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title: Monobiblos-Being
title_greek: Μονόβιβλον περὶ τοῦ ἦν
author: Herodian of Alexandria
eul_wid: qnq-aw
eul_aid: qnq
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/herodian-alexandria-monobiblos-qnq-aw"
period: Roman
dialect: Technical Koine
domain: Grammar
format: Oration
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---

# Monobiblos-Being

*Μονόβιβλον περὶ τοῦ ἦν*

**Author:** Herodian of Alexandria

**eul_wid:** `qnq-aw` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/herodian-alexandria-monobiblos-qnq-aw)

## Text

### 1

ΜΟΝΟΒΙΒΛΟΝ ΠΕΡΙ ΤΟΥ ΗΝ.

### 3,2.786

Choer. 536, 17: λέγει ὁ Ἡρωδιανὸς ἐν τῷ περὶ τοῦ ἦν μονοβίβλ ῳ, ὅτι τὸ ἦν εὑρίσκεται καὶ πρώτου προσώπου ἑνικοῦ οἷον ἦν ἐγώ, ὡς παρ’ Ἀριστοφάνει ἐν Πλούτῳ (28) ἐγὼ θεοσεβὴς καὶ δίκαιος ὢν ἀνὴρ κακῶς ἔπραττον καὶ πένης ἦν ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑπῆρχον. εὑρίσκεται καὶ τρίτον πρόσωπον ἑνικοῦ «ἦν ἐκεῖ νος», εὑρέθη δὲ καὶ πρῶτον πρόσωπον τῶν πληθυντικῶν οἷον «ἦν ἡμεῖς» ἀντὶ τοῦ ἦμεν· εἰκότως οὖν καὶ τὸ τρίτον πρόσωπον τῶν πληθυντικῶν οὐκ ἐνήλλαξε πρὸς τὸ ἴδιον πρῶτον πρόσωπον, ἀλλ’ ἐγένετο καὶ αὐτὸ διὰ τοῦ η «τῆς δ’ ἦν τρεῖς κεφαλαί» (Hesiod. Theog. 321) ἀντὶ τοῦ ἦσαν, ἵνα ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖς ἑνικοῖς τὸ πρῶτον καὶ τρίτον ὁμοφωνῇ.

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