The Greek Diminutive Suffix -lOxo- -loy.^-. 197 



Rhodes CB. 3791. 415 (about 70 B. C.) ; Corcyra CIG. 2. 1881 ; 

 Athens Dem. 56. 5 ; Samothrace CIG. 2157 ; Erythrae CB. 5692 c 

 35 (third cent. B. C.) ; Byzantium CB. 705. 25 ; a Metapontinan 

 philosopher Ath. 614 A. Ilataixiaxog : Ila'^aixto? Ha-rauuov. Herond. 

 4. 63. Uodia'Aoq: OoBtjC (II. 17. 575). Insc. ap. Aschick Bospora- 

 nisches Reich i. TIodiGy.og: n6'j-o$. Sarmatia CIG. 2. 2130. 64. 

 Probably a slave-name from Thera CB. 4699. 



-o>v. 



14 (end of third cent. B. C.) la-rJtjpiGy.ov. ^ifxiaxog : IX]xoq 

 Sicily (Tauromenium) IGSI. 421. lai. ^lavy^qiaxog: l!,(TU[j.[3pac. 

 Herond. 2. 76. Zo(fo-/.bdiGxr] : -oooyJJ.^. Plant. Pers. ^wtfooriaxog : 

 Scocpptov. Calymna CB. 3590. 27 ; Athens Plato Euthydem. 297 E. 

 TeXiaxog : Tilr^t;. Thuria CB. 4679. 6 (third or second cent. 

 B. C). (PavlGxog : <l)avo?. Plant. Most. (Pgovicr/Mg ^ : Opovio; 

 (Od. 2. 386, 4. 648). Boeotia CB. 476. 45. 



E. To the words of D should doubtless be added a number of 

 names which can not be referred to any actually existing prim- 

 itive, but which nevertheless have the appearance of being derived 

 from other names. Leaving out of account Jeovriaxog (Insc. Hj-pat. 

 n. 195 b, Curt. Insc. Att. 12, p. 32), which Keil plausibly explains 

 as a mistake for Kzoy~iaY.rjq, there is 'OXtiGxog (Abacaenum in Sic- 

 ily CB. 5208), "Pvtaxog (Boeotia CB. 707. 2), and Jlo'Avliadiaxog 

 (Plaut. ap. Varro L. L. 6. 73). Though the exact forms of the 

 primitives can not be determined, they must have been something 

 like *0>.T:ia$, *'F6'ioq, and *Uo7.D^j6:.hr^q. 



F. Some of words classified above as derived from appellatives 

 may in reality also belong to D if the same primitive is in use 

 as a proper name, or at least one so like it as to have the same 

 basis of derivation. Thus the names Asovtictxo?, Akxiov.o?, -ccopi- 

 oxo?, (^pwiayiO(;, and Oopfj.taywOc, instead of being ' like a lion, wolf, 

 lizard, toad, and basket ' respectively (§ loi), could have been 

 derived from the proper names Asojv, Atjxo? (§ 102), Satjpta?, 

 <I>p!jvo$ or <I>ptjvto)v, $6p[j,o<; or Oopij-i? or Oopixitov. Similarly Apo- 

 p(7xo? and Ku^spvCirxo? (A), instead of being 'little runner' and 

 ' little pilot,' could have come from Apo[j.s!JS and KupspvfjTTj^ ; Na- 

 ^icmoq and ITaxicrxoi; (B), instead of being ' little fellow ' and ' little 

 papa,' could be referred to the proper names Navo? and na7:a; or 

 IXaTioc? or liaizicci;. Since we have no idea when and how these 

 words were first forrned no certain decision for the individual 

 word could be reached. 



1 That a child should be given the diminutive of a Homeric name is per- 

 fectly intelligible. It is not necessary, therefore, to assume that ^QOfiaxog 

 stands for Ev]g)Qoyi<ixog , as Keil supposes. 



