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man ' without the idea that avO-pwTzo; was inapplicable, the same 

 word could as well be applied in a situation in which all mankind 

 appeared contemptible in contrast to superior beings. Similarly 

 a[jLcpopt(7xo? in § 53 is a deteriorative to ap/pops'j? ' jar ' because 

 any jars are contemptible in comparison with great public works 

 and ornaments. 



53. Collection of Examples. afjifOQtaxog (§ 52). Dem. 22. 76 

 XT'^^.aT aQ-dcvaT auTw TispiscTiv, -zee [j.£v ttwv z^y^v yj [J.vYi[j.r„ zee Bs 

 Twv avad"Yi[j.ai:(ov twv 1% IxsCvoi^ c-TaQ-svToiv to xaX).o?, Tcpo^uXaia 

 TaOS^' 6 7:(xpQ>£va>v o-ttooi vsoWotxoi, o5x dpicpopiaxoi By' ouBs y^puaiBs? 

 T£TTaps(; Y] xpsT?, ayoucT sxaTTrj [j.vav, a?, o^av o-oi Box^, (TU xaXiv 

 Ypa^jjst? xaxaycoveusiv. dvd^ocoTriaxog : av&poj7:oi; ' man.' Combined 

 with or secondary to the diminutive meaning in Eur. Cycl. 316, 

 where the Cyclops addresses Odysseus 'O xT^otJiro?, avO-po-ioxs, toT? 

 crocpoT? S-so?. It is to be noticed, however, that the chief point of 

 comparison seems to be wisdom rather than size. yQa^f-iaTiaxoc : 

 Ypa[X|xaTsy<; ' secretary,' a much despised class. Herodian 2. 859. 

 22, without context. xX^ntiamg : yOIr.-'riz ' thief.' Eupol. ap. Poll. 

 8. 34 Tov Bs xXsTUTTjV slxoi? ocv xoci xlsTTTiG-ztov ^ w? E'j7:o}.t;. xyn'- 

 Czog : xuwv ' Cynic' Luc. Pise. 45. fieiQCuiaxog : jxstpaxiov ' lad, 

 youth.' Plato Resp. 7. 539 B ot [X£ipaxi(Txot, o-rav x6 TrpwTov ^voyojv 

 YsuoiVTai, 0)? TiaiBta auToT? xaTa/pwvTat, . . . ^(aipovTsc wcTTCsp (TxuXaxia 

 Tc5 sT^xsiv Ts xal crTiapaTTStv tw loyco toijc. TcT^Yicrtoy dcsi. reavlaxog : 

 vsavia? ' youth.' Ar. Ach. 680 Omvs? yspovTai; avBpa? s[j.(3a}^6vT£; 1$ 

 Ypacpa? Ttco vsavicTtcov sccts xaxaysT.ao'Q-at, p'/jTopcov. id. Equ. 731 Bia ts 

 T(jTCTO[j.ai Ttco TOUTOUi xai irwv vsavio^/ccov (' hateful youths '). id. Nub. 

 1053 TauT £(jTI, TaOx £X£Tva, °A twv v£avi(7X(ov a£i Bt' rjij.fpa? >.aXo!Jv- 

 Twv Wkri^zc, TTO (3a>>av£Tov -ot£T, xsvoci; Be Ttx? TCa>.aio-:pa$. olxiaxog: 

 oTxo? ' chamber or room.' Dem. 18. 97 7i£pa? [xlv yap ocT^aaiv av- 

 S>pw7:oti; £cr~i xoU (3iotj Q-dcvatroi;, xocv Iv oixicrxw -ri? aOirov xa8'£ip^a? 

 T7]p^. uivaxlaxog : Tuiva'^ ' trencher.' Plato Com. frg. 2. 656 (i) 

 Kotxzkci^oy 'ExixpdcTYi? t£ xai Oop[j.ia-io?; Ilapa tou (3aG-il£W(; 7^>.£T(7Ta 

 Bo)poBox"/i[xaxa, ""O^uljacpoc /pyo-cc xai xivaxiTxou? apyupou;. axiadiaxiq: 

 (Txidci; ^ ' umbrella.' See § 47. 



3. Secondary Deterioratives. 



54. If a word whose -loro- was added with a sense different 

 from the deteriorative or one which did not differ from its primi- 



^ So Cod. Falckenb., others xXeniLatatov. 



^ I have assumed that the meaning ' umbrella ' is accidentally not quot- 

 able for axidg rather than that axiddeioy is the primitive. 



Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. XVIII. 12 September, 1913. 



