334 DISQUISITIONS on the 



branch from the fame root with the French Ster or ojler, to take 

 away or remove. 



Under this radical and original fenfe of sx, all its different, 

 fignifications may be properly arranged. 



1. Place. 



'E« IlyXs i-k6m. Homer. 



" Coming from Pylos," — " coming, — place quitted, — Pylos." 

 Ylo'Km in, vorut^i yCi""''^^ a,<piiir<rociJi,ivog, " drawing much gold from or 

 " out of the river," — " drawing much gold, — place quitted, — 

 " the river." A«as e| s^eo; ry.r]6iigy " a ftone cut out of the 

 " mountain," — " cut out, — place quitted, — the mountain." 



2. Time. E» t^s v-prariioc? ridtijxe, '' he died after the conful- 

 " fhip," — " time left, — period quitted, — the confulfliip." 'E>c 

 T8 hlvtiov avixu^ri(riv, " he went away after fupper," — " he went 

 " away, — time quitted, — the time of fupper." 



3. State. E| h^mi. TroXti^Sv, (Thucyd.), " out of peace to go 

 " to war," — to go to war, — ftate quitted, — peace." 



Under this idea, ix is often applied to the materials from 

 which a thing is made, becaufe the obje(fl formed is, by an ob- 

 vious analogy, confidered as having quitted the mafs of unform- 

 ed matter to affume its new ftate. Uorri^m ix, x^vcm, " a cup of 

 '' gold," — " a cup made, — ftate quitted, — the mafs of unformed 

 " gold." Ex T^iuv ivditZv r^iymou. (Tvs'riiTua-^ai, (Euclid). " from 

 " three ftraight lines to conftrudl a triangle," — " to conftruA a 

 "triangle, — ftate or form quitted, — three unconnedted ftraight 

 " lines." Ai6m e| Zv r« uyciXf/.tcTo, iroii(ri, (Theoph.), " ftones, of 

 " which ftatues are made," — " ftatues are made, — ftate quitted, 

 " — mafs of unformed ftone." 



'E« and a-itl are frequently ufed ihdifcriminately. From the 

 radical fenfe of the two, fuch an idiom is perfeflly admifllble ; 

 for as SK fignifies the place quiVul, and kito the remote point, o¥ 



point . 



