341 DISQUISITIONS on the 



and, if juftly analyzed, the fame will be found to hold when 

 it is joined with the genitive, though, with that cafe, Ka,r» is 

 commonly faid to exprefs oppojition. Thus, x«r« (tkov^ ro^iusip, 

 (Herodian), " to ftioot at a mark," — " to flioot, — lie of the 

 " fhot, — or place where the fhot was made to lie, — :the mark." 

 In thofe cafes where Kctroi. falls to be tranflated as denoting oppo- 

 /itiori, the oppofition unqueftionably lies in the connected verb, 

 not in the prepofition. 



Kara y^j viTrreiii, DiON. HaliCAR. 



" To fall againfl the ground," — " to fall, — lie or diredion of the 

 " fall, — place where the falling lay, — the ground." But in moft 

 inftances where x«t« occurs with the genitive, no direifl oppofi- 

 tion is intimated. Thus, 



Kar' o<pda,X[Ji.aiv xi^vro kyXui. HoMER. 



" A mill was fpread, (not againfl:, but) before his eyes," — " a 

 " mifl; was fpread, — place where its operation lay, — his eyes." 



From this primary fenfe of zara, two fecondary fenfes appear 

 to have branched. In the firft place, any thing laid down evi- 

 dently occupies a certain fpace, in the fame pofition or diredion 

 with the objecft upon which it lies. Upon this idea, >ia.Ta. came 

 frequently to be ufed to exprefs the line along which any thing has 

 its pofition, coiirfe, or direBion. Hence it may frequently be ren- 

 dered ^/ok^. £/« xar' sfsoc, " he goes along the mountain," — 

 " he goes, — diredlion of his going, — lie of his courfe, — the 

 " mountain." "Y.py^ovrcx.i xcx.Tci. t?j ohi, or Kara. Tt^v oiov, " they 

 " come along the road," — " they come, — direilion or lie of their 

 " coming, — the road." Kara ts rS^iog x^iiJt,a,tra,i, " to fufpend 

 •* along the wall," — " to fufpend, — diredion in which the ob- 

 *' jed was fufpended, — the wall." By the obvious analogy be- 

 tween place and time, »«Ta in this mode of application was 



fome times 



