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prepositions to get the range of conibinable prepositions in Thucy- 

 dides. They all occur in their simple form (dm and d/x^t twice 

 each"). The compounds ofd,(X(^llike the preposition, are mostly con- 

 fined to poetry. 



avd. The case of ava. is different. While the simple preposition 

 is confined mostly to phrases and poetry, it survives in composition, 

 having a range of 77 verbs in Thucydides. Its favorite verb is 

 ;(w/oew with which it occurs 144 times. It is the favorite preposition 

 of 5 verbs, not counting its exclusives. It combines exclusively 

 with 17 verbs, of which g are airj.$ dprjixivx. In one of these, 

 dvotyi'u/x.i. the place of the simple has been usurped by the compound 

 in prose. The simple olyvu/At belongs to poetry. In dvaAi'o-Ko> and 

 dvaAo'o), we have probable usurpations of old simples which had 

 passed out of the language in pre-historic times. 'Ava does not oc- 

 cur as first eleiuent in diprothetics or triprothetics. The range of 

 the simple dvd, like d/x^i', is largely poetic. 



avTL. The simple preposition dvri occurs 52 times in Thucydides. 

 It is found in composition with 80 verbs, of which 48 are monopro- 

 thetic, 27 diprothetic and 5 triprothetic. No other preposition oc- 

 curs more than once in triprothetics. Its favorite verb is Ix*" with 

 which it combines 41 times. Other favorites are larrrjfXL and tlirov. 

 It combines exclusively with 10 verbs, of which 7 are u.Tra$ elprjfjiivji. 



oLTTo. The simple diro occurs 634 times. It has a combinable range 

 of 114 verbs, of which 112 are moaoprothetic, and 2 diprothetic. 

 The favorite verb is iKviofxai, in composition with which it occurs 192 

 times. It is the favorite preposition of 22 verbs, not counting its 

 exclusives. It is the exclusive preposition of 23 verbs, of which 15 

 are aira^ €lpr]fxiv.x. In diravTaLw, we have a usurpation of the simple 

 dvTao), which is limited to poetr3\ The compounds dTroKretVw, its 

 passive diroOv^cTKM, and a<f>LKveo/xxi are equivalents of their respective 

 simples, except in the perfect and pluperfect of OvrjaKO), which are 

 rarely compounded in Attic Greek, never in Thucydides. In 

 aTToWvfXL, we have a complete usurpation, the form oXXvpn being re- 

 stricted to poetry. Homer has a-n-o oWvfXiin so-called tmesis, where 



the prepositional element was strongly felt. To say, however, with 

 Liddell and Scott, that d-n-oWv/xL is a stronger form of oXXv/xi, pre- 

 supposes a weaker oWvfxi for Attic prose, which does not exist. 

 dTToWv/xL is stronger than dTroKreivw, just as oXXv/xl is stronger than 

 KT£LV(i>. ' ATrexOdvofji'ii is a usurpation of the poetic exOw. 



Std. In the simple form 8ta. occurs 534 times. It has a range of 

 loi verbs, g8 of which are monoprothetic and 3 diprothetic. <J>^et/3w 

 is its favorite verb with which it combines 151 times. It is the fav- 

 orite of 14 verbs, though the favoritism is not so sharply defined as 



