188 Walter Petersen, 



-OQ other names of vessels like xoT-j/i'Txr; or xotuXit/vOc (§ 41). 

 As to [3o'j|j(ovi'r/.oc we may assume influence of words meaning 

 bandages, c. g. Xrjixvirr/to?, assisted by syncretism with -t,ov. The 

 form in -17/.0- would gain currency because JjouPojviov was already 

 preempted by being the name of a plant acting as a remedy to 

 the ,io'j,3ojv, also with the idea of appurtenance. UccVicr/.oc, finally, 

 may have been some one ' like Pan, but not a real one,' or a 

 ' httle Pan.' 



89. The apparent meaning ' coming from ' is found in fxayaqiaxog- 

 mvayicr/.o; Hes. : ^Mayapa ^ = Miyxpcc, [j-ayapitr/vO? seeming to be 

 ' that which comes from Megara,' i. e. ' Megarian pottery,' and is 

 equivalent to [j-eyapixo^ xspafj-o?. The patterns again were the 

 many names of vessels in -t<7xo- (§ 41). 



90. In two examples our suffix seems to mean ' made of,' both 

 in Herondas, and therefore earlier than the preceding : xavva^iaxov 

 (7. 58) ' a kind of shoe ' : xavvapic ' hemp,' ' that which is made 

 of hemp,' and aaviaxy] (4. 62) ' tablet for painting' ^ : Tavi; ' board, 

 plank,' ' that which is made of boards or planks.' But since the 

 primitive of the latter is itself found in the meaning of ' tablet,' 

 it is probable that it was thus conceived in the formation of the 

 derivative, which therefore was either ' that which is like a cravic,' 

 or was equivalent to it, following related words like 7;ivaxiT/C0c 

 (§ 41). The latter itself, which might be thought of as ' that 

 which is made of flat -wood {izlvoCQ ' is certainly a deteriorative 

 (§ 53) and diminutive (§ 66) of Triva^ when itself meaning 

 ' platter.' If, however, it attracted 'jy.nrr/a^, it was also used just 

 like T.iyo(.% and tcivccxiov of a tablet for painting, and that meaning 

 is accidentally not quotable. It was caused by semantic syncretism 

 with the -lov w^ord. xavva[3{'jxov on the other hand w'as attracted 

 by acr/vSpiT/vOv or G'X[jJ^ccki'TA'jy , both designating shoes (§ 71). It 

 is possible, however, that the real primitive was xavva(3iov, which 

 itself designates a hempen shoe, and then there would be equiva- 

 lence of primitive and derivative. 



91. In one word -ktxo- appears as a compound forming suffix : 

 na^ayMviaxog ' a carpenter's square ' (LXX) : ::!xpa ' alongside ' and 

 ycovitx ' angle,' ' that which is alongside of the angle.' The re- 

 sponsible congeneric word was some name of a tool like [xoylia-Aoc 

 (§ 42), Tp'jTravt'Txo? (§ 67), or 'zop^icrKOc (§ Sy). The same group, 

 more particularly the surgeons ' tools, caused xoi'/./axog (Hes.) 



1 With the vowel assimilation in *J\'Idyce^c( < MeyctQcc cf. fidyu^oy (Men.) 

 <; (jLiya^ov, and Xaxdyrj < ksxdfr,. See Brugmann, Gr. Gr*. 84. 

 ^ So Crusius and Meister ad loc. 



