DISQUISITIONS on the 



"^^ 



3. To the relations of objeds, and chiefly to their relations as 

 effeds from a caufe either producing or inodifying them. Akt- 

 ^ou,itioi; ix, ci'jro r» jSeXr/rs ravTa. vgoiTTOtira, roii uhX(pov, (DiON. Ha- 

 iic), " perceiving that his brother was adling thus, not from 

 " the beft difpofition," — " adling, — point of outfet, — or origin 

 " of aiSling, — not the beft difpofition." Aoku kri^ag $\ 7o7g u.%1 

 T?j roa?, £TS»4)j Je Toig ciiro t^; d.Kxtrii/.iccg, (LuciAN.), "it appears in 

 " a different hght to the ftoic and the academic philofopher," 

 <« — to perfons from the porch and from the academy," — " per- 

 " fons proceeding, — point of departure, — the porch and the aca- 

 " demy." 



4. In all thefe different applications of axo, which are the mofl 

 common, the fecondary fenfe appears to predominate ; but axo 

 is fometimes found in ufe, where the original meaning of remote 

 or dijlant point diredtly prevails. This takes place in regard to 

 material objects, in ftich phrafes as the following ; 'fis ^tJiv rot yg 

 «To r?j yni iyivouro, (XiPHiL.), " when they arrived at a diftance 

 from land," — '' when they arrived — remote or diftant point, — 

 " the land." 



eca-o )^&ovog ev^voiiltig 



'E? yi(p§ov ^^lav. Hesiod. 



" They placed him in the chariot away from the earth," — " pla- 

 '' ced him — diftant or remote point, — the earth." 



— — aVo Ti yXuvxamg 'Adtivri 



"Ey^iog o^fM^v 'ir^cix ofsfctpv;; dxo J/(pfa. Hesiod. 



"Minerva turned away the force of the fpear,— warding it 

 " from the chariot,"—" turned the force of the fpear,— warding 

 " it,_fo as to be remote from the chariot,— remote or diftant 

 " point,— the chariot." 



It is in this manner that d^o is likewife ufed to denote a 

 negation j the one objed being fuppofed to be fee at fuch a di- 



fl;ance 



