II. VOWEL VERBS, CONTRACTING IN THE PRESENT
316 Verbs in -άω, έω, -όω contract the stem-vowel α, ε, o
in the present system with the succeeding vowel, in
accordance with [29](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-029.html) and [30](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-030.html). (Paradigms, [313](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-313.html), [314](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-314.html), [315](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-315.html).)
- a. Note also that ι in the second
syllable is re-tained (on the line or subscript), and that ο with an
ι-diphthong (ει, οι, ῃ) gives οι. But
- b. In the infinitive, -ειν (from -ε-εν,
[274](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-274.html)) was no
true diphthong ([27 a](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-027.html)); hence -ά-ειν gives -ᾶν and
ό-ειν gives -οῦν, without ι.