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THE POPULAE EDUCATOR. 



ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS IN LESSON III. 



Polygon of Forces. 



1. The resultant is a little over 13 Ibs., aud makes an angle of nearly 

 45^ degrees with the force o A. 



2. The force which supports the roller on the slope is 56 Ibs., and 

 the pressure 97 Ibs. nearly. 



3. The strain on the three-foot cord is 48 Ibs., and on the four-foot 

 cord 36 Ibs. 



4. The point of meeting of the three cords is below the pulleys, at 

 the distance of six feet from the top of that over which the 4 Ib. weight 

 hangs, and of 8 feet from the top of the other pulley. 



LESSON'S IN GREEK. XVII. 



COMPARISON OP ADJECTIVES (continued). 



ADJECTIVES IN -IWV (or -wv) AND -IffTOS. 



THESE forms are taken by rjSvs, sweet, and Taxvs, swift, the 

 termination -vs being removed ; raxvs, however, has in the 

 comparative BaTTtav (Qafffftav is another form of the same word), 

 thus : 



Positive. Comparative. Superlative. 



fiS-vs. 6, r) riS-iuv. TO ^5-ioj/. rjS-nrros. 



Tax-vs. QaTTtav. &O.TTOV, Tax-iffTos. 



The other adjectives in -vs as (3apvs, heavy ; 0a6vs, deep ; 

 Ppaxvs, slwrt ; Saffvs, thick ; tvpvs, bread; of us, sharp; irptfffivs. 

 old; UKVS, swift take the forma in -Ttpos, -TOTOS, thus : 



Positive. Comparative. Superlative. 



6 padv;. TO &a6v. f)a6v-Ttpos. $a6v-Taros. 



The forms uav and icrros are taken also by two adjectives ending 

 in -pos, namely, aiffxpos, hateful, shameful, and fx^pos, hostile; 

 the termination -os being cut off ; as 



Positive. 

 aiffxpos. 



6, 



AAAoi, -at, -o, others. 



Ztaov, TO, a living 

 being, an animal. 



Kcupos, -on, 6, season, 

 time generally. 



AOMTOS, -rj, -ov, the re- 

 mainder, the rest. 



Comparative. 

 aiffx-uov- TO aiffx-iov. 



VOCABULARY. 



MeTaeptpca, I bear 

 away, change. 



Ol axparets, the in- 

 temperate. 



OO-/UTJ, -TJS, rj, smell. 



Otpis, 



6, a 



Superlative. 

 axo'x-iO'TOs. 



Tlapfx, I afford, 



communicate ; 



(middle voice), 



yield, give. 

 Tlpaypa, -OTOS, TO, a 



deed, thing. 



serpent. 



EXERCISE 57. GREEK-ENGLISH. 



1. 'O f3a.6vTa.Tos virvos rjSiffTos tffTiv. 2. IIoAAa avOr) r]SiffTi]v 

 offfj.fi!> iraptxtTai. 3. OvStv QaTTov tffTi TJJJ ^/3rjs. 4. TTJJ/ 

 a.iff-)(i.aTT\v Sov\iav ol axparcts Sov\tvovffiv. 5. TlavTwv fjStffTov 

 tffTiv f) <pi\ia. 6. OuSej' aiffxiov tffTiv rj aAAo u.tv tv vtf x""> 

 aAAo 8t \tyetv (to think one thing and say another). 7. O 

 oeptis TOIS \oiirots faots 6x0<o~Toj tiffiv. 8. OvStv Tea avOpanria 

 exOiov fffriv ij o avQpeavos. 9. Tax'o-ra o Kaipos ufTaeptpti TO. 

 irpayfjiaTU. 



EXERCISE 58. ENGLISH-GREEK. 



1. Nothing is sweeter than deep sleep. 2. Sleep is very 

 sweet. 3. Nothing is more disgraceful than slavery. 4. Slavery 

 is a very bitter thing. 5. Horses are very swift. 6. Nothing 

 is more hostile (unfriendly) than bad advice. 7. It is shameful 

 to think one thing and say another. 8. Bad men think one thing 

 and say another. 9. Nothing is sweeter than a faithful friend. 



A number of adjectives not being reducible to either of these 

 forms, are called irregular. I subjoin a list of 



ADJECTIVES OF IRREGULAR COMPARISON. 

 1. 070605, good afitiviav, N. au.(ivov apiffTos, -ij, -ov. 



(3f\TlffTOS 



KpUTlffTOS 



\taffTOS 



2. KO.KOS, bad 



rjTTeav (yffffcav), inferior ^KKTTO (adv.) 



3. /coAos, beautiful Ka\\uav /caAAio-ros ,, 



4. oA7e'os, painful aXytivoTtpos a\yeivoraTos 



aXyuav a\yiffTos 



5. fj.aKpos, long fj.aKpoTtpos 



fJUKpOTUTOS, -7J; *OV. 



oKiytffTos 



patav 



TT\fl<TTOS 



6. fj.iKpos, small 



7. oAryos, few 



8. fJ.fyas, great 



9. iroAt/s, much 



10. paSios, easy 



11. irtireav, ripe 



12. irieav, fat iriOTfpos TTIOTOTOS 



Several adjectives which express the idea of order or succession 

 appear in the comparative and superlative only, since from their 

 import they cannot denote an absolute quality, and may bo used 

 only in comparison. Their root will be found in a preposition, 

 or adverb of place ; for example 



ADJECTIVES WITHOUT A POSITIVE. 



From irpo, before, irpoTtpos, prior, irpaiTos, first. 

 From avea, up, apcorepos, upper, a^ajraros, upmost. 



From inrtp, over, inrepTtpos, higher, vrrepraTos, highest. 



From UTTO, under vffTtpos, posterior, UO-TOTOS, most behind. 



From e, from, tffxaTos, last, most 



from, most remote. 



From irKriffiov, near, in irATjo-joiTeposjnearer, ir\i]ffiaiTaTos, near- 

 Homer 7TATJO-405, estf. 

 From irpoffea, forwards, irpoffiaTtpos, further, irpoffeaTaTos, furthest, 

 more in advance, 



VOCABULARY. 



E/j.<pvTos, -ov, in- I MaAoicos, -ri,-ov, soft. 

 born. VitTpov, -ov, TO, mea/ 



Eviorf, sometimes. 



EVTVXTJS, -ts, fortu- 

 nate. 



Avaynaios, -a, -ov 



necessary. 

 AvayKr], -ijs, rj, neces 



sity. 



a, -os, rj 



absence of govern- i H, 17, either, or. 



ment, anarchy. 



TtiTiav, -ovos, 6, a 



neighbour. 

 EAet0pos, -o, -ov, 



free. 



l&ijpia, -as, ^, Spain. 

 lo-x^co, I am strong. 

 Kt\(vea, I order. 

 KoAoKsia, -os, i], 

 flattery. 



sure, moderation. 

 2co)7rra>, I jeer. 

 ^Tfpyea, I love, I am 



satisfied with, I 



put up with. 

 2u/xj8oi>Aos, -ou, o, an 



adviser. 



sound-mindedness. 



'Cls, with a superlative, adds strength to it, as quam in Latin ; 

 for example, ws TOX'O-TOS, quam celerrimus, as swift as possible. 



EXERCISE 59. GREEK-ENGLISH. 



1. Ot>x o (.a.KpoTa.Tos fitos apiffTos tffTiv, a\\a o ffirovoatOTaTos. 

 2. MfTpov tin vafftv apiffTov (understand tffTiv). 3. Tvia^ai T<av 

 yepaiTtpuv afitivovs fiffiv. 4. 2vfjifiov\os ovStis tffTt fiiKTuav 

 Xpovov. 5. H \tye ffiyris KpetTTOva, rj ffiyrfv ex. 6. Aei 



KpaTlffTOV fffTl TO aff<pa\0~TaTOI'. 7. 2/CC07TT6IJ, CO \CfffTf. 8. 

 Bt\TlOViaV KUKIOVS tVlOTt fVTVXfO~TfpOl flfflf. 9. OVK fffTl \VTT1JS 



Xtipov av8p(etr(f KaKOv. 10. KoAa/cea reav a\\<av airavTuv KO.KGJV 

 XfipiffTOv fffTiv. 11. Avrjp p.a\a.Kos TT\V ^v\t]v (as to his soul, 

 mind) KO.I (even) xplMiTai).' T\TTUIV. 12. Tais yvvaiiv ft ff<a(ppoffvj/ri 

 KX\\iffTr) aptTri tffTiv. 13. OVK tffTi KTi)/j.a n.a\\iov <j>i\ov. 14. 

 'H SouAcia Tea f\tvdtpif> aKyiffTi\ tffTiv. 15. 'H o5os pn/jKiffTTj tffTiv. 

 16. 'O KpoKoSti\os e| eAaxio"TOu yiyveTai ntyiffTos. 17. 'H yr) 

 t\aTTcav tffTi TOV i]\iov. 18. 3,Tfpye Kai TO. /ueta>. 19. OXiyiffTOi 

 avOpiairoi fvfiai/j.ovts tiffiv. 20. OvStis vo/jios i:rx vel A t6( C OJ/ T7 7 S 

 . 21. Mixpa KepSrt TroAAa/cis fjiti^ovas P\a&as (pepei. 22. 

 s futi^ov OVK tffTi KUKOV. 23. 'O TroAfjUOS ir\eiffTa /ca/ca 

 24. Efji<f>vTos tffTi TOIS avQptairois r\ TOV ir\eiovos tiri6v(j.ia. 

 25. Tvvi) tffO\r) ir\tiffTO. ayada Tea OIKC? (ptpet. 26. Ta ava.yKa.ia 

 TOV fiiov <pspt ws faffTa, (as easily as you can). 27. To Kf\tvttv 

 paov tffTi TOV trpaTTtiv. 28. Of TTJS o-0(p?js Kapiroj irtiraiTaToi eifft. 

 29. Ev TOI TOV iraTpos Kijirif ol Trjs oju,7reAou jSorpurs irriraiTtpoi 

 titriv, 7) fv Tea TOV ytiTovos. 30. Iflripia Tpt<pei irioTUTa irpofiaTa. 



EXERCISE 60. ENGLISH-GREEK. 



1 . There is nothing better than a very diligent life. 2. The 

 opinion of the ancients is very good. 3. Time is the best 

 adviser. 4. The safest is the best. 5. Grief is a very great 

 evil. 6. Nothing is worse than flattery. 7. The intemperate 

 man is the slave of pleasures. 8. Women have nothing more 

 beautiful than wisdom. 9. To a free man nothing is worse than 

 slavery. 10. The crocodile is very long. 11. The son is less 

 than the father. 12. The bad often have more property than 

 the good. 13. War brings very great evils. 14. It is easy to 

 command, it is hard to obey. 15. We enjoy most (superlative 

 neut. of rjovs) the ripest fruits. 16. My father's sheep are 

 fatter than those of (the article TO) hia neighbour. 



