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30 Of these words,, , and appear first in Menander.

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Verbal adjectives in were included in this investigation because they appear to be very common in the pages of Menander, rather than because they are frequent in the Koine. The statistics here collected bear out in general the statement of Jannaris, to the effect that it became far more popular since Graeco-Roman times; except that perhaps their popularity began slightly earlier than he asserts. The fact that they were so late in coming into favor seems to show that it is a mere personal pecularity in Menander. The table follows:

The following 13 verbal adjectives in are not found in Attic writers:, ( in these meanings),. Of these only, and are used before Menander.

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The formation of verbs in seems to have been very popular in the every day language of Athens, from the testimony of comedy. Probably for this reason these verbs are very frequent in the later speech. Menander's use of them may be seen from the following table: