3 D. Vau was in use as a genuine sound at the time the Homeric poems were composed, though it is found in no Mss. of Homer. Many apparent irregularities of epic verse (such as hiatus, 47 D.) can be explained only by supposing that Ϝ was actually sounded. Examples of words containing Ϝ are: ἄστυ town, ἄναξ lord, ἀνδάνω please, εἴκω give way (cp. weak), εἴκοσι twenty (cp. viginti), ἕκαστος each, ἑκών willing, ἔλπομαι hope (cp. voluptas), ἔοικα am like, ἕο, οἷ, ἕ him,ἕξ six, ἔπος word, εἶπον said, ἔργον, ἔρδω work, ἕννῡμι clothe, fr. Ϝεσ-νῡμι (cp. vestis), ἐρέω will say (cp. verbum), ἕσπερος evening (cp. vesper), ἴον violet (cp. viola), ἔτος year (cp. vetus), ἡδύς sweet (cp. suavis), ἰδεῖν (οἶδα) know (cp. videre, wit), ἴς strength (cp. vis), ἰτέα willow (cp. vitis, withy), οἶκος house (cp. vicus), οἶνος wine (cp. vinum), ὅς his (123), ὄχος carriage (cp. veho, wain). Vau was lost first before ο- sounds (ὁράω see, cp. be-ware). Ϝ occurred also in the middle of words: κλέϜος glory, αἰϜεί always, ὄϜις sheep (cp. ovis), κληϜίς key (Dor. κλᾱΐς, cp. clavis), ξένϜος stranger, ΔιϜί to Zeus, καλϜός beautiful. Cp. 20, 31, 37 D., 122, 123.
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