GREEK PREPOSITIONS. jjy 



noun -jrigag, a termination, limit, or terminating^ boundary. This 

 noun in the genitive forms vi^a-roi, which, according to the com- 

 mon analogy and pradlice of the language, would be gradually 

 contrafled into Tsaaos and Tn^iH?, and laftly abbreviated into w^ug 

 or ^^of. If this deduction be corredl, (and I think it bears the 

 marks of truth), the radical fenfe of the prepofition ^^05 mull be 

 exactly termination, or terminating in. From tliis idea all its dif- 

 ferent fenfes may naturally be traced. 



In the mathematical writers, we find a-^of retaining its pri- 

 mitive meaning. 'A< ir^cj rtj Cuffii ymiai, (Euclid, L. i. p. 4.), 

 " the angles at the bafe," — " the angles^ — termination, — the 

 " bafe, — terminating in the bafe." T^v TrXsvcxy vfoi Tolg 'la-cnq yo- 

 1/ia.ig, (Euclid, Lib. i. pr. 26.), " the fide betzvixt the equal 

 " angles," (as commonly rendered), " the fide, — termination, — 

 '- the equal angles, — the fide whofe terminations are the equal 

 "angles." Ilgoj ms , Tai' kvk^uv •^i^ifi^c'iag ihdeia, '^gogCXridua-iv, 

 (Theod. Lib. 2.), "let ftraight lines be drawn to the periphery 

 " of the circle," — " let fl;raight lines be drawn, — termination, — 

 " the periphery of the circles." 



The application of Tfog to other fenfible objedls, is refolvable 

 in a fomewhat fimilar manner. 



• Tgo5 f/Av a,}.cg KafSj. HOMER. 



" The Carians at the fea," — " the Carians, — boundary the fea, 

 " whofe country is bounded by it." 



TTOTi TToXiog iTim a;«. Homer, 



" He ftill continued flying towards the city," — " he continued 

 " flying, — termination of his flight, — the city." 



'A< |tt8V icgog So^iuo }CKT(x,Sxircii caiS^iu'zoia-iv. HoMER. 

 ." Thole to the north are paflTable for men," — " thofe,— termina- 



