We also saw that many Greek prefixes in particular have multiple allomorphs.

In particular, a prefix ending in a vowel will typically lose its vowel when it is attached to a base beginning with a vowel .

If that weren't enough, things can sometimes get even more complicated! When a prefix ending in the consonants t, p, or c/k plus a final vowel is added to a Greek base featuring rough breathing followed by a vowel, then the prefix will lose its vowel and the t, p, or c/k will aspirate .

Thus we end up with allomorphs like {apo/ap/aph}!

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We also saw that many Greek prefixes in particular have multiple allomorphs.

In particular, a prefix ending in a vowel will typically lose its vowel when it is attached to a base beginning with a vowel .

If that weren't enough, things can sometimes get even more complicated! When a prefix ending in the consonants t, p, or c/k plus a final vowel is added to a Greek base featuring rough breathing followed by a vowel, then the prefix will lose its vowel and the t, p, or c/k will aspirate .

Thus we end up with allomorphs like {apo/ap/aph}!

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The prompt discusses Greek prefix allomorphs and specific phonological alterations that occur in certain environments. 
Option 1: 'it is attached to a base beginning with a vowel.' This captures the general phonological rule that when a prefix ending in a vowel meets a base that starts with a vowel, the prefix often drops its final vowel to avoid hiatus, leading to a smoother consonant join. The text explicitly notes that a prefix ending in a vowel will typically lose its vowel when attached to a base beginning with a vowel, so this condition is a driving factor in forming the allomorphs. 
Option 2: 'the prefix will lose its vowel and the t, p, or c/k will aspirate.' Here, the description reflects a more specific sub-case: when the prefix ends in t, p, or c/k matched with a final vowel and is added to a Greek base that has rough breathing followed by a vowel, the vowel of the prefix is lost and the consonant aspirates. This yields an aspirated t, p, or c/k sound, creating an additional allomorph like apo/ap/aph. The claim aligns with the phonological process of aspiration triggered by the rough breathing and by the consonant's identity, explaining how the aspirated outcome arises in these contexts. 
Note on structure: the material presents two conditions that can operate together or in different contexts to generate multiple allomorphs. Since the text mentions both the vowel-loss with vowel-starting bases and the consonant-aspiration when t/p/ck+vowel occurs with rough breathing, both statements are consistent with the described phenomena. There are no other answer options provided to evaluate, so the analysis focuses on how these two conditions explain the observed allomorphs, apo/ap/aph, in Greek prefixes. 
In sum, each item reflects a distinct environmental condition that drives prefix alternation: first, vowel-vowel adjacency leading to vowel omission, and second, a consonant-initial aspirated outcome triggered by the interplay of final vowel, t/p/c/k, and rough breathing on the base.

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