Philological analysis explores the loss of initial sw in Greek, suggesting s is rarely retained.
Inasmuch as it is certain that initial sw - regularly loses the s in Greek, it is a priori improbable that the s is ever retained. The examples given to prove such an hypothesis are all easily explained otherwise, as I have shown in Class. Phil. 14. 245 ff. Compare especially the following :
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