PROPER NAMES THE Gothic spelling and pronunciation of Greek proper names, and of loan-words generally, were intentionally excluded from the chapter on Gothic pronunciation, in order that what was necessary to be said on these points might be reserved for the Glossary of proper names. The following few remarks, which are mostly confined to the vowels in proper names, will be useful to the learner:— Greek α is regularly represented by a, as Άβιαθαρ, Abia-þar; "Avm, Anna; Βηθσφαγή, Bēþsfagei; Δημά$, Dēmas; θωμΰξ, J?ðmas; Ισαάκ, Isāk. Greek ε is regularly represented by aí, as "Εφεο-os, Aífaísō; λεγ£ώ><, Laígaíōn; Πέτρο?, Paítrus; Βεελξεβούλ, Baíaílzaíbul; but Βηβλ,εέμ., Bēþlahaím. Cp. § 10. Greek » is represented by i or ei. No fixed rule can be laid down as to when it is represented by the one and when by the other. Examples of the former are:—Δίκά-πολίϊ, Daíkapaúlis; Φιλητά?, Filētus; Ίδουμαία, Idumaia; Συρία, Syria; Ιακώβ, lakōb; Ιησού?, lēsus; "Ιωσήφ, lōsēf; and of the latter:—'.KOnoc, Eikaúniō; Γαλιλαία, Galeilaia; Τιμόθεο^, Teimaúþaíus; ΣιΒώι», Seidōn; Σιμωμ, Seimōn. ι is represented by aí in Kyreinaíus, KupTJctog. ι is sometimes represented by j before a following vowel, as Ίάειροϊ. Jaeirus; "lawíjs, Jannēs; Μαρία, Marja, beside Maria. Greek ο is regularly represented by aú in other than final syllables, as Ό,-ησιφόροβ, Aúneiseifaúrus; Βοακεργέ?, Baúanaírgaís; 'lopSacos. laúrđanas; Σολομώκ, Saúlaúmōn. Cp. the beginning of § 11. In final syllables it is regularly represented by u, as