Dear B-greekers, Carl Conrad wrote: << LSJ has two different verbs, both of which would produce the imperfect middle 3d sg. HLATTONOUTO (since E + O and O + O both contract to -OU-). >> While Carl is perfectly correct that both E+O and O+O contract to OU, these are not the pair of contracting vowels found in the verbs in question. For ELATTONEW: impf mid 3d sg (HLATTONEETO) --> HLATTONEITO For ELATTONOW: impf mid 3d sg (HLATTONOETO) --> HLATTONOUTO Thus the contracting pairs are: E+E and O+E. Carl was thinking of the 3d pl. where the contracting pairs are as he states them above. AUTOU CARITI SOS, Richard Ghilardi -- qodeshlayhvh@juno.com New Haven, CT USA Nibai kaurno hwaiteis gadriusando in airtha gaswiltith, silbo ainata aflifnith: ith jabai gaswiltith, manag akran bairith. --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu