AND BYZANTINE GREEK. 85 



ing AIS to the root. Apocr. Act. Andr. 8 <f>\oyai'i for ^\o^L Mal. 223, 19 ir\dKat<;, 



for ifka^l. Theoph. 624, 9 fivpidBai?, v. 1. fivpiaai. 



4. In modern Greek the nominative of masculines of the third declension is gen- 

 erally formed by annexing AX to the root ; that of feminines, by annexing A ; as 



o avZpa<s, 6 <yiyavTa<;, ■)) yvvalKa, rj \a/nrdBa. 



In Byzantine Greek we find Bov/ca<;, priya^, dirXoTijTa, dvyarepa. (Compare such 

 Latinized forms ashebdomada, lampada, for hebdomas, lampas.) 



5. The neuter endings AN, EN, ON, OTN, in Byzantme Greek, are sometimes 

 changed into ANTA, ENTA, ONTA, OTNTA. Vit. Epiph. 352 B aVai/ra for a^rap. 

 Leimon. 63 opfiovvra for opfiovv. Mal. 38, 11 Karevey^Oe'vTa for Kareve')(6ev. 60, 22 

 ol/cowTa. 211, 18 ireaovra. 212 ovTa. 217 /J,e\\ovTa. 220, 15 a-fivpvcacrOevTa. 235, 

 12 trape^oma. 264, 23 e')(pvTa. 464 a-vWrjipOevra. 



derivation of nouns. 



§ 62. 



-A B OX , a modification of -OBO S: Klaa^o^, Tovpva^o^. 



-AINA, G. a?: Xe'aiva, XvKaiva, classical. In modern Greek, it means the wife of ; 

 as Kcoaraiva, the ivife of Kd)ara<} ; TIeTpaiva, the wife of Uevpo'i. Cedr. II, 556 XkKt\- 

 patva, a female of the family of XicK-qpo^ (efei^v ydp tov anripnaTO^ rwv XicKrjpSyvX 



-APIA, in numeral substantives, in modern Greek, denotes a multiple of _^t)e or 

 ten ; as BeKapid, the number ten, BeKavevTapid, the number fifteen, elKoa-apid, score. Also 

 BmBeKaptd, a dozen. It comes from the Latin -ARIUS, in such words as binariiis, 

 denarius, vicenarius. 



- A P I O X , from the Latin -ARIUS : aTro6r]Kdpio<;, dpj(apio<;, diroaraa-Lapt.o';, ^acnaydpio'i, 

 BevTepdpio<;, Boxecdpio';, KoiTwvdpt,o<;, and many others. The corresponding feminine ending 

 is -APIA, Latin -ARIA ; as Bo-x^eiapia. 



As to words like aTrXiKTapiof, ySaXto-Tapto?, KayKeWdpio^, they are simply Latin words 

 written in Greek letters. 



-AX , G. d, dealer in, maker of keeper of: dcr^ea-Td';, l3e\ovd<;, i\aBd<:, Kara^Xard';, 

 Kepard's, Kpaad'i, Krevd^, o^vyaXard<;. 



Sometimes it has an augmentative force ; as (f>ayd<;, KaTa<payd<;, icara)<f>ayd<;, in classical 

 Greek. See also Bao-tXa?, Tpr)yopd<;, Ke<^a\d<;, Mi,xaT]\d<;, a-rofiaTdi;, Tpa')(riKd<;, in the 

 Glossary. 



- AT O N , from the Latin -ATUS : Boiiea-TiKorov, Bpovyyapdrov, TrarpiKarov, irptoToaira- 

 dapoTOV. 



