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12. 'EvXoye'iadai, 16, 12 ; formed after the analogy o( anoXoyeofiai, but 

 with what meaning I do not know. 



13. 'la-yeuq, 16, 94. 95. 96. 97. Mommsen suggests that it may be 

 a corruption for vaycvov, a vegetable color, from vayr}, a shrub from which 

 that color is obtained. 



14. Ka^aXXapiKos, 16, 5 ; relating to a horse. 



15. KoKKTjpd, 16, 93 ; either another form for kokkos, or it signifies the 

 scarlet color, obtained from the kokkos. 



16. Aa8iKr,vos, 16, 9. 10. 11. 12. 47. 56. 74. 75. 77, for Aao8LKr,v6s, 

 from AaodiKeia, the name of a city in Phrygia. 



17. Mera^a^XaTTT], 16, 86. 98 ; a compound of /neTo^a* (which is not 

 a Greek, but perhaps a Persian word, meaning silk), and ^XarTt], the 

 Latin hlatta, purple. 



18. MovTovvrjcrios, 16, 46. 56. 71. 72. 73; or fioTovTjo-ios, 16, 47; ac- 

 cording to Mommsen's ingenious conjecture, the adjective of Movtivt] or 

 MoTivT), the Latin Mutina, whose wool was highly valued. 



19. NetKujjKoy, 16, 93 ; for 'Nikotjvos, the adjective of NiVaio. 



20. Nep/3tK0f, 16, 10. 15.76; the Latin Nervicus, relating to the 

 Nervii. 



21. 'OyKia, 16, 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 99. 100. 101 ; the inscription has 

 in most of these places 6 alone, which MommsCn, by mistake, completes 

 into oyKia instead of ovyyia or ovyKia, the Latin imcia. 



22. 'oivTvpia, 16,89; probably the same as the later Latin oxy- 

 hlatta (see Du Cange), picrple of the greatest brightness. 



23. Ilapayavdiv, 16, 12. 



24. Ue^aTrpcoTeia, 16, 101 ; evidently a compound of TreKretv and irpa- 

 Teia ; perhaps combing or shearing of the first quality. 



25. rielouTos, 16, 55 ; shorn ; perhaps a verbal adjective from a form 



Tre^oo). 



26. liXovpaptos, 16, 44; the Juaim plumarius, embroiderer. 



27. UXovfxapais, 1 6, 8 ; from 7r\ovp.apios ; it is formed like a verbal 

 noun, as if there were a verb of the same stock ; embroidery ; for the 

 Greek Trot/ciXta. 



28. Upu>Telos, 16, 48. 52. 94 ; first. The noun t6 Trpare^ov, occurring 

 in earlier writers, presupposes the existence of this adjective, although 

 it does not occur in earlier writers. 



* See Du Cange, s. v. metaxarii, with its two very diiFerent meanings, sericorum 

 negotiatores and qui rebus venalibus imponunt metam pretii. 



