132 ANALOGY of GREEK LETTERSj 



ear *. Tiyfjua,, therefore, not only lends its afliftance to the den- 

 tal mutes, in order to form ^, but even frequently occupies 

 the place of i^, the component mute being rejedled. 



II. 2irMA is the only confonant whofe power is employed 

 in the formation of the dative plural of the imparifyllabic 

 declenfion ; and this is done by interpofing it immediately be- 

 fore t of the dative Angular : as, pnroj^, orator, Dat. Sing, prsg/, 

 Dat. Plur. pnTOga-t, So »o^a| (;:o^«.xs), corvtts, D. S. xo^aau^ 

 D. p. xo^oma-i, which is ao^a^r (pXo| ((pXoys), jffamma, D. S. (pXayi, 

 D. P.(pXoy(r(,whichis(pXo|<- (Bri^{(Bfiy^i), tt/Jis,D.S. l3^x.i,D. ?.(iriyjTi^ 

 which is /3)j|/. So alfo a»-»|/ (wVj), ociilus, D. S. (iV/, D. P. iiW<, 

 which is ci-^f "A^cc-^ {"A^a/3?), Arabs, D. S. "A^«/3<, D. P. "A^a,j2(ri, 

 which IS "A^aipr x.arii'Kii^/ (;caT^X<(ps), Jcala, D. 8- Karr/XU^ 

 D. P. xM-rriXKpa-i, which is x.a.7riXf^t.. Alfo, J«.)j (5a(rs), epulum, 

 D. S. 5«<t1, D. P. not ^MTn, nor Sa^^i, but 3a«rl, becaufe r, 3, 9-» 

 are thrown away before <r. "KaiJMa^ {Xa.f/,xaSi), lucerna, D. S. X«|«^ 

 T«J<, D. P. not XoaiMTu^ffi, nor xL^Mta^i, but Xa-iMia^t. o^vt( {o^yi^i), 

 D. S. ogn&(, D., P. not c«w&<rt, nor o^w^», but og vw* f. 



III. In 



* It deferves to be remarked, that one of the liquids, viz. >, is alfo thrown away be- 

 ftjre 5 of the nominative, and reliored again in the genitive. Thus, ^nAot?, niger, fbn 

 ^tX«»5, has, in the genitive, /^t?y^>oi. From (bme nominatives, both r and t are throwa 

 away, andreftored in the genitive : thus, yiyoK for ■yiyxtrgyGen. yiyxim',' and they are again 

 thrown away before c in the dative plural, which is not yiyaniri, but yiy«(ri. And when, 

 in the prefents of verbs, v and o occur together, they are both thrown away before cu of 

 the future : thus, r.\i\\:i^, volulo, levXi^ar, evidently for the fake of a more pleafing found., 

 Vic/. Moor Ehmtnta L. Gr. p. 128. 



With relpetV to what HuLEWiczafTerts about the final ?, in nouns of the third declen- 

 fion being changed into i, S, >, t, in the genitive, as s^ig, lis, Gen. ffi^o?- Sjn?, avis. 

 Gen. 05>/9t)5" /^EAa?, niger. Gen. f«;^avo!* x'^f'^i S''"^'") ^^n- JC^fr's* this arifts from his 

 not having oblerved, with Mr Markland, that the full nominatives of thofe words are> 

 ffiJf, ogvi&{, -s?.x';, ^"xfiTs* and that ? is not changed into the above mentioned confonants, 

 but that thefe having been thrown away in the nominative, euphoniic caujd, are reilored 

 in the genitive, where that reafon do longer takes place. Ste above, p. 1 30. 



■|- Ln the dative plural, > is alio tJiiowtti out, zs^vufrn'tpoflor, D. S. wDt/iln, D. P. avi|Wci. 

 Other changes are made ia thiii cafe in certain nouns euphonia gratia, hut o- is always- 

 injerted. 



