366 DISQUISITIONS on the 



over the adtion, thefe fell, therefore, to be viewed as the fu- 

 perior or higher objeds in regard to it. 



'P(x? y5j' uduvuTMi. Hesiod. 



" All the earth, and heaven, and fea, were put in commotion im- 

 " der the force of the onfet of the immortals," — " the onfet be- 

 " ing the ading or prefiding caufe, — hence the higher power in 

 " regard to the efFed." 



K««ro TiSvTjuTes vto GXoffv^oiffi Xintri. Hesiod. 



" They lay dead by means of, — or under the force of, — furious 

 " lions,"' — " the lions being the caufe or inftruments of the 

 " death, the power whence the death originated, — hence the 

 " higher power in relation to it." 'T^o rav hzK^eov licTrKreiv, " to 

 " go into banifliment by the fentence of the judges," — " to go 

 " into banifhment, — the judges being the prefiding power, — 

 " the fuperior power in regard to that effedl." 'AtroSccvSv wxo 

 rSv iro'kii^im, " to fall by means of the enemy," — " the enemy 

 " being the fuperior power in relation to that event." 



In all its various applications, then, we find v-iro a noun, re- 

 taining its primitive force ; in fome cafes, it muft be owned 

 more remotely, but in all fuflBciently plain to enable us to trace 

 it by the principles of juft grammatical theory. 



Such, then, are the various prepofitions in Greek, analyzed 

 according to what I conceive the true principles of philofophi- 

 cal grammar. In the courfe of the inveftigation, it may be ob- 

 ferved, no great weight has been laid on the particular cafes of 



the 



