The Greek Diminutive Suffix -16x0- -taxtj-. 161 



Be OTi xai ziq tyiv ytipx Xr^fj-zCacc r^ piZ,cc Ipsb-i^ei ■Kpbc, a(ppoS{c7!.a. 

 Doubtful is dgaxioxog : apaxo?, a certain leguminous plant. Cf. Gal. 

 19. 85 (Kiilm) apa/iBa? • Trypivou? apa apa/aoTcoD?, sTSo? 6(77ipiou Bs 

 so-Tiv 6 apoc/vO?. There is no clue whether primitive and derivative 

 designate the same or different species ; if the latter, apa/i-rxo; 

 belongs here. 



5. Statues and Dedicatory Images. 



39. Since the primitive may itself be used of a statue or image 

 without formal characterization, the derivative may be a diminutive 

 if it designates a small statue, and no sharp line of distinction 

 can be drawn. There is certainly no idea of small size in the first 

 example of navicTto?. 



A. Images of gods. "AnoAXon'/axog a statue of 'Ax6>.}.wv. Ath. 

 636 F. Ilaviaxog an image of ITav. Clem. Al. 53 oXcci Bs xal cx.\Xxi 

 6[j.5)V sixovsc, riavtaTtot tivs? Y.cd yupai xopai xai o-a-tjpoi ^.tb-uo'^xtq. 

 For Cicero De nat. deor. 3. 17 see § 88. 2atVQiaxoq an image 

 of a satyr. Ath. 200 D ZaTupiGTCoc iztyzdizriyuq.^ 



B. Images of Animals. Ittttioxoc : iizizoc, ' an image of a horse. 

 Insc. Sam. Hoffm. 3. 169. 41 (346/5 B. C.) i7:ziaxot; yoO.xoZ^. nav 

 d^7]Qtaxog : zav&Yjp, ' an image of a panther.' Hero Autom 

 3. 3, 4. I. xqayiaxog : Tpayo?, ' an image of a he-goat.' Insc. Del 

 Mich. 833. 24 (279 B. C.) Tpayirrxoi /puaoT ao-Ta-ot. 



C. Images of things, danidiaxri : mizic,, ' an image of a shield. 

 CIA. 2. 751 Aa 8 oi.<y%i6[i]mocc XP'jaac. Insc. Del. Mich. 833. 25, 34 

 Ditf^. 588. 32 oco-mBi'Txai orjyivca AA. y.Xirir^QiGxog : xXivTr^p, ' an 

 image of a couch.' Insc. Sam. Hoffm. 3. 169. 48. nediaxt] : rdhr^, 

 ' an image of a chain.' Insc. Boeot. IGS. 2420. 27 yzipi.Tz£bcic, xyj 

 %zt)i(yy.(xc [apjyoupiac, olxa zpXc, Bpa/[j.fj. aretpariaxog : o-Tscpavo?, ' an 

 image of a wreath or crown.' Insc. Del. Mich. 833. 51 cxscpaviTxci 

 /pu(7oT Btio, 67>z-?i Bpa/[j.a!, • Fhhh . crTscpavo? y^puaooc, ... 6}.xriV Bpa/jj.ai* 

 H|\lAAAAFhF.2 Insc. Cos Ditt-. 734. 122. 



6. Articles of Dress and Ornament. 



40. cc(fni6i<yxrj : uaxic, a ' shield-shaped ' ornament. Hes. (xttoBi- 

 (Txar. . . TCspicpepTj? xoo-jj-o? 67u>.ot? soixto?. dareqCaxog : acrmrjp, a ' star- 

 shaped ' ornament. Diod. 19. 34. yapiiaTixJxov : y(X]X[xo!,, a ' gamma- 

 shaped ' ornament. Joan. Laur. De magist. reip. Rom. 2. 4 yi-oiai 



^ Though the image was five ells long, it might yet have been a diminutive 

 in contrast to the daidexccTirj^vs Jiovvaog mentioned before. 



2 The contrast in weight between the arBfiavog and the are^ai/iaxog shows 

 that diminutive interpretation is right for this passage. 



