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In modern Greek it is now written -IT X A ; as r^waiKlTo-a, fiapKiTo-a, yiSlrcra, (fxo- 

 TiTcra, KacTTaviTcra. So in proper names : BocrTlTaa, BiTpiviTffa, BeK'^iTcra, Bovoraa, Fia- 

 viTcra, Topiraa, MaKpivhaa. 



-I T Z H S , G. 77, from the preceding: Baa-iXtT^t]^, 0eo<j)i\lT^Tj<;, 'IaKw/3tT?7j?, Xicv\lTil,r)<;. 



-ITZIN tov - I T Z I O N : KapajBir^iv, TrpoaarTlT^iv, Kapvhlr^t,v, Kpofiixvhir^i,v,\a')(aviT^tv., 

 fiiKpoTepiT^ip. Common in Ptochoprodromus. 



-OKAS, from the Russian -OK, -I OK, heard in the modern yviom?, dear son, 

 from yutoV, that is, v'm. 



-OTAA, from the Latin - U L A : TrerpovXa. Very common in modern Greek ; as 

 TToprovKa, ^apKovXa, yvvacKovKa. 



-OTTZIKOS, H, ON, from the Slavic -TSHEK, -HTSHEK, in adjec- 

 tives : fiiKpovr^iKoi, XiyovT^iKov. Modern Greek. Common in Ptochoprodromus. 



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Compound Nouns. 

 In Byzantine Greek, compounds are sometimes formed according to the following 



examples : a^ivopvyoa for a^ivai, Koi opvyia ; yvvai/coTraiBa for yvvaiK€<; Kol rrraiBia ; BafiaaKi-jva- 

 •jrihojxrjXa for BaiMaarKTjva Kai, airiBia Kau ixrfKa ; fitjXoKvBoivi.a ; iroBoKecpaXa ; viroKajjLiao^paKia 

 for vTTOKaiiiaa koI /SpaKia. Words of this description are very common in modern 



Greek ; as crvKOKapvBa, for avKa kuI KapvSia. 



ADJECTIVES. 



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In later and Byzantine Greek, adjectives in - O T S arc sometimes inflected as if 

 the nominative ended in -OS: apyvpo<;, evirXog, xp^'^o'i- (Compare the classical Sopv^e 

 from Sopv^oo'i. Also, NT. Matt. 23, 15 BrnXorepov as if from BnrX6<:.) 



§ QQ- 

 Derivative Adjectives. 



- AN O S , from the Latin -ANUS, in adjectives derived from names of persons : 



Xpia-Tiavd'; from XPISTOS, in the New Testament : Kr]piv6iav6<;, Stfiaviavot;, KXeo/Siavd';, 

 Ao(TLdeav6<;, Kap-n-oKpaTiavd<;, Baa-i.XeiBiavo'i, SaropviXiavo';, Seovrjpiavo'i, in Eusebius. 



- A T S , from the Latin -ATUS : a/HuySaXaro?, ye/naro?, Bi7rXoKaXa/J.apaTO<!, iiavpoTpi-)(a- 



