STE E, why? Of those in -MI, the first and the second conjugation end in E, the 3rd in O, and the 4th in a lengthened doubtful vowel. And why do the first and second end in E? Because in the final (complete) of the originals it is E and A; and the proper length of E and A is E. The MI, I, why? Every verb ending in -MI is written with an I, but if in -MEN with an E. Why barytone? Those ending in -MI are barytone, except for *phēmi*, *eimi* and *ēmi* with an E, which comes from *phēmi* by the removal of PH. And these, why are they oxytone?

Because it is enclitic; and enclitics, being by themselves, are oxytone, but when compounded with another word, they move the accent back, for example *symphēmi* I, *ēmi*, *apoēmi*.*Histēmi*, and the future *stēsō*, second aorist *estēn*, the plural *estēmen*, and it ought to be *estamen*; but it must be known that the second aorist active in verbs in -MI does not shorten its penult in the plural but preserves it; for example *estēn*, *estēmen*; *egnōn*, *egnōmen*; noted are *ethēn*, *ethemen*, and *edōn*, *edomen*, and *ēn*, *emen*; and it means *epempsamen*. And why do these shorten the penult? Because their singulars are not found in use; I mean *ethēn*, *edōn*, *ēn*; for this reason their plurals happened as they are and not by analogy. And in how many ways are these three second aorists noted? In three; first, that they shorten their penult in the plurals, while the 25 others preserve it; *ethemen*, *edomen*, *emen*, *ephēmen* and *egnōmen*; then that in the infinitives the penult ends in a diphthong, for example *theinai*, *dounai*, *einai*, of the infinitives in -NAI, not wishing (sic) to end on the penult, for example *typhthēnai*, *stēnai*. And why do *theinai*, *dounai*, *einai*, end on the penult with a diphthong?Since the infinitives in -NAI, being aorists, wish to end on a long penult by nature, for example *stēnai*, *gnōnai*, these too are compelled to end on a long penult, and because O being lengthened is lengthened by the addition of Y, for example *legonta*, *legousa*; and E being lengthened is lengthened by the addition of I, for example *thentos*, *theisa*; for this reason *donai* was lengthened by the addition of Y, and became *dounai*; and *thenai* and *enai* by the addition of I, and became *theinai* and *einai*; and third, that they do not form the imperative in -THI, since they have oxytone participles in -S, they ought to form the imperative in -THI, for example *stan*, *stantos*, *stēthi*; because there are two rules that fight with each other, the one saying that the imperatives in -THI and the infinitives in -NAI preserve the penult of their own indicative first person plural; the other saying that the imperatives in -THI and the infinitives in -NAI, being aorists, end on a long penult by nature. Therefore, with the two rules fighting each other, and the one demanding a long penult, the other a short one, the doubtful thing was syncopated, (the doubtful syllable), and it became *thes*, *dos*, *es*. In how many ways are verbs in -MI shown not to be Aeolic?In six ways; from the accent, that every word of more than one syllable that is oxytone with us, they make barytone, except for prepositions and conjunctions; but *eimi* and *phēmi* and *ēmi* are oxytone; therefore verbs in -MI are not Aeolic; from the declension, that verbs in -MI in the second person, by adding the I, make the third person with us, for example *tithēs*, *tithēsi*, but with the Aeolians everything is by removal of S; therefore verbs in -MI are not Aeolic; from the spelling, that verbs in -MI do not wish to end on the penult 26 with a diphthong, except for *eimi* meaning 'I exist', and *eimi* meaning 'I go'; but among the Aeolians many are found, *gelaimi*, *histaimi*; therefore verbs in -MI are not Aeolic; from the quantity of the syllables, that simple verbs in -MI never exceed three syllables, except for *oregnymi* meaning 'I stretch out', *petannymi*, meaning 'I fly through', *omorgnymi*, meaning 'I wipe', *kerannymi*; but among the Aeolians many

ΣΤΗ Η, διατί; Τῶν ει᾿ς ΜΙ, ἡ πρώτη μὲν καὶ ἡ δευτέρα συζυγία τῷ Η παραλήγει, ἡ δὲ γʹ τῷ Ω, καὶ ἡ δʹ διχρόνῳ ε᾿κτεταμένῳ. Καὶ διατί ἡ πρώτη καὶ δευτέρα τῷ Η παρα λήγει; ∆ιότι κατὰ τὴν ε᾿ν τέλει (ε᾿ντελῆ) τῶν πρωτοτύπων τὸ Ε καὶ Α ε᾿στί· τὸ δὲ ι᾿´διον μέγεθος τοῦ Ε καὶ Α τὸ Η ε᾿στί. Τὸ ΜΙ, Ι διατί; Πᾶν ῥῆμα ει᾿ς ΜΙ λῆγον διὰ τοῦ Ι γρά φεται, ει᾿ δὲ ει᾿ς ΜΗΝ διὰ τοῦ Η. ∆ιατί βαρύ; Τὰ ει᾿ς ΜΙ λήγοντα βαρύτονα, πλὴν τοῦ φημὶ ει᾿μι` καὶ ἠμὶ διὰ τοῦ Η, ο῾´περ α᾿πο` τοῦ φημὶ γέγονε κατὰ ἀποβολὴν τοῦ Φ. Καὶ ταῦτα διατί ὀξύ;

∆ιότι ε᾿γκλίνεται· καὶ τὰ ἐγκλινόμενα καθ' ἑαυτὰ μὲν ο᾿´ντα ο᾿ξυ´νεται, μετὰ δὲ ἑτέρας λέξεως συντι θέμενα α᾿ναβιβάζει τοὺς τόνους, οι῾῀ον σύμφημι ε᾿γω`, η᾿μι`, α᾿πο´ημι.Ἵστημι, καὶ ὁ μέλλων στήσω, δεύτερος ἀόριστος ε᾿´στην, τὸ πληθυντικὸν ε᾿´στημεν, καὶ ω᾿´φειλεν ει᾿῀ναι ε᾿´σταμεν· α᾿λλ' ι᾿στέον ο῾´τι ὁ δεύτερος ἀόριστος ε᾿νεργητικὸς ε᾿ν τοῖς ει᾿ς ΜΙ ου᾿ συστέλλει τὴν παραλήγουσαν αυ᾿τοῦ ἐν τοῖς πληθυν τικοῖς α᾿λλὰ φυλάσσει αυ᾿τη´ν· οι῾῀ον ε᾿´στην ε᾿´στημεν, ε᾿´γνων ε᾿´γνωμεν· σεσημείωται τὸ ε᾿´θην ε᾿´θεμεν, καὶ ε᾿´δων ε᾿´δομεν, καὶ η᾿῀ν ε᾿´μεν· σημαίνει δὲ τὸ ἐπέμψαμεν. Καὶ διὰ τί ταῦτα συστέλλει τὴν παραλήγουσαν; ∆ιότι τὰ ἑνικὰ αυ᾿τω῀ν ου᾿χ ευ῾´ρηται ε᾿ν χρήσει· λέγω δὴ ὁ ε᾿´θην, ε᾿´δων, η᾿῀ν· τούτου χάριν τὰ πληθυντικὰ αυ᾿τω῀ν ὡς ε᾿´τυχε καὶ ου᾿ κατὰ ἀναλογίαν γέγονε. Καὶ κατὰ πόσους τρόπους σεσημείωνται οἱ τρεῖς ου῾῀τοι δεύτεροι ἀόριστοι; Κατὰ τρεῖς· πρῶτον μὲν, ο῾´τι συστέλ λουσι τὴν παραλήγουσαν αυ᾿τω῀ν ε᾿ν τοῖς πληθυντικοῖς, τῶν 25 α᾿´λλων φυλασσόντων αυ᾿τη´ν· ε᾿´θεμεν, ε᾿´δομεν, ε᾿´μεν, ε᾿´φημεν καὶ ε᾿´γνωμεν· ει᾿῀τα ο῾´τι ε᾿ν τοῖς α᾿παρεμφάτοις διφθόγγῳ παραλήγει, οι῾῀ον θεῖναι, δοῦναι, ει᾿῀ναι, τῶν ει᾿ς ΝΑΙ α᾿πα ρεμφάτων, μὴ θέλοντες sic) παραλήγειν, οι῾῀ον τυφθῆναι, στῆναι. Καὶ διατί θεῖναι, δοῦναι, ει῾῀ναι, διφθόγγῳ παρα λήγει;Ἐπειδὴ τὰ ει᾿ς ΝΑΙ α᾿παρέμφατα α᾿ορίστου ο᾿´ντα φύσει μακρᾷ θέλουσι παραλήγειν, οι῾῀ον στῆναι, γνῶναι, α᾿ναγκάζονται καὶ ταῦτα μακρᾷ παραλήγειν, καὶ διότι τὸ μὲν Ο μεγεθυνόμενον διὰ τῆς προσθήκης τοῦ Υ μεγεθύνεται, οι῾῀ον λέγοντα λέγουσα· τὸ δὲ Ε μεγεθυνόμενον διὰ τῆς προσθήκης τοῦ Ι μεγεθύνεται, οι῾῀ον θέντος, θεῖσα· τούτου χάριν τὸ μὲν δόναι ε᾿μεγεθύνθη διὰ τῆς προσθήκης τοῦ Υ, καὶ γέγονε δοῦναι· τὸ δὲ θέναι καὶ ε᾿´ναι διὰ τῆς προσθήκης τοῦ Ι, καὶ γέγονε θεῖναι καὶ ει᾿῀ναι· τρίτον δὲ, ο῾´τι μὴ ει᾿ς ΘΙ ποιοῦσι τὸ προστακτικὸν, ε᾿´χοντες ει᾿ς Σ ο᾿ξυ´τονον τὰς μετοχὰς, ο᾿φείλουσιν ει᾿ς ΘΙ ποιεῖν τὸ προστακτικὸν, οι῾῀ον στὰν στάντος στῆθι· διότι δύο κανόνες ει᾿σι`ν οἱ μαχόμενοι α᾿λλήλοις, ὁ μὲν ει῾῀ς λέγων, ο῾´τι τὰ ει᾿ς ΘΙ προστακτικὰ, καὶ τὰ ει᾿ς ΝΑΙ α᾿πα ρέμφατα τὴν παραλήγουσαν φυλάττουσι τοῦ ἰδίου ὁριστικοῦ πρώτου προσώπου τῶν πληθυντικῶν· ὁ δὲ ε῾´τερος λέγων, ο῾´τι τὰ ει᾿ς ΘΙ προστακτικὰ καὶ τὰ ει᾿ς ΝΑΙ α᾿παρέμφατα α᾿ορίστου ο᾿´ντα φύσει μακρᾷ παραλήγεται. Τῶν ου᾿῀ν δύο κανόνων μαχομένων α᾿λλήλων(λοις), καὶ τοῦ μὲν ἑνὸς α᾿παιτοῦντος μακρὰν τὴν παραλήγουσαν, τοῦ δὲ ἑτέρου βραχεῖαν, συνεκόπη τὸ ἀμφίβολον, (ἡ ἀμφιβαλλομένη συλλαβὴ), καὶ ἐγένετο θὲς, δὸς, ε᾿´ς. Ποσαχῶς ε᾿λε´γχονται τὰ ει᾿ς ΜΙ μὴ ει᾿῀ναι Αι᾿ολικά;Ἑξ αχῶς· α᾿πο` τόνου, ο῾´τι πᾶσα λέξις ὑπὲρ μίαν συλλαβὴν παρ' ἡμῖν ο᾿ξυνομένην αυ᾿τοὶ βαρύνουσι, χωρὶς τῶν προθέσεων καὶ τῶν συνδέσμον· τὸ δὲ ει᾿μι` καὶ φημὶ καὶ ἠμὶ ὀξύ(νεται·) ου᾿κ α᾿´ρα ει᾿σι`ν Αι᾿ολικὰ τὰ ει᾿ς ΜΙ· α᾿πο` κλίσεως, ο῾´τι τὰ ει᾿ς ΜΙ ε᾿ν τῷ δευτέρῳ προσώπῳ προσλαμβάνοντα τὸ Ι τρίτον ποιοῦσι παρ' ἡμῖν, οι῾῀ον τίθης, τίθησι, παρ' Αι᾿ολεῦσι δὲ πάντα τὰ κατὰ ἀποβολὴν τοῦ Σ· ου᾿κ α᾿´ρα ει᾿σι`ν Αι᾿ολικὰ τὰ ει᾿ς ΜΙ· α᾿πο` γραφῆς, ο῾´τι τὰ ει᾿ς ΜΙ ου᾿ θέλουσι διφθόγγῳ παρα 26 λήγειν, πλὴν τοῦ ει᾿μι` τοῦ σημαίνοντος τὸ ὑπάρχω, καὶ τοῦ ει᾿῀μι τὸ πορεύομαι· παρ' Αι᾿ολεῦσι δὲ πολλὰ εὑρίσκονται, γέλαιμι, ι῾´σταιμι· ου᾿κ α᾿´ρα ει᾿σι`ν Αι᾿ολικὰ τὰ ει᾿ς ΜΙ· α᾿πο` ποσότητος τῶν συλλαβῶν, ο῾´τι ου᾿δε´ποτε τὰ ει᾿ς ΜΙ ἁπλᾶ ο᾿´ντα ὑπερβαίνουσι τὰς τρεῖς συλλαβὰς, χωρὶς τοῦ ὀρέγνυμι τὸ ἐκτείνω, πετάννυμι, τὸ διΐπταμαι, ο᾿μο´ργνυμι, τὸ σπογ γίζω, κεράννυμι· παρ' Αι᾿ολεῦσι δὲ πολλὰ