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“ τῶν γρίφων ὅθεν καὶ Πίνδαρος πρὸς τὸ ς ἐποίησεν ᾠδήν, οἱονεὶ γρίφου τινὸς ἐν μελοποιίᾳ
[p. 532] προβληθέντος. ἐν συλλαβῇ δὲ λέγονται γρῖφοι, οἶον ἐροῦμεν ἔμμετρον ὁτιδήποτε οὗ ἡγεῖται βα, οἷον βασιλεύς, ἢ ὧν ἔχει τελευτὴν τὸ ναξ, ὡς Καλλιάναξ, ἢ ὧν τὸν λέοντα καθηγεῖσθαι, οἷον Λεωνίδης, ἢ ἔμπαλιν τελικὸν εἶναι, οἷον Θρασυλέων. ἐν ὀνόματι δέ, οἷον ἐροῦμεν ὀνόματα ἁπλᾶ ἢ σύνθετα δισύλλαβα, οὗ μορφή τις ἐμφαίνεται τραγικὴ ἢ πάλιν ταπεινή, ἢ ἄθεα ὀνόματα, οἷον
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