180 JVa/ler Petersen, 



ideas may proceed from the hypocoristic use of the suffix, since 

 endearment and beauty and elegance are often associated. Other 

 examples of this meaning follow. luaviiGy.og ' a soft little strap ' 

 (§ 68). aaf^i^ttliaxov 'neat (little) sandal.' Herond. 7. 125 Fu- 

 vaTxs?, r;/ s/TjTS xYjTfpwv y^^zir^v *H a-a[j.jja7icr/wO)v ■}^ a xa-' oi/iav £>.- 

 xsiv EiO-KjO-s. aivdovLaxoQ 'delicate (7ivBo)v (a kind of cloth). Insc. 

 Sam. Hoffm. 3. 169. 25 civBovit/vO; 6-0Y£Ypaij.[j,£vr,, artqavLaxog : 

 <yi:£(pavoc, 'delicate little wreath.' Anacr. 54 'E-\ B' dcppticiv o-eXivwv 

 o-Tscpavi'Txou; 0£ij.£voi. Anacreont. 40. 5 ZT£cpavi'7/.otjc B' 6ayivQ-o)v 

 KpOTaootG-iv a[xot::}i':;a;. ib. 42. 15 'PoBivowi (TToCpaviTxoi? n£-'jxa- 

 crpivog yopfjcro). Probably arsifaviaxri : o-teoocvy], mentioned without 

 context by Theognost. Can. no. 5, was used just like aTscpavtir/.o;. 

 Probably also the late hviaxog : to Jl'vo^ ' linen,' explained Eustath. 

 1 161 67coxopiO";:ix6)(; to }.£;:T6'7aTOv }avov. 



70. In axfXiaxov (§ 68 A) we find the idea of lightness of foot 

 dominating and perhaps supplanting that of small size. The former 

 is of course conditioned on the latter and therefore closely asso- 

 ciated. 



71. The use of diminutives to represent an object as small when 

 asking for it, so as to minimize the favor, ^ is found in four words 

 in -tcrxo- : xaXa^aioxoi; ' a little stalk ' (§ 63 A) - ; daxsQioxov : 

 a(7X£pa ' a winter shoe for inside ' ; aaiij^aUaxor : (7aij.[3a7vOv 'sandal'; 

 and ximaoalaxog : '/.'jiztxaaic, ' a short frock or coat.' The last three 

 are all found in Hipponax 18. A6? x^.aTvav 'Iiztzm-^^x.y.'zi xai xu-ac- 

 gIgy-ov Kat, (7a[j.[3a}iGy.a xaTxepi'Txa xai /pucoti -zc(.':r^zy.c zi'fy.ov-y. tou- 

 'Tspou zoiyou. 



10. Secondary Diminutives. 



72. Sometimes a word in -icmo-, though of non diminutive origin, 

 may be placed in such a situation, particularly if in the neighbor- 

 hood of another diminutive or an adjective meaning ' small,' that 

 its own suffix suggests small size also. If such a word in -i<jy.o- 

 differs from the primitive in meaning, the notion of small size 

 would be an addition to the sense, e. g. yT.auxi'Txo;, used of a 

 certain fish with the idea 'like' its primitive (§ 36 A), may 

 suggest by its suffix the notion of a small thing in Arched, frg. 

 4. 436 (2. i) Apa/[j.wv Tpitov yly.'jylTK'jv ' a mere Y>.auxC'7xo? for three 

 drachmas ! ' Similarly %iiiiiviGxog ' not a real yyzCy^, but only like 

 it ' (§40), 'a short frock,' could have been felt also as dimin- 



1 Cf. Gr. Dims. 163. 



2 In this case indirectly. The stalk is represented as small because it 

 will contain only a small quantity of the desired peace. 



