of a deer; of a gazelle; of a human; of a pig; of a mortal; of a goose; of a sheep; so thus also of an ox with the ei diphthong. 9Bacchic9: And it means Dionysus, with the ei diphthong according to the rule of manly. 9Mortal9: With the ei diphthong according to the rule of of an ox. 186 9Son of a king9: The lei diphthong; from king. 9Northern9: With the ei diphthong, according to the rule of humble. 9Of cattle9: Diphthong; from bous, boos became boeios, and thence boeiakos and by syncope of the alpha boeikos. 9Bath-house9: With the ei diphthong; for it is from balaneus; for neuters in -eion derived from words in -eus are written with the ei diphthong; for example, barber, barber's shop; writing-tablet from scribe; bath-man, bath-house; and otherwise: neuter, simple words of more than two syllables in -eion, having the accent on the penultimate, are written with the ei diphthong; for example, kitchen; patriarchate; doctor's surgery; orphanage; iambic meter; so also bath-house; and it is called balaneion from balanos; for they were accustomed to burn acorns underneath. 9Northern9 and 9Mortal9: It has come from Boreas and broteon. 9Royal9: The si and the li iota; for all possessives in -ikos are written with iota; for example, Philippic; of a couch; of a brick; medical; so also royal; except for Kerameikos; of cattle; Daric; Decelean. 9Deep-soiled9: The gei diphthong; from gea, bathygeos, and bathygeios by addition of the iota. 9Mortal9: With the ei diphthong; by the rule of those meaning a part of the body, as mentioned in the case of of an ox; and it is also found without the iota; for example, biotee. 9Help9: It has come from helper; and the helper is a compound from shout and swift; as it were, the one swift in battle; for the helper wishes to be known as swift to those who shout, and from this comes help with the ei diphthong. 9Boetos9: The proper name with an eta, from
ταχίων· γλαυκίων· διπλασίων· οὕτως οὖν καὶ βραδίων διὰ τοῦ ι. 9Βραχίων9: Ὁμοίως, χωρὶς τοῦ χερείων καὶ ἀρείων, καὶ δισυλλάβων τινῶν, μείων· πλείων· διὰ διφθόγγου γράφεται. 9Βριμαίνειν9: ι τὸ βρι· πάντα γὰρ τὰ παρὰ τὸ βρι διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται. 9Βελτίων9: Ὁμοίως τοῦ βραδίων. 9Βωνίτησ9: ι· τὰ διὰ τοῦ ιτης παρώνυμα διὰ τοῦ ι γρά φεται· σημαίνει τὸν βουκόλον· τὸ δὲ βω μέγα παρὰ τὸ βοῦς· τὸ δὲ νι ι κατὰ τὸν κανόνα τοῦ Ἀσκαλωνίτης. 9Βορέας· Βορέου9: Ἓν ρ, καὶ διὰ τοῦ ε ψιλοῦ. 9Βηλίδησ9: Ἐκ τοῦ Βῆλος, Βηλίδης· τὸ πατρωνυμικόν. 185 9Βορρά9: Ἡ τροφή· δύο ρρ κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν. 9Βιβλίον9 καὶ 9Βιβλίδιον9: ∆ιὰ τοῦ ι· τὰ γὰρ ἔχοντα τὸ ι ἐν τῷ πρωτοτύπῳ ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς φυλάττει αὐτὸ εἰς ἑαυτὸ μεγεθυνόμενον· οἷον, κοιλία, κοιλίδιον· γωνία, γωνίδιον· ὀψάριον, ὀψαρίδιον· οὕτως οὖν καὶ βιβλίον, βιβλίδιον. 9Βαδίζω9: Παντὰ γὰρ τὰ διὰ τοῦ ιζω διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται· οἷον, ἀρίζω· λεπίζω· γεμίζω· οὕτως οὖν καὶ βαδίζω· χωρὶς τοῦ δανείζω διὰ διφθόγγου, καὶ χρήζω διὰ τοῦ η. 9Βροσείω9: Σημαίνει δὲ τὸ ἐπιθυμίαν ἔχω τῆς βρώσεως· καθόλου γὰρ τὰ ἀπὸ ἐνεστώτων, ἢ μελλόντων, διὰ τοῦ ειω γινό μενα παράγωγα ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς, διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται· ἀπὸ ἐνεστώτων μέν· οἷον, ὁλῶ, ὁλείω· κιχῶ, κιχείω· ἀπὸ δὲ μελλόντων· οἷον, ὄψω, ὀψείω· ποιήσω, ποιησείω· οὕτως οὖν καὶ βρώσω, βρωσείω· διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου· ὀψείω ἐστὶν τὸ ἐπιθυμίαν ἔχω τοῦ θεωρῆσαι· ἐκ τοῦ βρωσέω δὲ διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται. 9Βασίλειοσ9: Τὸ σι ι, παρὰ τὸ βάσις· τὸ λει δίφθογγος· τὰ γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰς ευς ὑπὲρ μίαν συλλαβὴν διὰ τοῦ ειος παραγό μενα, διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται· οἷον, Ὀδυσσεὺς, Ὀδύσ-σειος· Ἀχιλλεὺς, Ἀχίλλειος, οὕτως καὶ βασιλεὺς, βασίλειος· καὶ τὸ κύριον δὲ ὄνομα διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται, καὶ ἄλλως δὲ εὕρηται κατὰ διάστασιν τὸ ι, καὶ ἐκστάσει τοῦ ε εἰς τὸ η· οἷον, βασιλήϊος· καὶ πάλιν ἐκ τοῦ βασιλέϊ κατὰ κρᾶσιν βασίλειος. 9Βόειοσ9: ∆ιὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου· τὰ γὰρ διὰ τοῦ ειος σημαί νοντα μέρος σωματικὸν, ἢ μετουσιαστικὰ ὄντα, διὰ τῆς ει δι φθόγγου γράφεται· μετουσιαστικὰ μέν· οἷον, χάλκειος· χρύσειος· ἀργύρειος· σιδήρειος· μέρος δὲ σωματικόν· οἷον, κύνειος· αἴγειος· τράγειος· ἐλάφειος· δόρκειος· ἀνθρώπειος· χοίρειος· βρότειος· χίνειος· προβάτειος· οὕτως οὖν καὶ βόειος διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου. 9Βακχεῖοσ9: Σημαίνει δὲ τὸν ∆ιόνυσον, διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου κατὰ τὸν κανόνα τοῦ ἀνδρεῖος. 9Βρότειοσ9: ∆ιὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου κατὰ τὸν κανόνα τοῦ βόειος. 186 9Βασιλείδησ9: Τὸ λει δίφθογγος· ἐκ τοῦ βασιλεύς. 9Βορεινόσ9: ∆ιὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου, κατὰ τὸν κανόνα τοῦ ταπεινός. 9Βοεικόσ9: ∆ίφθογγος· ἐκ τοῦ βοῦς βοὸς γέγονε βόειος, καὶ ἐκεῖθεν βοειακὸς καὶ κατὰ συγκοπὴν τοῦ α βοεικός. 9Βαλανεῖον9: ∆ιὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου· ἀπὸ τοῦ βαλανεὺς γάρ ἐστιν· τὰ γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰς ευς διὰ τοῦ ειον γινόμενα οὐδέτερα διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται· οἷον, κουρεὺς, κουρεῖον· γραμ ματεῖον ἀπὸ τοῦ γραμματεύς· βαλανεὺς, βαλανεῖον· καὶ ἄλλως· τὰ διὰ τοῦ ειον οὐδέτερα μονογενῆ ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς πρὸ μιᾶς τὸν τόνον ἔχοντα, διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται· οἷον, μαγειρεῖον· πατριαρχεῖον· ἰατρεῖον· ὀρφανοτροφεῖον· ἰαμ βεῖον· οὕτως καὶ βαλανεῖον· βαλανεῖον δὲ λέγεται ἀπὸ τοῦ βαλάνου· καὶ γὰρ βαλάνους ἔθος εἶχον ὑποκαίειν. 9Βόρειοσ9 καὶ 9Βρότειοσ9: Ἐκ τοῦ Βορέας καὶ βρότεον γέγονε. 9Βασιλικόσ9: Τὸ σι καὶ τὸ λι ι· τὰ γὰρ διὰ τοῦ ικος κτη τικὰ πάντα διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται· οἷον, Φιλιππικός· κλινικός· πληνικός· ἰατρικός· οὕτως καὶ βασιλικός· πλὴν τοῦ Κερα μεικός· βοεικός· ∆αρεικός· ∆εκελεικός. 9Βαθύγειοσ9: Τὸ γει δίφθογγος· παρὰ τὸ γέα βαθύγεος, καὶ βαθύγειος προσθέσει τοῦ ι. 9Βρότειοσ9: ∆ιὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου· τῷ λόγῳ τῶν σημαινόν των μέρος σωματικὸν τοῖς εἰρημένοις ἐν τῷ βόειος· εὕρηται δὲ καὶ χωρὶς τοῦ ι· οἷον, βιοτέη. 9Βοήθεια9: Ἐκ τοῦ βοηθὸς γέγονεν· ἔστιν δὲ ὁ βοηθὸς σύν θετον παρὰ τὸ βοὴ καὶ τὸ θοός· οἱονεὶ, ὁ κατὰ τὴν μάχην ταχύς· ὁ γὰρ βοηθὸς τοῖς βοῶσι ταχὺς θέλη γνωρίζεσθαι, καὶ ἐκ τούτου γίνεται βοήθεια διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου. 9Βοητόσ9: Τὸ κύριον ὄνομα διὰ τοῦ η, παρὰ