Proper Names 361
		αϊ is represented by aeí, as Βηθσαΐδά, Bēþsaeida ; " Esaelas. Greek ε», which was a long i-sound, is regularly represented by ei (§ 8), as AaueíS, Daweid; 'láeipos, Jaeirus. Greek ou is represented by aw, as Δαυε£8, Daweiđ; Ποΰλοί, Pawlus, Agustáu (Luke ii. i) is probably a mistake for Awgustáu. Greek eu is represented by aíw, as Εΰ^ίκη, Aíwneika; Aeuts, Laíwweis; εύαγγέλ.οΓ, aíwaggēljō. Greek ou, which was a long close u-sound, is regularly represented by u, as Auyouoros, Agustus ; Φαι>ουήλ, Fanuēl ; Ίδουμαία, Idumaia ; Ίησοΰ?. lēsUS ; 'loúSas, ludas ; Καφαρ- ΐΌβύμ, Kafarnaum. The Gothic representation of the Greek consonants in proper names requires but little comment. The Greek consonants are generally represented by the corresponding Gothic equivalents, that is β, γ, δ, Ι, θ, κ, λ, μ, ν, ξ, π, ρ, σ (s), τ, φ, ψ are almost in every case regularly represented by b, g, đ, z, þ, k, í, m, n, ks, p, r, s, t, f, ps respectively. For examples see the Glossary below. The following points require to be noticed : — The Greek spiritus asper is generally represented by h, as ΈΧισαΐοϊ, Haíleisaius ; 'HXías, Hēlías ; 'HpiuS.ai-os, Hērōđi-anus; it is however also occasionally omitted, as in Ιερουσαλήμ. laírusalēm. An h has sometimes been inserted in the Gothic form between two vowels, as Αβραάμ, Abraham ; Βηβλεέμ, Bēbla-haím; '\<aawi\s, lōhannēs. For Greek τ we have þ in Nazareiþ, Ναζαρέτ. Greek χ is represented by X in Xristus, Χρίστο^; but it is generally represented by k, as Antiaúkia, Άη-ιοχία ; Tykeikus, Τυχικό?. On the other hand Greek κ is represented by X in Xrēskus, Κρήσκη*. The inflected forms of Greek proper names in Gothic are given in the Glossary below, so far as they occur in