84 On the Affinity of the Hiberno- Celtic and Phenician Languages. 
pursuits. ean, @ man; cuajm, @ village or farmers house ; yey, active, vigorous, 
attentive. The good husbandman. 
Vesta. The goddess ‘of chastity and female virtue. wary, gentleness ; ca, exist- 
ence, gentleness personified. 
Vulcan. The god of the antients who presided over fire, and was patron of all 
artists who worked in iron and metals. ols, clever, active, intelligent, adroit ; satan, 
smith, pronounced folgaun, or vulgaun. ‘The clever smith. Tubal Cain ? 
Alecto. (A, Anyw, non desino, not laid aside,) one of the furies. la, a@ wound ; 
ece, death ; co, feminine. The woman who inflicts wounds and death. 
Harpyle or Harpies. Winged monsters with the faces of women and bodies of 
vultures ; three innumber. There names—Aello, Ocypete, and Celeno. %n, plague ; 
bojleac, altogether, or entirely. They emitted an infectious smell. ello, ajle, smell. 
Occipete. Occ, with ; cj, lamentation ; prey, music. 
Celeno. Cy, lamentation ; Yon, a snare or net. 
Medusa. One of the Gorgons, whose hair was composed of serpents, and who 
changed into stones, or killed, whoever they looked upon. aycear, necromancy, 
sorcery, magic. 
Narcissus. A beautiful youth, who, seeing his own image reflected in a stream, 
became enamoured of it, thinking it the nymph of the water. ‘Naob, a nymph ; cear, 
sight, vision; ary, a stream, or waterfall—waocea yay, the sight of a nymph in the 
stream. . 
Orpheus. On, sound, voice, music ; yoy, Skill, knowledge, science. 
Pandora. Beay, the woman; svoppac or roppda, harsh, rough, fierce, cruel, 
austere, unpleasant. The woman of mischief. , 
Pythia. The priestess of Apollo at Delphos. She always delivered the oracles in 
hexameter verses, and with musical intonation. pPjceas, music; from whence the 
name. 
Titii. The priests of Apollo at Rome. Tycm, the sun. 
Tityus. The giant son of Terra or Jupiter. Tyz, the earth ; cu, bulky, large, 
gigantic. 
Parthenope. One of the syrens. Bann, death ; cem, approaching ; aojve, 
civility, politeness, deceitful invitation. 
Pasiphae. The wife of Minos enamoured of a bull. Ba, a cow ; yabar, taste, relish. 
The propensity, fancy, or disposition of a cow. 
Pygmalion. King of Tyre, son of Belus, or Baal. Beas, little ; maoitnyyn, mule. 
The Little mule or person of a low stature and obstinate disposition. 
Pythagoras. The philosopher. He was most probably a Phenician nobleman, 
or—Pejs, musician ; sjazun, nobleman. The noble musician. He was a great poet 
and musician. . 
