The Greek Diminutive Suffix -lOy.o- -lOxij-. 177 



food, but the idea of delicacy is derived from small size also in 

 other situations. 



A. ^ioX^iaxog : pol'^oq, ' a little bulbus.' Anth. P. ii. 35. xa- 

 ?.aiLiiGxog . xaXa[j.oc, ' a little stalk.' Ar. Ach. 1034 ^^ ^' ^^^'^'^ [^-^^ 

 CTaTvayjxov £ip"/)vYi? sva 'E? tov xa^a[j.i(7>tov svairaT^a^ov zooTovi. xka- 

 Siaxoc : x>.aBo?, ' soft little twig.' Anacreont. 18. 4 "A^a^^ac S' 

 £(7£i<js ycd'zoi.c, MaXaxw-axo) xlaBCoytO). 



B. xvnaiqlaxoq ' dehcate (little) xuxaipoi;,' a kind of marsh plant. 

 Alcm. 38 [JLapyoi; B' "Epto; oToc xaTc TiaiaBsi "Axp' It:" avS-Y) xa[3aivcov 

 . . . irw xuTcatpioxw. 



4. Geographical Words. 



64. A. av'Acovioxog : auXwv, ' a little valley.' Theophr. H. P. 9. 

 7. I 'O Bs xa}.a[j.o? yivsTai xal 6 (yyw^oQ bizzp^dXko^'zi tov Ai[3avov 

 [j.£Ta^L» ToO T£ Aipavou xal a}^>.ou tivoc opou? [xixpoU Iv tc5 au}v(ovtay.o) 

 TOUTTto. hp&viaxog : T^ip^v, probably ' a little harbor.' Gloss. :7ro- 

 tafxiaxog : 7:oi7a[j.6i;, ' a little river.' Strabo 515. qotaxog : pooc, ' a 

 little stream.' IGSI. 352. I. 16 ff. (after estabhshment of Roman 

 rule) . 



5. Ornaments. 



65. Whether the two following words belong here as referring 

 to a class, whether e. g. oaxTuXCoxo? is really ' a little ring,' is 

 uncertain, since -loxo? may be due to syncretism with -tov, which 

 is used in a number of similar words without trace of diminutive 

 meaning. 1 



B. daxTvUaxog : BaxxtJXioi;, ' a (little) ring.' Insc. Boeot. (Lebadea), 

 see Herwerden Lex. s. v. hq^iiaxog : opjj.oc;, ' a (little) necklace or 

 collar.' Chares ap. Ath. 83 D xaTa(7X£ua^ou<n B' 1^ auxwv (sc. twv 

 [xapyaptTwv) oppoxou? x£ xai <\)£}.icc. Hes. oppcrxot ' x£pi,Tpayjjlw(. 

 x6(7[j.ot, yuvatxEiot. y) [xavtaxv]?. y) ::£ptB£paia. -?) xXota. y) Ba- 



XTuXlOt. 



6. Vases, Vessels, Boxes. 



66. A. xoTvliaxTf] : xottuX-/], ' a Httle cup.' Pherecr. frg. 2, 282 (3) 

 B. d >>a[3o) .... TY]v xoTuT^tTX'/iv : A. p,rjBa[xo)(; Mtxpav ys. nnaxCaxog : 

 Tciva^, ' a little plate or trencher.' Epigen. frg. 3. 537 (i) EX-z' £p- 

 X£Tat, X£>.iBov£wov [j.£t' oXtyov (Txlvipcov aBpo? Ilivaxicrxo?. Lynceus 

 frg. 4. 433 (1. 6) TiapE^-YixE mvaxoc yap [jiyav, "Epvira pxpoi^? 7i£vi:£ 

 'KWKY.iav.ouQ Iv ol. Probably also Insc. Del. Mich. 833. 126. (poQ- 

 (.liaxog : cpopp?, ' a little basket.' Plato Lys. 206 E YjpTta^ov aaxpa- 

 ya>vOi? %(x,\).%611oii, ex cpoppoxwv tivwv TCpoaipoujJLSvoi. According to 



1 Cf. Gr. Dims. 96 f. 



