40 Αt the end of a word no consonant could stand but -ν, -ρ,
or -ς, and no consonantal group but -ψ, -ξ, or -γξ. Any other
single consonant at the end was dropt; any other group at the
end caused some change.
- a. Final -λς occurs in ἄλς salt, sea; final -νς in Tῖρυνς Tiryns.
The proclitics ἐκ οut of and οὐκ, oὐχ not are almost
a part of the following word, and so are hardly exceptions.