184 Walter Petersen, 



TOU'^ov OTCTOv (sc. ;:op!,w). ib. 1166 'IBo'j cp£p(-> TOt ty^vBs ]i.'xCirr/:fy lyo). 

 vttCTiGxog : vaffxo? (sc. x>.axou$j 'cheese-cake.' Pherecr. frg. 2. 316 

 (1. 7). 'Atco twv Be TeySiv 6/£to\ [ioTputov [j.£ira va(7Ti(7xo)v 7:o}vU':tjpoiv 

 O/oTS'JcrovTai, niraxiaxoQ : ravac, ' a delicious trenclier,' by metonymy, 

 referring to its contents. Pherecr. frg. 2. 300 I/s}iBos S' 6X6xvrip.oi 

 :i}^Y]<7iov TaxEpojxaTOt 'E;d 7;tva/i(7xoi;. rr'luxovvcLaxoc : zXccy.o'^c, ' flat- 

 cake.' E. M. 533. 22 Kai aO'Xa 01 vixcovts? sTvaij.jjavov izXccy.ryj'yVi'yy.ouc, ^ 

 7i'jpa[j,oDvTa; •?] «rrj(7a[j.ouvTa$. rvoiaxog : Titpo? ' cheese.' Ael. N. A. 

 8. 5 xal aXcpiTOii; ^.av-EUOvTai tive? xai Koaxivoi? xai Tupicrxot?.^ 



2. The suffix expresses Endearment. 



80. Endearment is most pronounced and mere appreciation of 

 beauty least so when the person is addressed directly, i. e. when 

 the vocative case is used. So dkanoxiaxoc : Bsg-zottjC ' master.' 

 Eur. Cycl. 267 'A7cw[j.0(7' co xaXT^icTov w Kux^^cot^iov, ^Q, Be(77roTi(yx£, 

 [JLY] Toc a' s^oBav syw Ssvoict /pYjjxaToc. f^iet^axlaxr] : p;Tpa| 'girl,' 

 ironically in Ar. Plut. 963 (§ 47). veuriaxog : vsavia? 'young 

 man ' in Ar. Thesm. 134 Kal a' w veavic/' octti? sT . . . Ipso-O-ai (3o'J}.o- 

 [xai. Sari'QiGxoc : Zarupoi;, as a term of endearment of a shepherd 

 lass to her lover in Theocr. 27. 3 My) xatj/^w, acczopicms,^ xevov to cpilajxa 

 >.sYOU(nv. ib. 49 Ti ps^sti; G-axupicTxs ; (fiJdoxog : (pO.oc 'friend.' Teles 

 ap. Stob. 516. 19 'EyoJ [xot Boxw, co cptH'Txs,^ ypdccpsiv si? crs xpoirpsTCTixov. 



81. Persons are spoken of with endearment in the third person, 

 largely with the idea of beauty mingled, in the following cases : 

 xoQiGxrj : xopY] ' maiden.' Plato Com. frg. 2. 638 (i. 12) AoXouq V 

 lyooGot, 'zic, xopicrx-rj Kaptxov [jiTio? xt, MzkiCzTixi toT? (ju\).z6za.iq. Timocl. 

 frg. 3. 607 "Offov TO pxTa^L) [j-stcc xopicrxY]; "iq [ietcc Xap^aiTUTr/]? ttjV 

 vuxTa xoi[j.ao-S'at, (3aj3ai. xoQiaxoc : ysj^^oz 'youth,' used to denote 

 any supposed person, just Hke the Engl. Johnny, must have been 

 hypocoristic in origin. Arist. De part. An. i. 4. 644 a 25, Phys. 

 4. II. 219b 21. fjsiQaxlazri : [j^sTpa^ 'maiden, lass.' Ar. Ran. 411 

 [j.£i.pax{ax-/](;...xai[j.a>,' euTipocrcoxou. peiQaxlaxog : [j.£tpaxtov ' lad.' Plato 

 Phaedr. 237 B ^j,£tpaxioy.05 ^xoiXcc xa}.6c. reaviaxog : v£avia? ' young 

 man.' Lys. 32. 19 i'va tou? [xsv vEaviov.ous Bta to [jiysO-o; tGv o-L»[j.<pop(ov 

 l>.£iq(7Tr)T£.'* Plato Symp. 211 D xaTa xpuatov ts xai £0-Q'?iTa xai tou? 



1 Faded. 



^ Since used in a teasing way there is also a deteriorative element. 



^ Addressed to Themison the king of Cyprus. 



* In situations like this one I still believe (cf. Gr. Dims. 178 f.) that pity 

 is merely the occasion for the expression of endearment, and that it is scarcely 

 proper to make a category ' diminutives of pity,' as is done by Edgerton, 

 JAOS. 31. 132. 



