The Greek Duninutive Suffix -loxo- -loxtj-. 163 



[jiya (3a>.«VT!,ov.i xadiaxog : xaBo^ (see § 34). Ar. Vesp. 321 ; 

 Lys. 13. 37 ; Dem. 57. 13 ; CIA. 2. 678 B 27 (370-366 B. C). ica- 

 Qvtaxog : xapuov, a ' nut-like ' vessel. LXX Ex. 25. 33. xoivUaxog 

 a cup ' like a yiozukoq, but not the same,' because it has only 

 one handle. Poll. 6. 96 to Bs [xovwitov xoTuXioy^oc wvofj-ocwSTO. xo- 

 TuXiT/ioc designates a peculiar type of vessel, and thus contains 

 the notion of similarity, also in Hes. y.O'zrjkiav.o;, * xpaTr^piT/wO; cT> 

 /pwvirat 01 ^.da-Oil . . . Ttvsc toc [j.6vwtoc ::o-7r|pioc. ra'/MQiOxog : ^a- 

 iupoi;, a silver vessel shaped ' like a basket.' Theocr. 15. 113 Hap' 

 8' uizcckoX y.otizoi xscpuXayijivot sv TaXapioxot? 'Apyupsoic. yjCkixsxov : 

 /£>.£iov, probably a vessel shaped ' like a tortoise shell.' Hipp. ap. 

 Erotian. p. 137 (Klein) yp^cmoy ' Tp'jpliov.^ 



B. -laxo- has no appreciable meaning. Bpozio^o? ' basket ' (Hes.) 

 probably = *Bpom?,^ the primitive being accidentally not quotable. 

 xadiaxog = xdcBo?* ' wine jar.' Ar. frg. 2. 1176 (2) ; Cratin. frg. 2. 

 127 ; Strattis frg. 2. 771 (i). xa'lai^ioxog = xa>.aQoc ' a vase-shaped 

 basket.' Ar. Lys. 535, 579, Thesm. 822 ; Eupol. frg. 2. 520 (35) ; xga- 

 TYjQiaxog = (?) xpa~/ip. Hes. s. v. xoTU>iGy.o;, see sub A. xv/Joxij = 

 xu>a? 'cup.' Poll. 6. 95, 10. 66. /.exavCaxTj = Xsxocvy] 'dish, pot, 

 pan.' Ar. ap. Poll. 6. 86 ; if Porson's conjecture is correct also 

 Telecl. frg. 2. 362. Xsxiaxov = -^o Xiyiog 'dish, plate.' Hipp. ap. 

 Poll. 10. 87. AonaSiGxog probably = XoTca? ' plate,' though possibly 

 a deteriorative. Schol. Ar. Vesp. 968. XovTrjQiaxog = (?) XouttjP 

 'bath-tub.' Gloss, mi^iaxog = 'ki^oc, 'jar.' Plut. Camill. 20, 

 where liibicryMv is an uncertain conjecture for mS-o^v. aiafivlaxog 

 = a-d\)yo(; 'wine-jar.' Poll. 7. 162. xcdaQiaxog = -zdlxpoc, 'basket.' 

 Arist. Probl. 20. 14. 924 b 11 ; Anth. P. 6. 174. vdQCaxrj = 68pia 

 ' water-pitcher.' Ath. 438 F xai xaToc ttj? xscpa}^?]? ccu^ou 6Bpi(Txrjv 

 uTOp Z'jo yoac, s/oucrav^ Tzocyioc, [j.(jpou xa-ra/u9>^vat sxsXsucev, LXX 

 4 Regg. 2. 20 ; Hes. 6BpiaTiYi • 6Bp[£]t(x. (fiaXiaxrj = ( ?) cpiaXv] ' a 

 broad flat vessel.' Schol. Ar. Ran. 1360. 



To the above can be added a word for ' basket ' found in Hes. 



1 Here d-v'/.c<xiaxog can not be a diminutive because the context suggests 

 a large quantity. 



2 The passage is suspected, and a lacuna has been assumed in order to 

 get ;f£/l<(Txoj/ to be equivalent to ^sUaxiov ' a little cough.' 



3 Though ultimately related to the verb dQSnecy it is better to assume a 

 lost primitive than that (fgoniaxos is in reality a verbal formation, as does 

 Janson op. cit. 4. No verb form with o grade seems to be in existence. 



* This equivalence is due to semantic syncretism, cf. § 34. 

 ^ In this example possibly ' like a water-pitcher ' because put to a differ- 

 ent use. 



