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way Kadrffxai astonishes us with a range of 6 combinations, although 

 both a usurpation and an exclusive in its monoprothetic form. 

 The explanation, however, is easy, as the diprothetics of 'ri/xai are 

 practically monoprothetic in feeling, owing to loss of color in Kara., 

 the second element in composition. 



In the case of triprothetics, 7 in all, the range of verbs is too 

 narrow for valuable results from comparison, but so far as they go, 

 they fall into line with the views advanced in this paper. Four 

 of them, ayw, cI/jll, 'ip)(o^xL (IXOdv), Icrrqixi, all in the foreground 

 as verbs of motion, will also be remembered as the most prominent 

 diprothetics and among the most prominent monoprothetics. It 

 is a curious fact that the remaining three, eXaww, cretw and evpLaKw, in 

 which the idea of motion is by no means secondary, are not found 

 among the diprothetics of Thucydides. The discussion of these 

 verbs in their triprothetic relation belongs to the awi^ dp-qixlva of 

 Thucydides. a treatment of which is not germane to this investiga- 

 tion. 



Sugsfestert <'or«llaries. 



Growing out of the above discussion are several special phe- 

 nomena, from a consideration of which can be deduced corollaries 

 to the main theorem. Within the limits of the present study we 

 cannot hope to be exhaustive or more than suggestive, as many of 

 the points alluded to could, of themselves, be carried out to the 

 point of special monographs. 



Favoritism of ^'erbs for tJertain Prepositions. 



One of the first things to strike the eye in an examination of 

 the foregoing statistical tables, is the great preponderance of some 

 prepositions over others with certain verbs. Let us see if there is 

 an}' principle underlying such favoritism, and what light it throws 

 on the general subject of the composition of verbs with preposi- 

 tions. It is not our purpose to discuss each individual case, but 

 merely to point out general tendencies. A few examples from 

 Table I. bearing on each point will suffice. 



I. l')xteiisioii and Ileiiiforeement. 



'AAXao-o-w combines with diro 27 times to 24 times in all with 6 other 

 prepositions. The idea of "change", "alter", naturally carries 

 with it a very strong feeling for the relation " from ", and hence 

 the marked preference for avo. 



BorjOeo}, as would naturally be expected from its meaning, is 

 found with im 27 times, with -n-po? 25 times, twice as frequently as 

 with any other preposition. In like manner 8e';)(o/x,at favors Tr/ao?, the 



