^{page 29 note 1} -μην is a purely Gortynian ending. In ἢμῃν Cauer² 121, ῃ seems to denote ει.

^{page 30 note 1} As to -εν, Brugmann, Gr. Gram.³ 361, suggests that δμεν by δμην may have led to fyev by ἒχενby ἒχηνBut as -μην has turned out to be simply a late Gortynian form, that explanation is impossible. The Rhodian ending -μειν is a contamination of -μεν with -ειν. Is -εν a similar contamination of -ην with -μεν ? Such an explanation would be possible in the Doric dialects. The difficulty lies in Arcadian, which has -εν but not -μεν. But our knowledge of the Arcadian verbal system is very imperfect; it is possible that -εν originated here otherwise than in the Doric dialects.