according to tradition. 9Destroyed9: With the diphthong ει; for it comes from φθείρω which is with the diphthong ει; but it is also written with ι from φθίω which is with ι. 9To shine9: Likewise ἀλεείνω, diphthong. 9To spare9: ει diphthong; for from "to flee giving" comes φεύδομαι, and by change of υ to ι, φείδομαι; but the verbal φιδως, which means "sparing," has prevailed to be written with ι. 9Sparing9: With a diphthong; for just as from ἁμαρτῶ comes ἁμαρτωλός, so also from φείδω comes φειδωλός; as it were, "one who flees giving," for he is φευδωλός. 9Pheidylos9: From φείδομαι, ει diphthong. 9Pheidon9: It is a proper name, written with the diphthong ει; for just as from λάμπω comes Λάμπων, so also from φείδω, Φείδων. 9Shining; Bright9: ει diphthong, as they are oxytone; and otherwise, because the Aeolians say φαεννὸς and φωτεννός. 9Perizzite; Louse9: ει diphthong for bodily corruption; but it should be known that there are three monosyllables in -ειρ written with the ει diphthong: φθείρ for the corruption of the 274 body; and Εἴρ, the name of the river; and χείρ; and φθείρ from φθείρω; and Εἴρ from εἴρω meaning "to weave together"; and χείρ, since the Aeolians say ἦρ, changing the ει to η; and there is also Σαπείρ. 9Phthiron9: It should be known that Phthiron, a mountain of mixed foliage, the Grammarian writes with ι, saying it is from Phther, regarding the son of Endymion. 9To go; Lair9. 9Tribute9: The payment, and φόρος the place. 9Pheidippos9: ει diphthong, from φείδω; from which comes φείδομαι. 9Wells9: From φρέατα, by pleonasm of ι, φρείατα. 9Philomeides9: Either from μέδειν, "to rule," by pleonasm of ι; or from μειδιῶ, which means "to smile," comes φιλομείδης. 9Phthia9: It should be known that it is written with the ει diphthong; it is the name of a city; for it is also found without the ι: Phthia by the walls. 9Vocal9: With the diphthong ει; for the ε appeared in the genitive φωνήεντος. 9Phigalean9: The one from flight or the deme; for Phigaleia is a deme of Arcadia. 9Phthera9: A city between Laconia and Messenian Pylos, from φθέρω. 9Forage-bag9: ει diphthong, like παρειά; ὀχειά; these according to substance; but ἀρειά according to deed, and this itself is written with the ει diphthong, and also δωρειά. 9Florentius; Florus; Friendship9: From φίλος. 9Phoenician things9: The κει is a diphthong, the letters, or the end of a word, or things from the Phoenicians, as Cadmus conveyed them to Greece. 275 9Phonoeikeia9: As if images of sound. 9Phiale9: With ι; for πίν is like σιάλη, as νείφω, νεφέλη; from which it is possible to say **ales, that is, gathered together because of being spread out. 9Phitros9: With ι; as if, φύτρος; from φυτόν. 9Glogios9: With ι; for it is a characteristic of three-short-syllable names, which generally wish, being proper names, to be paroxytone, but being adjectives, to be proparoxytone. 9To waste away9: The tradition is with ι. 9Philologos9: With ι; and all similar ones. 9Blister9: ι. 9To perish9: With ι; from ἔφθιος; Φθείω is with a diphthong; from which comes φθείσω, whence also φθόη.
9Chian9: It means the citizen of Chios; it is written with ι; for just as
from Lesbos, Lesbios, with ι, and from Samos, Samios, so also from Chios, Chiios, and by crasis of the two iotas into one long one, Chios; just as diios, dios; Thetii, Theti. 9Thousand9: With ι; and it ought to be with the diphthong ει; since the Aeolians say χέλλιοι; and they have this custom of doing this for words written with the diphthong ει; for example, φθείρω, φθέῤῥω; but if someone should say that ι also changes to ε; for example, Πρίαμος, Πέῤῥαμος; τρίτος, τέρτος; so thus also χίλιοι, written with ι, became χέλλιος from it, by change of ι to ε; we say that the Aeolians are accustomed to change the short ι to ε; for example Πρίαμος, Πέῤῥαμος; τρίτος, τέρτος; κόπρια, κόπεῤῥα; but in χίλιοι the ι is long; how did it change the ι to ε? But χίλιοι is written with ι for such a reason: every number in the beginning according to the sound
κατὰ παράδοσιν. 9Φθεῖσαι9: ∆ιὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου· παρὰ γὰρ τὸ φθείρω τὸ διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γέγονεν· γράφεται δὲ καὶ διὰ τοῦ ι ἐκ τοῦ φθίω τοῦ διὰ τοῦ ι. 9Φαείνω9: Ὁμοίως τοῦ ἀλεείνω, δίφθογγος. 9Φείδομαι9: ει δίφθογγος· παρὰ γὰρ τὸ φεύγειν τὸ δοῦναι γέγονεν φεύδομαι, καὶ κατὰ τροπὴν τοῦ υ εἰς ι φείδομαι· τὸ δὲ φιδως τὸ ῥηματικὸν ὃ σημαίνει τὸ φειδωλὸς, ἐπεκράτησεν διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεσθαι. 9Φειδωλόσ9: ∆ιὰ διφθόγγου· ὥσπερ γὰρ παρὰ τὸ ἁμαρτῶ γέγονεν ἁμαρτωλὸς, οὕτως καὶ παρὰ τὸ φείδω γέγονεν φειδωλός· οἱονεὶ, ὁ φεύγων τοῦ δοῦναι, φευδωλὸς γάρ. 9Φείδυλοσ9: Παρὰ τὸ φείδομαι, ει δίφθογγος. 9Φείδων9: Ἔστιν δὲ ὄνομα κύριον, διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται· ὥσπερ γὰρ παρὰ τὸ λάμπω γέγονεν Λάμπων, οὕτως καὶ φείδω, Φείδων. 9Φαεινός· Φωτεινόσ9: ει δίφθογγος, ὡς ὀξύτονα· καὶ ἄλ λως, ἐπειδὴ οἱ Αἰολεῖς φαεννὸς καὶ φωτεννὸς λέγουσιν. 9Φερεζαῖος· Φθεῖρ9: ει δίφθογγος τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς σωματικῆς φθορᾶς· ἰστέον δὲ ὅτι εἰς ειρ μονοσύλλαβα διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγ γου γραφόμενα τρία εἰσίν· τὸ φθεὶρ τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς φθορᾶς τοῦ 274 σώματος· καὶ τὸ Εἲρ, ὄνομα δὲ τοῦ ποταμοῦ· καὶ τὸ χείρ· καὶ τὸ μὲν φθεὶρ ἀπὸ τοῦ φθείρω· τὸ δὲ Εἲρ ἀπὸ τοῦ εἴρω τοῦ συμπλέκω· τὸ δὲ χεὶρ, ἐπεὶ οἱ Αἰολεῖς ἢρ φασὶν τρέποντες τὴν ει εἰς τὸ η· ἔστιν δὲ καὶ τὸ Σαπείρ. 9Φθίρον9: Ἰστέον ὅτι τὸ Φθίρον ὄρος ἀκριτόφυλλον, ὁ Τεχνικὸς διὰ τοῦ ι γράφει, λέγων παρὰ τὸ Φθὴρ τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἐνδυμίωνος. 9Φοιτῶ· Φωλέα9. 9Φόροσ9: Τὸ τέλεσμα, καὶ φόρος ὁ τόπος. 9Φείδιπποσ9: ει δίφθογγος, παρὰ τὸ φείδω· ἐξ οὗ τὸ φεί δομαι. 9Φρείατα9: Ἀπὸ τοῦ φρέατα, κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ ι φρεί ατα. 9Φιλομείδησ9: Ἢ παρὰ τὸ μέδειν τὸ βασιλεύειν κατὰ πλε ονασμὸν τοῦ ι· ἢ παρὰ τὸ μειδιῶ, τὸ σημαῖνον τὸ γελᾶν, γέγονεν φιλομείδης. 9Φθεία9: Ἰστέον ὅτι διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται· ἔστιν δὲ ὄνομα πόλεως· εὕρητο γὰρ καὶ χωρὶς τοῦ ι· Φθείας παρὰ τείχεσιν. 9Φωνήεισ9: ∆ιὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου· ἀνεφάνη γὰρ τὸ ε ἐν τῇ φωνήεντος γενικῇ. 9Φιγαλεόσ9: Ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς φυγῆς ἢ τοῦ δήμου· Φιγάλεια γὰρ δῆμος Ἀρκαδίας. 9Φθηρά9: Πόλις μεταξὺ Λακωνικῆς καὶ Πύλου τῆς Μεση νίας οὖσα, ἀπὸ τοῦ φθέρω. 9Φορβειά9: ει δίφθογγος, ὡς παρειά· ὀχειά· ταῦτα κατ' οὐ σίας· τὸ δὲ ἀρειὰ κατὰ πράγματος, καὶ αὐτὸ δὲ διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται, καὶ ἡ δωρειά. 9Φλωρέντως· Φλῶρος· Φιλία9: Παρὰ τὸ φίλος. 9Φοινίκεια9: Τὸ κει δίφθογγος τὰ γράμματα ἢ παρατέλευ τον ἢ τοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν Φοινίκων ὡς Καδμοῦ δικομίσαντος τὰ εἰς τὴν Ἕλλαδα. 275 9Φωνοείκεια9: Οἱονεὶ φωνεικῶνες. 9Φιάλη9: ∆ιὰ τοῦ ι· πὶν γὰρ σιάλη ὡς νείφω, νεφέλη· ἀφ' ἧς ἐστιν εἰπεῖν **αλες τουτέστιν ἀθροῦν διὰ τὸ ἐξηπλῶ σθαι. 9Φίτροσ9: ∆ιὰ τοῦ ι· οἱονεὶ, φύτρος· ἀπὸ τοῦ φυτοῦ. 9Γλόγιοσ9: ∆ιὰ τοῦ ι· χαρακτὴρ γάρ ἐστι τριβραχέων ὀνο μάτων, ἃ καὶ θέλει ὡς ἐπίπαν, κύρια μὲν ὄντα, παροξύνεσθαι, ἐπί θετα δὲ, προπαροξύνεσθαι. 9Φθίνω9: ∆ιὰ τοῦ ι ἡ παράδοσις. 9Φιλόλογοσ9: ∆ιὰ τοῦ ι· καὶ ὅσα ὅμοια. 9Φλυκτίσ9: ι. 9Φθίω9: ∆ιὰ τοῦ ι· παρὰ τὸ ἔφθιος· Φθείω διὰ διφθόγγου· ἀφ' οὗ τὸ φθείσω, ὅθεν καὶ φθόη.
9Χῖοσ9: Σημαίνει δὲ τὸν πολίτην τῆς Χίου· διὰ τοῦ ι γρά φεται· ὥσπερ γὰρ
ἀπὸ τοῦ Λέσβος, Λέσβιος, διὰ τοῦ ι, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Σάμος, Σάμιος, οὕτως καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Χίος, Χίϊος, καὶ κατὰ κρᾶσιν τῶν δύο ω εἰς ἓν μακρὸν Χῖος· ὥσπερ δίιος, δῖος· Θέτιι, Θέτι. 9Χίλιοι9: ∆ιὰ τοῦ ι· καὶ ὤφειλεν διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου· ἐπειδὴ οἱ Αἰολεῖς χέλλιοι λέγουσιν· τοῦτο δὲ ἔθος ἔχουσι ποιεῖν ἐπὶ τῶν γραφομένων διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου· οἷον, φθείρω, φθέῤῥω· εἰ δέ τις εἴποι ὅτι καὶ τὸ ι εἰς πέντε τρέπεται· οἷον, Πρίαμος, Πέῤῥαμος· τρίτος, τέρτος· οὕτως οὖν καὶ τὸ χίλιοι διὰ τοῦ ι γραφόμενον χέλλιος γέγονεν παρ' αὐτὸ, κατὰ τροπὴν τοῦ ι εἰς υ· λέγομεν ὅτι οἱ Αἰολεῖς τὸ ι τὸ συνεσταλμένον πεφύ κασι τρέπειν εἰς τὸ ε· οἷον Πρίαμος, Πέῤῥαμος· τρίτος, τέρ τος· κόπρια, κόπεῤῥα· τὸ δὲ χίλιος τὸ ι μακρὸν ἔχει πῶς ἔτρε ψεν τὸ ι εἰς ε· τὸ δὲ χίλιοι διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται διὰ τοιαύτην αἰτίαν· πᾶς ἀριθμὸς ἐν τῇ ἀρχούσῃ κατὰ τὴν φωνὴν