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fem. ήτις (gen. -ήτιδος), -ώτης, fem. -ὦτις (gen. -ώτιδος), or as adjectives in -ιος (-αιος, -ειος), -ανός, -ηνός, -ίνος, the latter being generally appropriated to places beyond the limits of Greece proper; thus we have Μεγαρεύς, fem. Μεγαρίς, from Μέγαρα; ̓Αβδηρίτης, fem. ̓Αβδηρίτις, from ̓Αβδήρα; Σπαρτιάτης, fem. Σπαρτιάτις, from Σπάρτη; Αἰγινήτης, fem. Αἰγινῆτις, from Aἴγινα; Σικελιώτης, fem. Σικελιώτις, from Σικελία; Κορίνθιος from Κόρινθος; Αθηναῖος from ̓Αθῆναι; ̓Αργεῖος from "Αργος; Ασιανός from Ασία; ̓Αβυδηνός from "Αβυδος; Ταραντίνος from Τάρας ; Φλιάσιος for Φλιούντιος from Φλιούς (above, 107).

(66) Patronymics are formed with the endings -ίδης (-ειδης, -οίδης), fem. -ίς (gen. -ίδος); -αδης, -ιαδης, fem. -ds (gen. -άδος), and in the poets -ίων (gen. -ωνος), fem. -ιώνη and -ίνη; thus, Δαρ δανίδης, fem. Δαρδανίς, a descendant of Δάρδανος; Πηλείδης, Πηληϊάδης and Πηλείων, a descendant of Πηλεύς; Πανθοίδης, a son οι Πάνθοος; Βορεάδης, fem. Βορεάς, a child of Βορέας; Κρονίων, a son of Κρόνος ; 'Ακρισιώνη, a daughter of 'Ακρίσιος; ̓Αδραστίνη, a daughter of "Αδραστος.

Conversely the name of the locality is derived from that of the person; thus we have Ἰταλία from Ἴταλος; Λακωνία from Λάκων. The designation Ελλάς is sometimes used as the feminine of Ἕλλην, in the signification “Grecian,” and more frequently, with perhaps an ellipsis of γῆ or χθών, it denotes the land in which the "Ελληνες dwelt. There are also derivative adjectives, Ελλη νικός, Ἑλλήνιος and Ἑλληνίς, and the first and last of these are used as proper names.

(f) Words signifying diminution or exaggeration are thus derived :

(αα) Diminutives are formed in -ιον, -ίδιον, -ις, -ίσκος, -ίσκη, -άριον, -ύλλιον, -υλλίς, -ύδριον, -ύφιον, and in the case of lower animals in -ιδεύς, all of which seem to belong to the same class as the gentile names and patronymics; thus we have παιδίον, παιδάριον, παιδίσκος, παιδίσκη from παῖς; μειράκιον and μειρακύλλιον from μείραξ; νησίδιον, νησίς and νησύδριον from νῆσος; ἀκανθυλλίς from ἄκανθα; γενετυλλίς from γενέτης; ἰχθύδιον from ἰχθύς; ζων φιον from ζῶον; ἀετιδεύς from ἀετός.

Obs. 1 The accentuation of the other diminutives is invariably as given above; for those in -ov the following rule holds, with the single

exception of redíov: if the diminutive has more than three syllables, or if all its three syllables are short, it is proparoxytone, as maιdápiov, μεipákov, μópiov; but trisyllables which constitute a dactyl are paroxytone; as βιβλίον, θηρίον, κρανίον, φορτίον, παιδίον.

Obs. 2 Some of these diminutive forms are used without any diminutive meaning; as Onpíov, "a wild beast;" Bißiov, "a book;" popríov, "a burthen;" medíov, “a plain," &c. Just so a diminutive has become the only designation for the thing, and the primitive is lost, in other languages; e. g. puella is the only Latin word for "a girl," puera being obsolete; and the French abeille represents the Low Latin apicula.

(bb) Amplificatives are formed in -wv (gen. -wvos) and -ağ, as γάστρων from γαστήρ, κεφάλων from κεφαλή, πλούταξ from πλοῦ

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(g) Appropriated places are indicated by derivatives.

(aa) In -óv (rarely -ewv), and from names of plants in -wviá (Arcad. p. 99), as ȧyov, “a place of assembly" (cf. ȧyopá and ἀγέλη), πυλών, “ a place of gates ;” ἀνδρών, " a man's apartment; yuvaikov, "the women's apartment;" Tv, "the stable;" Tepiγυναικών, σтερEά, "a dove-cot;" Ɛapvov, "a laurel-hedge;" podwv and στερεών, ῥοδωνιά, “a bed of roses;” κρινών and κρινωνιά, “ a bed of lilies.” (bb) In -lov (-alov, -elov, -wov), chiefly as designations of places and temples dedicated to gods and heroes; as 'Aπoλλávov, Ἡραῖον, Θησείον, Λητῷον, Ασκληπιείον οι Ασκληπείον. A word of class (aa), Пlap@evov, properly "the virgin's chamber," was used to denote the temple of 'A0ŋvâ Пap@évos at Athens.

(B) Derived Adjectives.

362 Adjectives are derived (1) from substantives, (2) from verbs.

(1) Adjectives derived from Substantives.

(a) Qualitative adjectives are formed, probably from the old genitive, by adding -os for -σios, generally to the root, but more properly to the crude form ; thus we have δημόσιος from δῆμος, gen. δημόσιο, more recently δήμοιο; ποτάμιος from ποταμός; πλούσιος from πλοῦτος (18, d); εἰρηναῖος from εἰρήνη; βασίλειος from βασιλεύς; αἰδοῖος from αἰδώς; ἡρῷος from ἥρως. There is also a common form in -ós; thus we have both pinos and pixiκός; both εἰρηναῖος and εἰρηνικός; both βασίλειος and βασιλικός. Some of the adjectives in -auos and -elos do not immediately connect themselves with any known crude form, and we must

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suppose that some other crude form or some longer affix is involved; thus we have 'Opnpeios, "Homeric;" ȧveρóπeios, “human;” γυναικεῖος, “ feminine ;” σκοταῖος, “ dark ;” χερσαῖος, restrial;" where we do not recognize the e or a in the crude form of the nouns, though the accentuation, as we shall see, shows that this must have been the case in the last three.

Obs. In the accentuation of these derivatives it is to be observed that, if there is a combination of a ore with the of the affix, the adjective is properispome, otherwise proparoxytone; thus we have ảyoραῖος from ἀγορά, αγελαῖος from ἀγέλη, σπουδαῖος from σπουδή, νομαῖος, "belonging to the pasture," from vopn (to be thus distinguished from νόμαιος, “ customary,” from νόμος), νυμφεῖος from νύμφη, σπονδεῖος from Tovon. The exceptions are (1) Of those in -atos; (a) proparoxytones like βέβαιος (from root Ba), βίαιος (from βία), δίκαιος (from δίκη), μάταιος (from μάτην) ; (b) properispomes like σκοταῖος, σκοτιαῖος (probably from the dat. or loc. σκοτία, " in the darkness”), χερσαῖος (perhaps from χερσῇ οι χερσία), and derivatives from the ordinals δευτέρα, τρίτῃ, &c., with ἡμέρᾳ implied, as δευτεραῖος, τριταῖος, &c.; (c) oxytones like σκαιός, γηραιός and γεραιός, παλαιός, ἀραιός, δηναιός, ἠβαιός, κραταιός, which probably result from an original consonantal ending, cf. the Latin scavus; to these may be added δεξιός, σκολιός, βαλιός and πολιός. (2) Of those in -ɩos, the properispomes ἀνδρεῖος, γυναικεῖος, παιδεῖος, παρθενεῖος, ἠθεῖος, ἑταιρεῖος, οἰκεῖος, ὀθνεῖος, μεγαλεῖος, Καδμείος, in which there seems to be an absorption of the ending -Kós, cf. the case of the second perfect. Of the adjectives in -oιος, ὅμοιος and γέλοιοs are proparoxytone in the Attic dialect only.

(b) Adjectives denoting the material are formed in -eos and -wos; thus we have Xpúo-cos, "golden;" xáλк-eos, “made of bronze or copper;" ȧpyúp-cos, “of silver;" ğuλ-wvos, “of wood;" λίθινος, “ of stone;” ἀληθινός, “ of genuine or true materials. The former seem to be derived from the genitive, the latter from the old locative in -v. These formations in -vós or -wós, being in this secondary use oxytone like aλnovós, are used also to denote not so much the materials as the time and the place; thus we have Xocσivós, "belonging to yesterday;" Oepivós, “in the summer;' ὀπωρινός, “ in the autumn ;” χειμερινός, “ in the winter;” φαεινός, Æolic paevvós, "in the light" (pá); opeivós, " in the mountain;" and even ταχινός, " with speed” (from τάχει).

(c) Adjectives denoting the complete possession of the quality, and often expressed in English by the affixes -ful or -able, are formed in -ρός (-ερός, -ηρός), -αλέος, -εις (-ίεις, -ήεις, όεις); as οικτρός, "full of oixтos," piti-ful, piti-able; Xuπηpós, "sorrowful;" apσαλέος, “full of confidence;” φθονερός, " full of envy;” χαριείς, "graceful;" úneis, "abounding in wood;" dorepoeís, "full of stars."

(d) Adjectives in -ŋs derived from nouns in -os (-ovs) are generally compounds, as evteixns, "well-walled," &c. (above, 193), and to this class we must refer σαφής, “ clear, from σα = σύν and φάος. There are a few, like ψεύδης, " false,” from ψεῦδος, πλήρης, “full,” πρávηs, “prone," which are either derived from simple nouns, or have lost their immediate primitives.

(2) Adjectives derived from Verbs.

(a) Adjectives in -σos or -μos express suitableness or capability for the action of the verb, and may be regarded as derived either directly from the verb itself or from some abstract noun in -σις, -ιs or -η; thus we have χρήσιμος, “ useful” (cf. χρῆσις); ἐδώδιμος, “eatable ;” πότ-ιμος, “drinkable ;" θανάσιμος, “deadly" (cf. εὐθανασία) ; τρόφιμος, “ nutritious” (cf. τροφή).

(b) Adjectives in -vós, -ós, -λós, -wλós, -pós and -ás express the meaning of the verb either transitively or intransitively; thus we have pa-vós, "shining" (cf. paei-vós); λoiπ-ós, "left, remaining;” στυγνός, “ odious;” ποθεινός, " longed for ;” δειλός, “ cowardly;" de-vós, "fearful;" aπarn-λós, "deceitful" or "deceiving;" φειδωλός, “sparing, parsimonious;” χαλαρός, " relaxed ;” ἀνιᾶpós, "distressing;" Spoμ-ás (gen. -ádos), “running;" pop-ás (gen. -ádos), "carrying."

(c) Adjectives in -μwv, like the nouns of agency in -μáv, make the action of the verb the prominent attribute of the person; thus we have αιδήμων, " bashful;” ἐλεήμων, “compassionate;” μνήμwv, "mindful;" èπiλýσ-μwv, "forgetful." There are also many compounds of this form, as ἱππο-βά-μων, προβατο-γνώμων, ἀλλοτριο-πράγμων, &c.

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(d) Regular verbals in -Tós and -Téos, which have been already exemplified (above, 302, D, (h)).

(y) Derived Verbs.

363 Verbs are derived (1) from nouns, (2) from other verbs. (1) Verbs derived from Nouns.

(a) Verbs which imply to be or to have that which the name signifies are formed in -άω, -έω, -εύω, -ώσσω or -ώττω, -άζω and -lo; thus from xoλń, "gall," we have xoλáw, “I have gall;" from κóun, "long hair," koμáw, "I have long hair;" from Tóλun,

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"daring," Toλμáw, "I have daring;" from pixos, "a friend," φιλέω, “I am a friend;” from κοίρανος, “ a ruler,” κοιρανέω, “Ι am a ruler;" from poveús, "a murderer," poveúw, "I am a murderer;" from aλnons, "true," aλnlevw, "I am truthful;" from ÚπVоs, "sleep," vπvóσσw, "I am sleeping;" and verbs in -woow are generally intransitive, though we have vypooow, "I moisten:" from Δώριος, “ Doric, δωριάζω or δωρίζω, “ I am Doric in speech or action;" from "EXλŋy, "Greek," exλnviw, "I speak Greek or play the Greek;" from Midos, "a Mede or Persian," undiw, "I favour the Persians."

(b) Causative verbs, which express that we carry into act that which is proper to the noun, are formed in -ów, -iw, -óšw, -úvw (-aivo); thus from doλos, "a slave," we have Sovλów, "I make a slave;" from óλeμos, "war," wоλeμów, “I make hostile," and πоλeμiç, "I make war" (but woλeμéw, “I am at war," according to (a)); from alpa, "blood," aiparitw, "I make bloody;" from TAOÛTOS, "riches," TλovTiw, "I make rich" (but TλovTéw, “I πλοῦτος, am rich"); from ápuós, "a joining," apμów, "I fit;" from yồús, "sweet," dúv∞, "I sweeten;" from oua, "a sign," onμaivo, σημαίνω, "I signify;" from κoîλos, "hollow," κoiλaivw, “I make hollow."

Obs. There are some traces of verbs in -aw being causative by the side of verbs in -ew, which retain their usual signification. Thus Tová seems to have signified "I effect by labour," while Tové always means "I suffer toil." (See Böckh ad Pind. Pyth. iv. 236; Hermann, de dial. Pind. p. 15; Opusc. 1. p. 259). It seems that some verbs in -ew had a causative meaning; this at least is clear in rotéw (above, p. 253). And verbs in -aww are often immediately connected with nouns in -ïv ; thus we have ποιμήν, ποιμαίνω, φρήν, εὐφραίνω, &c.

(2) Verbs derived from other Verbs.

(a) Frequentatives are formed in -açw, sw, -úçw and sometimes in -éw, -áw, with a change of the root vowel e or o into o or ω; thus from στένω we have στενάζω; from ὠθέω, ὠθίζω; from ἕρπω, ἑρπύζω ; from φέρειν, φορεῖν ; from στρέφειν, στρωφᾶν.

(b) Inchoatives are formed in -σxw; thus we have ẞá-σкw from ἡβάω ; μεθύσκω from μεθύω, and the like.

(c) Desideratives are either an old future in -σew, of which the corresponding aorist is found in the so-called Æolic optative in -σela, or we have forms in -σiáw, -iáw, -áw; thus we find from γελάω, γελασείω ; from πολεμέω, πολεμησείω ; from δράω, δρασείω ;

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