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has a range of 105 verbs, 104 monoprothetic and i diprothetic. 

 "la-T-qixi is its favorite verb with which it occurs 260 times, and of which 

 it is also the favorite preposition. It is the favorite preposition of 

 16 verbs and has an exckisive range of 25 verbs, of which 12 are 

 ttTTj,^ dp-qfjilvs. In Karayvu/xt we have a usurpation in the active voice. 

 KaOi^ofX'u, KaOrjiJi'XL and kx9l(w are usurpations. The simples are po- 

 etic, e^ofxat and t^w are late Greek. 



ixerd. Mero, occurs 6ig times. It is restricted in the range of its 

 verbs to 24, of which 22 are monoprothetic and 2 diprothetic. Its 

 favorite verb is la-Trj/xL. Leaving out its only exclusive, /xera/xe'Xet, 

 it can not be said to be the favorite preposition of any verb. Mera 

 is not a general favorite in composition. 



^vv. Hi'i' occurs 35 times. It is not, strictly speaking, an Attic 

 preposition, surviving chiefly in legal and religious phrases. It 

 has a range of 153 verbs, of which 102 are monoprothetic, 50 dipro- 

 thetic and I triprothetic. In respect of range of combinable verbs, 

 it stands second in the list of prepositions, being next to i-n-L. Its 

 favorite verb is ^aivw, with which it combines 130 times and of which 

 it is the favorite preposition. It is the favorite preposition of 10 

 verbs. It has an exclusive range of ig verbs, of which 13 are 

 aTroi4 elprj/jieva. There are no usurpations with ivv. 



irapa.. The preposition irapa. occurs in simple form 282 times. It 

 combines with 54 verbs of which 48 are monoprothetic and 6 dipro- 

 thetic. El/At is its favorite verb, with which it occurs 173 times and 

 of which it is the favorite preposition. It is the favorite preposi- 

 tion of 7 verbs and has a range of 8 exclusives, 4 being aira^ dp-qp^iva.. 

 VL'xpa has no usurpations. While atve'w is found in Attic prose only 

 in composition (except twice in Plato), and in Thucydides only with 

 TTiipa. and Ittl (Kara, once), yet the spheres of each are sharply defined. 

 irtpi. l\tpl occurs 478 times. It has a range of 43 verbs, all of 

 which are monoprothetic. Its favorite verb is yCyvopuai. with which 

 it combines 48 times. It is the favorite preposition of 3 verbs and 

 is the exclusive of 2, both of which are aTraf dp-qp-iva. Wepl has no 

 usurpations. 



^ TT/oo. 11/30 occurs 80 times. It has a combinable range of 105 verbs, 

 6g being monoprothetic, 35 diprothetic and i triprothetic. Xw/aew is 

 its favorite verb with which it combines 37 times. It is the favor- 

 ite preposition of 7 verbs and is the exclusive preposition of 6, one 

 of which is d-Trat" dpr)p.ivov. Yipo has no usurpations. 



7r/3o?. The preposition 7rp6s occurs in simple form 861 times. It 

 has a combinable range of 74 verbs of which 56 are monoprothetic, 

 17 diprothetic and i triprothetic. Its favorite verb is fiaXXw, with 

 which it occurs 67 times and of which it is also the favorite- prepo- 



