changes, which may be inconsistent with the development of its separate parts. The most common of these changes is an ectasis at the point of junction or in the first syllable of the final word, which is perhaps due to an euphony of the same kind as that which is observable in the reduplicated perfect and aorist (307). The doubling of p at the point of junction in such words as ἰσό-ροπος, κατάῤῥυτος, &c. is invariable (above, 105). Synæresis often takes place when the last vowel of the former word is not elided before the initial vowel of the latter part of the compound; thus we have ῥαβδοῦχος for ῥαβδό-εχος; κακοῦργος for κακό-εργος; θεωρός for θεά-δρος; πυλωρός for πυλά-δρος; φροῦδος for πρόοδος, &c. But independently of these cases we often have an arbitrary ectasis at the beginning of the latter word, when its initial letter is a, e or o, the two former vowels being changed into n, and o becoming ω. The words which most regularly admit of this ectasis in composition are the following: ἄγω, στρατηγός, λοχαγός; ἀγορεύω, κατήγορος; ἄκη, ἀμφηκής; ἀκέομαι, ἀνήκεστος ; ἀκούω, ὑπήκοος; ἄνεμος, εὐήνεμος; ἀνήρ, εὐήνωρ; ἀνύω, ἀνήνυτος; ἀραρίσκω, τριήρης, ποδήρης; ἐλαύνω, χαλκήλατος; ἐλθεῖν, ἔπηλυς; ἐρέσσω, ἐρετμός, ὑπηρέτης, εὐήρετμος; ἐρέφω, κατηρεφής; οβολός, τριώβολον; ὀδύνη, ἀνώδυνος; ὄζω, δυσώδης; ὄλλυμι, πανώλης; ὁμαλός, ἀνώμαλος; ὄμνυμι, ἀνώμοτος; ὄνομα, συνώνυμος; ὄπωπα, δυσωπία; ὀρύσσω, τοιχωρύχος; ὄρος, ὑπωρεία; ὄφελος, ἀνωφελής. These are found in common Greek; the following are poetical only: ἀμείβω, ἐξημοιβός and ἐπημοιβός; ἀριθμός both ἀνάριθμος and ἀνήριθμος; ἀρόω, ἀνήροτος; ἐράω, πολυήρατος; ἐρίζω, ἀμφήριστος, but ἀνέριστος; ὀδούς, ἀμφώδων, but ἀμφόδους, χαυλιόδους, &c. The cases of ἀπολλήγειν, Ἱππόδαμμος, Παρθεννόπαιος, &c., Ιππομμέδων, ̓Αλφεσσίβοια are peculiar results of the constitution of the liquids.

Obs. The ectasis does not take place in the parathetic compound of preposition and verb; thus we have ὑπάγω, ὑπακούω, &c. This needs no explanation.

(3) Formation or inflexions of the whole Compound. 376 A synthetic compound, viewed as an undivided whole, appears either (a) as a noun, or (b) as a verb. the main subdivision in this class of words. as a whole performs the functions of a noun,

And this suggests But when the word

we have still to

consider (a) whether the included word represented by the last part of the compound is an ordinary noun, or (B) of verbal origin. And when it is an ordinary noun, we must inquire (aa) whether it is a substantive, or (bb) an adjective. With an examination of these different cases we shall conclude the subject of compound words.

(a) The whole compound constitutes a Noun.

(a) The latter part represents a Noun.

(aa) The latter part is derived from a Substantive.

377 Even in this case we must seek a further distinction; for although the last part of the compound may be derived from a substantive, it may not only (aa) retain its substantival value, but may also (BB) perform the functions of an adjective, and the latter is much more common than the former.

(aa) The substantival value is retained.

The first part of the word is generally an uninflected prefix; but there are cases in which a noun preceded by its epithet or a dependent case becomes a synthetic compound; thus, while we have ὁμό-δουλος, σύν-δουλος, ἡμί-ονος, ἐπί-μετρον, we have ἀκρόπολις, μεγαλό-πολις, ἱππό-δρομος, ἡλιό-πολις, &c.

Obs. It is doubtful whether such words as συγγραφή, σύγγραμμα, ěkteμvis, éktoμtý, and the like, are themselves parathetic compounds or are derived from verbal parathetics; most probably the latter. Such words as συγγραφεύς, εισαγωγεύς, &c. are manifestly derivatives.

(BB) An adjectival value is assumed.

1. The substantive retains its form, as in a-rais, "childless;" δυσ-έρως, “ill-starred in love;” μακρό-χειρ, “long-handed; πολύπους, “ many-footed;” ἔν-θεος, “ possessed by God;” μισόπονος, “labour-hating;” φιλόπατρις, “country-loving;” δεισιδαίμwv, “fearing the lower deities," &c. 2. An adjectival ending is appended, as in σύν-δειπνος, “ dining together;” ἀ-χρήματος and a-xpýμwv, "money-lacking;" ä-σTOμos, “without a mouth;" ἄ-σωμος and ἀ-σώματος, “incorporeal;” παραλληλό-γραμμος, "bounded by parallel lines;" XeTтó-yews, "having a light soil;" ev-nons, "having a good or simple character;" εv-μýкns, "of a good length;" av-aλnis, “cowardly;" ä-daxpus, "tearless," &c.

Obs. Nouns in - and -np generally form the compound in -evos, -epos, as d-λíuevos, "without harbours;" ev-áσrepos, "bright with stars." But compounds of opv, and some nouns in -p, merely change n into ω; thus we have ἄφρων, ἔμφρων, σώφρων, ἀπάτωρ, εὐπάτωρ, εὐήνωρ, ἀμήτωρ, προγάστωρ.

(bb) The latter part is derived from an Adjective.

In this case the adjective retains its form and meaning, except so far as the latter is modified by the prefix. Thus, from loos, "equal," we have av-toos, "un-equal;" from Staßarós, "passable,' δυσ-διάβατος, " hard to cross ; " hard to cross;” from γυμνός, “ naked," ἡμί-γυμνος, "half-naked;" from Xeurós, "white," UTO-XEUKós, "rather white;" λευκός, ὑπο-λευκός, from σοφός, “ wise,” πάν-σοφος, “ all-wise,” &c.

(B) The latter part is of verbal origin.

In interpreting a compound, of which the latter part includes the meaning of a verb, we have always to inquire whether the verb involved is to be taken transitively or intransitively. This is sometimes shown by the ending, sometimes by the accent, and sometimes left indeterminate. The endings are as follows:

1 -os, -ov. This is the most numerous class of compounds ending with a verbal, and the meaning of the included verb is generally determined by the accent, according to the following rule: When the meaning is transitive, and the first part of the compound is any noun excepting wâs and woλús, the compound is oxytone if the penultima is long, and paroxytone if the penultima is short; but all transitive compounds are proparoxy tone when the first part of the compound is a preposition, an adverb, or one of the nouns was and Toλus; and the same is the case with all intransitive compounds. Hence, although words compounded with prepositions, adverbs, πâs and woλús, do not indicate their meaning by the accentuation, we may tell by the position of the accent whether the other class of compounds represents a transitive or intransitive construction; thus, λιθο-βόλος from λίθων βολή, " a finging of stones,” means "a person who pelts with stones," but Meó-Boxos is "one who is λιθό-βολος pelted;" μηтро-κтóvоs would refer to Orestes the matricide, but μητρό-κτονοι to the children of Medea, who were slain by their mother. The following examples will illustrate the different. classes:

Obs. There are some exceptions to this rule: (1) The epic compounds ἱππόδαμος, ἐγχέσπαλος, σακέσπαλος, πτολίπορθοs are proparoxytone, though the meaning involved is undoubtedly transitive. (2) Compounds with ἄρχω and συλάω are proparoxytone, as ἵππαρχος, ἱερόσυλος. (3) Compounds with ἔχω are proparoxytone or properispone, as ηνίοχος, δαδούχος, &c. (4) By a peculiar refinement, words compounded with ἐργάζομαι are oxytone when they signify a bodily or material action, but proparoxytone, or by contraction properispome, when they denote a moral action, or an operation and habit of the mind; thus we have λιθουργός, “ a worker in stone;” γεωργός, “ a husbandman;” ἀμπελουργός, “ a vine-dresser;” but πανούργος, “an unscrupulous rogue;” κακούργος, “ a criminal;” περίεργος, “ a busy-body,” &c.

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2 -ns, -es. These generally express the intransitive meaning of the verb, or at least a condition resulting from it; as θεο-φιλής, " beloved of God;” αλουργής, “ made of purple ;" ἀπρεπής, “unbecoming;” εὐμαθής, " easily taught, docile;” αὐταρκής, “ selfsufficing, complete.” But ίππομανής, “ horse-maddened” of mares, and "horse-maddening" of a luxuriant meadow, seems to contain both meanings of the verb.

3 -ns or -as, gen. -ov. Generally substantives denoting the agent, and therefore transitive; as νομοθέτης, “ the law-giver;" εὐεργέτης, “ the benefactor;” οἶνο-πότης, “the wine-drinker;" ὀρνιθο-θήρας, “ the bird-catcher;” πατρ-αλοίας (ἀλοιάω), “ the parricide."

4 -. This is rare and generally poetical. If the first part is a substantive, the verb included is generally understood in a transitive sense; otherwise it is passive; thus we have voμo-púλağ, “a guardian of the laws;" Bov-Tλng, "striking the oxen; βου-πλήξ, κυαμό

but ἀποῤῥώξ, “broken of;" νεο-σφάξ,

(b) The whole compound constitutes a Verb.

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