164 IVolter Petersen, 



in a variety of forms : 'j^.in\r>Y-'Z ' '-popixoc. T'jpicVvOr • ayysTov ^i 



Whatever the origin of this undoubtedly foreign word.^ the forms 

 in -icTKo- were due to the attraction of other words in the same 

 suffix designating baskets. 



8. Architectural and Technological \\'ords.- 

 42. d^axCaxog : cl^a'^, that which is 'like a slab or board.' a 

 (small) stone for inlaying in mosaic work. Moschio ap. Ath. 207 C. 

 dyxooi'laxog : ayxojv, that which is ' like an elbow,' something having 

 an angle, e. g. tenons or door-hinges. Hero Spir. 228 f . ; LXX 

 Ex. 26. 17 ; Suid. 'Ayxo)vi<7xo; • (Txsuy) Ti[j.o)prjTtxa. d'^ovcaxog : a!;o)v, 

 that which is ' like an axle, but not a real one,' if the primitive 

 is thought of as designating an axle of a wagon, its most frequent 

 use. If not, a^oviaVwO? is a diminutive. Hero Spir. 220 ; Hes. 

 >.uxi(Txo?- Y] [XT] lyoufTcc a;ovi(7xov ' 'zpoyo01o(., Tpr,[j.a Ss [xo-^o^. doni- 

 dCaxog : ugizi^, a boss, because ' like a shield.' Schol. E 743 oaloi 

 01 Y.CCZOC 'zb [jiTo>7:ov r7,c TtspixscpaXaia? arr-iBtirxoi. Hes. a'77:iBi'7xoi • 

 -zr^c xiOapa<; 1% axpoi; irriyzaiy, uaieQtaxoc : ao-irrip, the boss or knob 

 of a helmet, because ' like a star.' Eustath. 424. 5. darqaya'/J- 

 axog : ocGT^dycckoc, that which is ' Hke the vertebrae or a die.' a) a 

 part of a wine-cooler. Poll. 6. 99 00 [j.y]v s/st, (sc. 6 '\>oy.zr^p) ttliS^- 

 [x6va ocK)^ aG'zpcc'YcOlay.oi):;. b) bosses or discs of metal on the 

 helmet. Hes. (pa>«apa • ao-u-payaTsioxo? 6 sm zr^q TuspixscpaXaia?. /?a- 

 TQayjaxog • [xspo? zi t% xiO-apa^ Hes. : [3aTpa/o; ' frog.' ^M/jiiGxog : 

 [3oi[j.6(;, that which is ' like an altar, but not a real one,' a model 

 of an altar, though perhaps a diminutive. Hero Spir. 191. /(>a- 

 (fiaxog : ypacpsTov, a surgical instrument ' like a pencil.' Hes. ditpqC- 

 axog : Bicppo?, something 'hke a war-chariot,' but not the same, a 

 racing-chariot. Since the latter is lighter than the war-chariot, it 

 might be considered as a diminutive. Ar. Nub. 31 TpsT? paT 

 (sc. xpso? £[3a \Kt) Btcppioxou xai -zpoyoXw 'Apvia. ^vylaxov : "(^oyoy, 

 that which is ' hke a yoke,' explained by the editor's note to an 

 Eleusinian inscription in 'Ap/. Ecp. 1899 p. 188 n. 9, 10 : vincula 

 metalli firmitatis aut ornamenti causa cingentia cistas ligneas. xa- 

 '/MfJiGxog : xa}.a[j.o?, that which is ' like a reed.' a) an instrument 

 for dressing the hair. Theod. Prodr. p. 437. b) a branch of a 



^ Janson, op. cit. 5, would make these words Aeolic, but if nothing else 

 the fact quotes § i would make this impossible. 

 2 Not repeating, of course, those of 6 and 7. 

 ^ Codd. i^oviaxov. 



