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sition, being a little in advance of e?. It is claimed by ii verbs as 

 a favorite and by 2 as an exclusive. No dwa^ dprj/jieva and no usurpa- 

 tions occur with tt/oos. 



virep. 'Yirkp occurs 64 times and has a range of 1 1 verbs, all of 

 which are monoprothetic. Its favorite verb is /3atVaj, with which it 

 occurs 9 times. It is not a favorite of any verb and has but i ex- 

 clusive wiiich is tiTra^ tlprjiiivov. No usurpations. 



v-nro. The simple viro occurs 422 times. Its range of combina- 

 ble verbs consists of 58, of which 45 are monoprothetic, 12 

 diprothetic and i triprothetic. Its favorite verb is apx^, with which 

 it combines 94 times and of which it is the favorite preposition. 

 3 verbs claim it as their favorite preposition and 5 as an exclusive, 

 of which I is uttu^ tlprjixivov. In viroTTTevw and viroroirioi we have usur- 

 pations of (jTrremo found onl}' in Aristophanes, and totvIm used once 

 by Eustathius, the Homeric commentator. 



II. S^tatistioal Tables. 



This portion of the work consist of four tables. The first shows 

 all the simple verbs in Thucydides which combine with prepositions 

 to form other verbs. It indicates the prepositions so used and the 

 number of occurrences of both compounds and simples. It gives 

 the complete statistics for monoprothetics based on simple verbs. 

 I have taken no account of compounds whose verbal elements are 

 not referable to simple verbs. Accordingly I have omitted verbs 

 hke eTTtKovpio), Trpodvfxioixai, eyi^etpe'oj referable to cTTtKoupos, Ovixo<; and 

 X^^p respectively. On the other hand such verbs as erSt'Sw/xi, ^vfiirpo- 

 dvfjiiofjiai, are included, being referable to the simples Si'Sw/xt and 

 TTpoOvfXiOfxaL. A compound like KaT-qyopiu), although the verbal ele- 

 ment *yjyop€w does not exist, is included, since *r]yopeo) is referable 

 to dyopevdi). Another example is eK8iaiTao/u,ai (Statrao)) . Such verbs 

 are starred. The second table shows the same facts for the 

 <iiprothetics and triprothetics as the first table for the monopro- 

 thetics. The third table shows the different combinations of 

 prepositions as seen in diprothetics and triprothetics. The fourth 

 shows the relative range of the prepositions, their favorite verbs 

 and statistics. It also combines for the sake of convenience some 

 of the more salient points of the other tables. 



It is impossible that the statistics shown b}' the appended tables 

 should be absolutely without error. Infallibility belongs only to 

 the enthusiasm of 3'outh. But it is believed that no false impres- 

 •sions can be gotten from the figures indicated. 



