154 Walter Petersen, 



'a wooU'n band or riband' if: *}.r,[j.vtov (cf. Si}>r,[j.vtov) after tte- 

 (pavi«7xoc, livi-rxo? ' fine linen ' : to >ivov ^ after *6 (nvBovioVwO? (§ 22) 

 or yiTwviT/.o;, [j-ayapiT/.o? ' Megarian pottery ' : toc Mayapa = Me- 

 yapa after 7:tvaxt(7xo<; etc., Trapapo^icrxoc : to 7:apa[jO>.ov if ' little 

 images ' probably followed dcvBpiavTi'Txo? or the generic 6 t'j-o?, but 

 if ' projection ' rather aaTpaya^iT/ioc etc. Tp'j-avioVvOC ' a borer ' : 

 TO Tp'jzavov - after the same grou}) as zapayom^Txo? (§ 22). If 

 cxe>.i(7xo$ ' little leg ' (§ 18) is right instead of 'Txs^.icry.ov (: to 

 (TxeXoc), it was influenced by xoBitxoc. 



25. D. Feminines from neuter primitives. 'EpyiTxr, (name of a 

 town) : Ta spya after r, 7:67a? or r.'jlv/yr^, Omoy/r, ' a censer ' : to 

 b-6oq after xoTuXt<7)C7], xuIict.y), }v£xavirr/.r,, uBpicrxrj, or (^icckiaxr^. 



26. E. Neuters from feminine primitives. dc'Txsptoy.ov : rj a<7xspa 

 and xavvaj3t(7xov : ■/] xtxvvapt?, both designating shoes, after <7a[ji.(3a- 



>i(7X0V. 



27. It will thus be seen that all cases of aberration of gender 

 from that of the primitive can be explained without assuming a 

 tendency of masculines to take the place of feminines and neuters. 

 In addition to the principles apphed above it may be that the 

 existence of a double primitive or a primitive with uncertain gender 

 sometimes was a contributing factor to causing aberration of the 

 derivative, though there is no evidence that it was strong enough 

 by itself. Thus the fact that cpS-o'foxo? could be referred to ^f^ (^bmc, 

 as well as 6 a^boic^ may have helped in the formation of xo7:i(txo? : 

 •f] xom?. Sometimes such departures from the rule are only appar- 

 ent, being due to our connecting with the wrong word as primi- 

 tive. Thus oixttjXY] belongs to yj otxia, not to 6 oTxoc, aTrXr^vicrxov 

 to TO aTcliqviov, not 6 CTrXr^v, aTecpavioxY) to r^ CTSoavY], not 6 GTsoavoc, 

 ovioyL.-/] to Tj ovoc, not 6 ovo?. 



28. If words in -ktxo- were ever derived from adjectives (if not 

 substantivized),^ the gender of the derivative will of course depend 

 altogether on congeneric words. xot7i'7xo? ' a scoop-shaped surgeon's 

 knife ' : xoTXo? ' hollow ' followed some names of tools, e. g. [xo- 

 />acrxoc, crcpYjviaxo?, or Topvi<r/io;. In view of the fact, however, that 

 this is the only appellative which can plausibly be derived from 

 a real adjective primitive, it may be safer to assume that it has 

 come frome a substantivized form which has been lost. 



^ Possibly the rare and late o Xivog is the real primitive. 



^ The primitive may be the feminine iQvndvr^. 



' So e. g. vctaiiaxog '. yc«n6g (sc. nXaxovg) ' a cheese-cake ' (§ 79). 



