GREEK PREPOSITIONS. ^^t 



fsdls eftabllflied by this fyftem, it is afcertained, that in thefe 

 primitive roots, one fignification belonged to verbs v^rhere the ra- 

 dical confonant was the fame, though the vowels were varied. 

 That thus, for inftance, the roots kuu and xm originally denoted 

 the fame idea, though, in the progrefs of the language, the tra- 

 ces of one of the roots might be loft. Now the verb Kea muft 

 evidently have been the prefent indicative adlive, whence the de- 

 fedtive verb in common ufe, Keif/.a.i, " I lie," originally was 

 formed, this laft being the perfedl pafhve, with the augment 

 omitted. Upon this analogy, kiu, and of courfe its cognate xau, 

 fignified to lay, or lay down ; and Kara,, a verbal noun, proceed- 

 ing from this root, had originally the literal meaning of laying 

 place, lying place, or place where an objedl was lying or laid 

 down. This fenfe we fliall find it ftill retains, in its different ap- 

 plications, in the form of a prepofition. 



HvSeia riTfji.tirc(.t kcctu. to A (rrifj^Sov, (Euclid), " the line i/ cut at 

 " the point D," — " the line is cut, — laying place, or place where 

 " the cut lies, — the point D." '^uy.'^rirTeTe^o-a.v xocra. to K, (Eu- 

 clid), " let them coincide at K," — "let them coincide, — point 

 " where the coincidence lies, — K." 



Kara puTrilct, •run.va, xajjutda. HOM. Od, 



" We lie, — laying place, or place where we were laid, — the thick: 

 " bullies," — " among the thick bufhes." 



Ta fjikv ^cc(r6/x,(Su xaTO, tT<p~i(rii ■ APOLLON. 



"Thefe things we will divide among them," — "thefe things we 

 "will divide, — place where the divifion lies, — them." Kara (io- 

 gtctp erWs, (Thucyd.), " ftanding or fituate toward the north,"' 

 " — fituate, — point where the fituation lies, — the north." 



This fenfe of nara. correfponds precifely with what is ufually 

 attributed to it when joined with the accufative, viz. appq/itionj 



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