332 D IS^UISITIONS en the 



may, I think, be found. There is in common ufe ;i dcfcdivc 

 verb hy-oLi, fignifying to fit. From the analogy of the language, it 

 is clear that this muft have been the perfedl pafllve of an obfo- 

 lete verb ta, fignifying to fet, of which the perfeft pafFive would 

 confequently fignify, " I have been fet," or " I am fet," or what 

 is eqviivalent, " 1 Jit.'''' Now, in the regular declenfion of this 

 verb £i>, aj w^ould occur as the participle of one of the aoriRs 

 paflive, naturally and literally therefore fignifying fet down,, or 

 what is equivalent to this, any thing in the acS of fitting, refting, 

 or fome fimilar attitude. Here, as in the other prepofitions, 

 fome common word being underftood, a? might come dire(5lly 

 and literally to exprefsy///i«'^ place, rcjllng place, Jlopp'ing place. 



With this fenfe, all the ufes of «? exactly coincide. 



'H 6<j ra? ■rct.pxX'k^'kiis ivhiag ivhla, Ipo-^iTTTiKrci,, (Euclid), " the 

 " flraight line falling on parallel llraight lines," — " the ftraight 

 *' line falling, — refling place, — parallel ftraight lines." '£«rfa<p;; 

 ti xocvii!/ U rkv a.'Kiov, (Archim.), " let the ruler be turned towards 

 " the fun," — " let the ruler be turned, — refting or flopping 

 " point of its turning, — the line of the fun. 



}])^v$oii ug T^oir/V. HOMER. 



" I came to Troy,"—" I came,— flopping place,— Troy." 



'Eig ■76v?"EXK)iDxg ^ovffov mofjuKri, " he caufed money be fent to 

 " the Greeks," — " he caufed' money be fent, — flopping place, — 

 " place where the fending refted,— the Greeks. 'ECaXXi }.iSov hg 

 "zCi^og, " he threw a ftone at or againfl the wall," — " he threw a 

 '' flone, — flopping place, — the wall." 'Eig rriv IxxXria-iav >ici0i(^ofjt,(x.i, 

 " I fet myfelf down in the affembly," — " I fet myfelf down, — 

 " fitting place, — the affembly." Kv^og ■ira.^n'j lig to o-uto y^io^icv, 

 (Xenoph.), " Cyrus was prefent at, or in the fame place," — 

 " Cyrus was prefent,— refling place, — the fame place." 



