The Greek Diminutive Suffix -loxo- -toxr,-. 179 



r\Xo^ xai Yi>.i'7>iov^ ev "Hpcociv 'Apia-xocpavT;? xt/Ckr^Kt. naaaa'Aioxog : 

 TzaaGixko^, 'a (little) nail or peg,' designates the same object as 

 its primitive in Hero Autom. 2. 5.^ axii^inodiaxog : oxip.Tiou?. The 

 primitive itself designates a small couch or low bed, the dimin- 

 utive being used in contrast to higher and larger beds. Synes. 23 D 

 TOtji; yp-cc[i.'x'koug (7xt[j,7:oBi(7XOL»? oxT^aBia? sxi trwv w[j.(ov avairtQ-s^xvoi. 

 Nicetas Chon. Annal. p. 155 A. 'Eto tivo? pTswpoD <r/ti[j.7roBi(7/wO!j. 

 acfeXiaxov : u^^iXixc,, ' a (little or low) foot-stool,' probably in con- 

 trast to chairs. Insc. Sam. Hoffm. 3. 169. 50. 



8. Miscellaneous. 



68. A. ccQriaxog : apxoc, a ' little loaf.' Schol. Ar. Pax iig6 [j.ixpoi 

 ap-{'7xoi. Ath. 139 A 6? (sc. 6 cpuOT/wiD.o?) sa-iv ap'^icrxo? syxptBi Tvapa- 

 TOdiaior. IfjaiTiaxog : i[j.a?, ' soft little strap ' of a shoe. Herond. 6. 

 71 01 B' iij.avTiGxot "Ept', ou/' [[j-av-Tsc. olviaxog : oTvo?, 'young wine,' 

 with personification in Cratin. frg. 2. 117 (3) t^v iBtj MsvBaTov "rj^wv:' 

 apTiwi; OivCoxov, sTiSTai xai axoXouQ-sT xal >iYst, • Olfx" w; axaXo? xa\ 

 >>£tjx6?. (Xp' oiasi Tpia ; Eubul. frg. 3. 265 (8) OW\(r/.oc, outoo ^tov.- 

 [j,o?. niXiaxog : -Tloc, probably ' a httle felt cap.' - Diosc. 3. 4 

 avQ-Y) 7.EUxa olovei 7ci}iffxou?. nXoxaf.iiaxog : :;^6xa[JvOc, probably ' (soft 

 Httle) tresses.' Theod. Prodr. Epigr. p. 114.^ nrFQiaxov : TCTspov, 

 ' a httle feather.' Babr. 118. 5 vsog-tcov . . . Outcoj TCTspi'Txoic TCopcpupoT? 

 sTtavS-ouvTcov, axeXiaxov : g^£}.oc, ' a light little leg.' Ar. Eccl. 1167 

 xai TdccrBE vuv layapoc? ToTv axzliaxoiv tov pu&-[j.6v. 



B. darsQlaxog : ao-TYjp, ' a (little) star.' Call. frg. 94 t% aij.aiT|? 

 . . . o"Ta9'[j.r,o"aG"0'at Toy? ocG'Tsptcrxouc. 



9. Modifications of the Diminutive Meaning. 



69. Of the various associated and accessory diminutive meanings 

 as well as of those that have been inherited from certain pattern 

 types the notions of youth, deliciousness, and tenderness or de- 

 licacy were mentioned § 61 ff . Not very different from the 

 latter are those words in which -ktxo- means ' soft, delicate, lux- 

 urious, or elegant,' a notion which on the one hand may come 

 from small size or youth, e. g. in Tcxspiaxov (§ 68) ' a soft, downy, 

 little feather,' where softness is naturally associated with the small 

 size of the first feathers of a young bird. Sometimes, again, these 



1 Though the derivatives are equivalent to their primitives this does 

 not necessarily make them diminutives referring to a class, since they may 

 be due to congeneric attraction by some other word. 



2 If ' a Uttle piece of felt ' it would be the only exception to § 59. 



3 Uncertain. The passage is not accessible to me. 



